Given the deaths/ injuries caused by e-scooters wouldn’t it be better if they were on the road? I’ve more or less been driven away from visiting one place because its too dangerous to walk a child on the pavement.
wookiemeister said:
Given the deaths/ injuries caused by e-scooters wouldn’t it be better if they were on the road? I’ve more or less been driven away from visiting one place because its too dangerous to walk a child on the pavement.
Um.
I had to ask my council to allow special permission to ride my bike on the footpath, because it was too dangerous to ride on the road.
show us the numbers
SCIENCE said:
show us the numbers
Are the accidents due to lack of rules or dumb arse riders.
Re my previous comment, the council changed the law so that an adult is allowed to ride a bicycle on a footpath if the adult is accompanied by a child.
I can’t even imagine a death caused by an e-scooter colliding with a pedestrian.
I can imagine a death caused by a mobility scooter colliding with a pedestrian. The motors on those things have enormous torque. An e-scooter would by significantly less dangerous.
As for e-scooters on roads, there’s an e-scooter that goes past here every week or so, but I don’t remember if it goes on the footpath or the road. It doesn’t much matter.
Hold on, by e-scooter you do mean one of these, don’t you?
Not one of these
Or these
Or these
mollwollfumble said:
Re my previous comment, the council changed the law so that an adult is allowed to ride a bicycle on a footpath if the adult is accompanied by a child.I can’t even imagine a death caused by an e-scooter colliding with a pedestrian.
I can imagine a death caused by a mobility scooter colliding with a pedestrian. The motors on those things have enormous torque. An e-scooter would by significantly less dangerous.
As for e-scooters on roads, there’s an e-scooter that goes past here every week or so, but I don’t remember if it goes on the footpath or the road. It doesn’t much matter.
Hold on, by e-scooter you do mean one of these, don’t you?
Not one of these
Or these
Or these
Yeah, leave them all over the place instead of those things you have to stand on.
Much more comfortable to ride around in and leave it where ever.
Better to sit down and enjoy the ride.
mollwollfumble said:
Re my previous comment, the council changed the law so that an adult is allowed to ride a bicycle on a footpath if the adult is accompanied by a child.I can’t even imagine a death caused by an e-scooter colliding with a pedestrian.
I can imagine a death caused by a mobility scooter colliding with a pedestrian. The motors on those things have enormous torque. An e-scooter would by significantly less dangerous.
As for e-scooters on roads, there’s an e-scooter that goes past here every week or so, but I don’t remember if it goes on the footpath or the road. It doesn’t much matter.
Hold on, by e-scooter you do mean one of these, don’t you?
Not one of these
I was walking the dog a couple of weeks ago on a track and someone on a more powerful e scooter flew past me , he must have been doing 40km /50kmh
Regulation + better infrastructure
Regulate the speed to (say) 25 km/h with electric assist. Could be higher or lower speed depending upon what is considered safe. I choose 25 km/h because EU regulations restrict electric bicycles to that speed with electric assist. If you want to go faster than than the motor cuts out and you need to do it all with your own muscle power. So why not the same for electric assisted scooters – the electronics already exists.
Build better dual-use pathways where these things can be used along with pedestrians.
These scooter things can go upwards of 50-60 km/h depending on the weight of the person riding it. This should only be allowed for open, long distance, dedicated bikeways with no pedestrians.
No way these things should be on the road mixing with regular traffic. That is just silly.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-09-05/qld-e-scooter-crash-brisbane-south/101405110
A man is in critical condition after his e-scooter was hit by car in South Brisbane early this morning.
Emergency services were called to the scene on Melbourne and Edmondstone streets about 5:40am.
Cymek said:
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-09-05/qld-e-scooter-crash-brisbane-south/101405110
A man is in critical condition after his e-scooter was hit by car in South Brisbane early this morning.
Emergency services were called to the scene on Melbourne and Edmondstone streets about 5:40am.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-09-05/sydney-light-rail-crash-with-fire-truck/101405916
Five people treated by paramedics after collision between Sydney light rail tram and fire truck
