With new numbers revealing that the Metropolitan Police reported 258 collisions involving private vehicles in the first six months of last year, there are even more questions regarding the safety of e-scooters.
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Even though they may only be lawfully used on private property, privately owned e-scooters are a familiar sight on UK city streets and sidewalks.
The Met Police confiscated 3,637 scooters between January and November 2021, and owners who want to retrieve them must pay £150 plus a £10 daily storage fee.
Last June, London became one of dozens of towns and cities around the UK to establish an e-scooter rental programme as part of government trials that will begin in July 2020.
Unmesh Desai, Labour's London Assembly policing and crime spokesperson, received the Metropolitan Police statistics, saying that the widespread use of unlicensed e-scooters puts Londoners “at risk of significant harm”.
Desai told ITV: “The use of illegal e-scooters on our roads and pavements is putting Londoners at risk of significant harm, especially the most vulnerable in our communities such as people with limited mobility, visual impairments and hearing loss.”
Read more on e-scooters on CIHT’s latest blog here
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