Save us from e-scooters

BLIND people have welcomed news that e-scooter operator Voi is trialing a low humming sound on its vehicles.

The news comes after months of campaigning by Sight Loss Councils to ensure e-scooters are audible to everyone.

Voi have added the artificial noise to 60 e-scooters in Liverpool, Birmingham and Bristol.

Mike Bell, at Sight Loss Councils, said: “E-scooters are being ridden on our roads and illegally on our pavements, quickly and silently, causing a real risk to the safety of blind and partially sighted pedestrians.”

Sight Loss Councils’ #StreetsForAll campaign is also calling for mandatory on-road parking bays for e-scooters; a reduction to the speed limit; and Geo-tagging to prevent pavement use.