Death prompts call for ban
BRISBANE: Safety advocates say more people will die unless the Brisbane City Council imposes an immediate ban on electric scooters.
The Pedestrian Council of Australia said the death of a rider, who suffered traumatic head injuries after falling from a Lime escooter, showed how dangerous they were.
Council chief Harold Scruby said riders on footpaths were ducking and weaving among pedestrians at 25kmh and the risks could not be safely managed.
‘‘A man has now died. What more evidence do you need that these things have got to be banned?’’ he told the ABC.
‘‘France is just banning all scooters on all footpaths, only last week. From September in LA, where they invented the things, you cannot ride a scooter on a footpath.’’ — AAP