Private e-scooters are legal reports The New York Post. In what may be news to e-scooter riders who have been flooding Big Apple streets for months now, the devices will officially become legal Monday, under laws passed by the City Council months ago. The council had voted on June 25 to allow e-scooters that can travel up […]
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Ireland is moving to catch up with the rest of Europe on e-scooters with a new bill that would legalise private e-scooters. Alan Farrell, a member of parliament from coalition party Fine Gael, introduced the bill late 2020, to create a legal standing for e-scooters on Irish roads. E-scooters have existed in a legal […]
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Whilst there are e-scooter safety report v bikes, the International Transport Forum at the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), looked into the urban environment & concluded the use of electric scooters and e-bikes could cut the number of cars on roads in European cities, improving road user safety. The report claims that e-scooter […]
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In a letter to the Northampton Chronicle & Echo, this reader explains his experience of his family riding e-scooters around the town. I live just outside Northampton in the village of Spratton and while travelling through Northampton kept seeing these e-scooters dotted around the town. So we had a look online and saw they were […]
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“E-scooters will be fitted with artificial noise devices to reduce the risk of pedestrians being hit by silent riders on pavements and road crossings. The Times, 20th November Audible alerts will be emitted from battery-powered e-scooters for the first time after concerns over a significant expansion of the technology. Tier Mobility, which operates e-scooters in […]
Read More E-scooter safety will no doubt feature heavily in the Government’s review of the legalities of e-scooters in the UK. Rob Hitch decided to carry out the safety comparison below between electric scooters / PLEVs and bicycles and it showed that e-scooters / PLEVs can be a lot safer than people realise! Electric Scooter vs Bicycle […]
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