While low-speed vehicles are making a name for themselves in some Jersey Shore towns, other communities are opting out by banning this mode of transportation on all roads within their jurisdictions, as permitted by state law.

“There has been some concern about what a low-speed vehicle is,” Ship Bottom Councilman Tom Tallon said when a proposed measure to prohibit low-speed vehicles in the borough came up at the council’s meeting last month. “Is it an electric bike? Is it an electric scooter?