I hate these things with a passion.
Where i live right now, when i go for a walk or a run. Kids will fly past me going about 30kph with no warning or no helmets either. There are these 2 girls that ride an electric scooter together and they blow past stop signs. Im very surprised that no one on these things has been killed on them yet. I also live on a busy road because its one of 2 entrances to get into my neighborhood.
Ya I love all these things personally. Quick to get around, and so fun!
But yes, what you said has been my experience but I’m generally in the middle of nowhere. When I go by people I say hello and move very slowly and leave a good amount if room.
I was walking to a commercial building a couple months ago and WOOSH! this kid on an e-scooter going down hill, from behind, top speed, passes within a foot of me. It was a huge walking path with nobody else on it. What if I reached in my pocket and he clipped my elbow? Or I turned suddenly? Kids just don’t have road sense for motorized vehicles in public.
no one on these things has been killed yet
So, about that…
10 deaths per year: we need to do something about regulating these and having a maximum speed. (To be clear, I think we should).
200 deaths per year from cars and trucks for 0-19: There’s nothing we can do!
I almost hit some 10 year old girl the other day when she wizzed out of 7-11 onto the road without even looking while on her e-scooter while holding a sluppee.
Exactly my experience with young kids.
You mean kids that don’t and can’t understand how to drive a motor vehicle shouldn’t be driving motor vehicles? Weird.
And there’s no safety equipment required?
There’s been a bunch of property damage around here by kids just crashing into things. I have witnessed kids firsthand ignoring their surroundings and having conversations and just smashing to parked cars. These things need some kind of legislation passed on them ASAP.
Who’s killing them I wonder?
Often themselves. The focus of the article is overwhelmingly on children who were injured in without the involvement of another vehicle.
between these things and like 5 e-bikes blowing up this past week in Toronto starting fires in buildings just do away with the lot. As someone who walks around Toronto it would make things a hell of a lot better.
This seems like a headline from 5 years ago?
The big fad now is e-dirtbikes that can be easily modified to go licensed vehicle speeds.
I have to admit, I’ve never ran across this issue in Quebec lmao. I take long walks on the regular, too, whether in the city or the suburbs.
Hearring Ontarian relatives complain about them felt hilariously surreal.
