L’uomo muore in collisione che coinvolge E-Scooter a Dublino
https://www.rte.ie/news/ireland/2025/0804/1526828-dublin-blanchardstown-rtc/
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L’uomo muore in collisione che coinvolge E-Scooter a Dublino
https://www.rte.ie/news/ireland/2025/0804/1526828-dublin-blanchardstown-rtc/
di padraigf
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I really think there needs to be more enforcement here from the roads policing. I’m a cyclist in the Dublin 15 area, and the amount of illegal electric vehicles going around is crazy.
My bike is electric, and limited to the legal 25 kph, so it’s easy to see the illegal ones as they zoom away from you (which is the majority, as far as I can see).
Typically you see with e-scooters:
* Modded to go at illegal speeds (not limited to the legal 20 km/h)
* Underage users (users are supposed to be 16+)
* Frequently no lights, no helmet, dark clothes.
I’m just looking at them thinking ‘that’s a death-trap’, the users need to be protected from themselves as much as anything.
Work in hospitals and have seen so many hospitalisations from scooter accidents – genuinely more than I’ve seen from car-on-car accidents. Be it falling off, hitting into something/someone, or being hit by a car. The injuries sustained are really, really awful. Worst I saw was a skull fracture requiring time in ICU and incredibly invasive surgery.
I genuinely think these scooters could be useful for town/city commuters, but our infrastructure is sadly not ready for them. They should be registered, have adequate regulations & policing to protect speed, and users should be more mindful of traffic rules and wear protective gear. I think if you’d seen some of the things I’d seen, you’d never go near them though.
Roads policing is a disaster.