After a rise in deaths and serious injuries on e-mobility devices, the state government has launched a parliamentary inquiry to improve safety for riders and pedestrians. 

This follows a sharp increase in injuries involving personal mobility device riders, which has more than doubled over the last three years.

CEO of Pedestrian Council of Australia, Harold Scruby, told Sofie Formica on 4BC Afternoons, “I sat on the e-scooter committee back in 2020, in New South Wales, we had every key stakeholder on board.”

“We unanimously recommended the following major points one, minimum age of 17. Two, a driver’s license. Three, a form of number plate. Four, some form of insurance. Five, not on any footpaths. Six maximum speed on shared paths ten.”

“Now, if you look right around the nation, no one yet has embraced this idea that we should have a license,” Mr Scruby continued.

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