'Clear and concerning' rise in injuries to children from e-scooters despite ban, study finds

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Research by doctors working at Children’s Health Ireland at Temple Street in Dublin found there has been “a clear and concerning rise” in e-scooter-related injuries among paediatric patients at the hospital since the introduction of legislation governing their use in May 2024.

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[Vico2]

As usual in this country, there will have to be lots of accidents before the government gets off its collective backside and brings in a law to ban them

[bigby]

I do not think they need to be banned for adult use, I see plenty people going on them safely, a woman goes down the road in the morning and back up in the evening, wears a high vis and a helmut, it is not a high speed escooter and she is not going faster than a bicycle or a car, but children and teenagers should not be on them, and a lot of them are used for dealing, legal ones should only be sold to the correct age and proof of age, id and address should be given, then if a child is using them the adult should be charged, my ebike is registered to me at my address

[bigby]

Erins Isle club just banned all escooters from their grounds