E-scooter safety training for local Leaving Cert students
Pupils from Mitchelstown, Fermoy and Glanmire are amongst a number of schools specially selected to take part in a first-of-its-kind electric scooter safety training programme, to prepare the students for ‘driving’ the scooters once they are legalised in Ireland.
The course is to be rolled out across 579 schools in Ireland, including Coláiste Fionnchua in Mitchelstown, Coláiste an Chraoibhin in Fermoy and Glanmire Community College.
Bird, a leader in environmentally friendly electric transportation, and the Irish School of Excellence (ISOE), have joined in partnership to offer Ireland’s first e-scooter safety course. Pupils in schools across Cork are set to benefit from the programme, designed to educate Transition Year, Leaving Certificate Applied (LCA), and after school students on safe riding practises for the use of shared e-scooters.
Once e-scooters are legalised in Ireland, the ‘E-scooter Safety Course’ module will serve as part of the Irish School of Excellence’s existing ‘Driver Education Course’. The Leaving Cert course is used to encourage young people to adopt a safety-led approach to driving, and is available to pupils preparing to take driving lessons, as cars and micro mobility devices increasingly share the road.
The pioneering ‘E-scooter Safety Module’ will provide pupils with an overview of the law governing e-scooters, a guide on how to ensure pedestrian safety while using e-scooters, tuition on starting and moving off safely, as well as a tutorial on how to park safely.