Close call with a Lime scooter prompts plea

THIS morning, while waiting for my light phase as a motorist, a youngish man on a Lime scooter came through the middle of pedestrians, who were using their light phase, at considerable speed.

They are not a pedestrian, they are not a car, and I understand they cannot use every bike lane, so who would have been at fault if an accident had happened in this case? The ruling on these dastardly machines is neither here nor there, as is also the case for skateboarders.

A motorist has enough concerns with driving safely without another obstacle put in front of them. We now have bollards, cones and more cones, potholes and more potholes, uneven surfaces and road intrusions etc.

What next? Someone on a unicycle? Bring on a hovercraft or personalised jet pack and let’s see if they can make a rule or a special lane for each of these.

There is going to be a nasty accident, so let’s get the rules into place before something happens that we will regret. Doug Hopkins

Dunedin

AFTER seeing quite a number of letters and some articles by ratepayers in the ODT about Lime scooters, what response did we get from the Dunedin City Council? A whitewash from the chief executive.

What has happened recently? The ODT printed a picture of Lime scooters on the university campus which stated they were not allowed in that area. So what happens now is that I believe the ringmaster has cracked the whip and Dave Cull comes running out of hiding.

Alan Shooter

Dunedin

Hospital parking

IT is nice to see the continued updating in the ODT of the new hospital complex progress.

It is disappointing to see no or little consideration has been given to visitor parking — vehicle, bicycle or escooter. Having visited hospitals in Canada in the past 10 years, each has had large vehicle parks for both staff and visitors. Rowan Leck

Kew