Electric scooter trials will begin in London next month – despite an admission by transport chiefs that they could be 100 times more dangerous than bicycles. TfL said comparisons with the US were difficult, but the number of cyclists killed or seriously hurt in London was 2.7 per one million journeys ‘or roughly 100 times fewer injuries than expected in US e-scooter studies’. Sarah Gayton, street access campaign co-ordinator at the National Federation of the Blind, said: ‘It is absolutely shocking that TfL is launching yet more rentable e-scooter trials. 'It is very clear from other ongoing trials in the UK that there are inherent dangers to all pedestrians from how the e-scooters are being ridden. Too many people are using them in places they shouldn’t.’TfL said: ‘We’re determined to make sure London’s trial of rental e-scooters is safe and operators taking part meet the highest possible standards.’

Source: Daily Mail May 22, 2021 21:05 UTC