Get caught checking your online maps while riding an e-scooter and you might be in for a nasty surprise
It is the third major electric scooter incident this month - two other victims were rushed to hospital in critical condition.
Sydneysiders will be able to rent electric scooters at four locations in Sydney’s west – and more councils across the state are expected to follow suit.
Electric scooter hire will be tested in other parts of the city,but the City of Sydney has refused to take part in the trial.
After being seriously injured when hit by an e-scooter,Julia Miller believes there needs to be regulation to make them safer for riders and pedestrians alike.
The father of a young girl hospitalised after being hit by an e-scooter in Coogee says the high-speed vehicles should be banned from footpaths.
Several states have legalised privately owned e-scooters,but Victoria only permits those used in an inner-city share scheme. Not all Melburnians are waiting for the state government to catch up.
“If you hit a pedestrian at 45km/h it is a very dire situation,” Transport Minister Mark Bailey warns cowboy scooter riders to slow down,wear helmets and lay off the booze.
The crash comes a day after Kim Rowe,46,was killed in a blind corner collision with a cyclist while riding his e-scooter home from his bakery job at 2.30am.
Let’s not risk a fun,carefree,responsible form of transport becoming crushed by stifling bureaucracy.
The very popular e-scooters will be slowed on footpaths to 12kmh and councils will be asked to find better parking locations to stop scooters blocking footpaths.