The City of Pickering launched its ill considered E-scooter Pilot project about a year ago, 2025 and you don’t hear much about it.
Most likely the physical injuries relating to e-scooters have increased alarmingly as predicted here, but nothing seems to have dissuaded the City from continuing the project.
MACLEANS magazine has published a comprehensive piece about e-scooters and e-bikes. The words have fallen on deaf hears at City Council Pickering.I wonder what local hospitals are experiencing? The Durham Regional Police Department?
click -> MACLEANSARTICLE (Once you access the digital version, you may have to click on the > arrow until you open page 40)
Are they nuts?
City of Pickering launches E-Scooter Pilot project.
The City has lost it with the launch of this e-scooter project. They are opening the door to so many injuries, they will lose count at the outset. Worse, they are setting the City up for lawsuits as injuries climb. They may think they have covered themselves from law suit liabilities, but lawyers will come out the wood work to tangle with the City. The legal facet notwithstanding, the City launching a program whereby incredible number of people will be injured.
Riding any two wheeled means of transportation is dangerous enough as is as two wheels means increased risk of falling because of easy loss of balance. Add age, and the risk climbs exponentially. With more than 30 years of motorcycle riding e I saw how careless, reckless and over confident riders got themselves in deep trouble. Compound the age considerations with young riders, and the City is just putting more people at risk.
Older riders
Older riders are at great risk because with age, people lose muscle strength, reaction speed, balance control. The older the rider, the greater the risk. Add speed to the pot, and the risk level sky rockets. Considering older riders lose so much physically and visually, this is an outright invitation to disaster.
Young riders
Any adult, any parent can rhyme of numerous fears they have about young riders on two wheeled devices. Add electric power to the component, and you are offering the young riders even more opportunities for accidents and injuries.
There is no way this plan is justifiable. Everything about it suggests imminent injuries, accidents and disastrous consequences. The councillors have really lost it if they pass this plan.
More accidents, more injuries, more problems
All the safety precautions that may be put in place will not prevent the disastrous repercussions that such a project will incur.
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