Ban e-scooters from Scotland

UK Transport Secretary Grant Shapps intends to make e-scooters legal on our roads, saying trials were successful. Obviously he did not consult the public or listen to road safety groups.

He ignores that many towns and cities in England stopped the e-scooter trial after numerous injuries and complaints. He ignores that ambulance call-outs in England since January 2020 include more than 840 incidents involving e-scooters – though this could in fact be more than 2,000, since only a third of ambulance trusts provided data.

He has ignored the 11 deaths and thousands of injuries to pedestrians. He ignores that the London Fire Brigade has already

attended 98 fires caused by the lithium batteries on e-scooters and e-bikes. Criminals using e-scooters are running rings around the police.

The e-scooter brigade thinks that pavements and shopping malls are for their exclusive use and the police do nothing. The Scottish Government should declare that these lethal machines will never be allowed on Scottish roads and pavements. Clark Cross, Linlithgow.