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Yeah...they're pretty dangerous, particularly since there aren't any skill or safety requirements.
Something needs to be done (and enforced), but I'm not convinced it's a top priority at the moment.
Will be the tip of the iceberg- google 'e-scooter injuries singapore' to see what happened there.
Singapore has a small, law abiding population with large pavements and low congestion.
In the UK, especially in London, it will be a disaster.
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these e scooters and skateboards are heavy fast moving silent dangers. Some of those scooters can travel faster than a moped and we wouldn’t tolerate those on the pavements.
But it's not actually the technology that's the problem - there's no real difference in outcome here from if the child had been hit by a pushbike.
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Also, it's pretty difficult to get up to that sort of speed on a pushbike while riding on the pavement, but trivial (and quicker) on an e-scooter. I'd argue that it's unlikely this accident would've happened with a bike purely because of this.
There are also significant differences in stability, due to the higher centre of gravity of somebody on an e-scooter, and its smaller wheels, but the shorter wheelbase fools the user into feeling like it's more agile.
They are, inherently, more dangerous in more situations than pushbikes.
But the whole issue is just the law not keeping up with advancement in transport technology - like you say, make them legal and then create a framework of law to state where and how they can be used, or just ban them altogether.
It makes me feel a bit sick that the lad stopped to say sorry but didn't hand around to take responsibility. That, and the wording used, suggests the rider wasn't particularly mature in age or mentality, probably a young teen, but I speculate.
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Cyclists on the pavements too. If the road is dangerous, or unclear where you should cycle....Then get off and wheel it until safe to get back on.
No-one in our environment gives a flying fuck anymore. The fact that the person who ran into the toddler stopped to "say sorry" and then fucked off says it all.
Just need no go zones in places like parks... no ridden bikes or scooters, except on bike paths.
All I could find was this:
https://www.thisismoney.co.uk/money/cars/article-9211043/The-road-users-statistically-likely-kill-others.html
Which seems to suggest that cyclists are not a huge concern when it comes to causing deaths. No data on e-scooters though.
E scooters are more likely to kill the rider most of the time.
I don't see kids cycling in a shopping mall.
escooters, ebikes and the like are like motorcycles on those data IMO.
Then we will see a lot more injuries.
They are a particular problem for blind or vision impaired people.
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This isn't just about deaths, though - it's about injuries too, as well as the fact that an awful lot of people have absolutely no idea what the law is regarding them:
https://www.intelligenttransport.com/transport-news/94726/surveys-reveal-british-knowledge-and-views-of-e-scooters/
The problem with those laws is that they simply aren't enforced with any kind of regularity or consistency.
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IAs someone riding one is breaking the law are they liable in the case of an accident?
,I would have though the speeds involved would mean that nearly all accidents would be non-fatal unless they hit cars etc.