E-scooters safer than bicycles - says ROSPA

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Re: E-scooters safer than bicycles - says ROSPA

Postby GTR1400MAN » Sat Apr 30, 2022 12:47 pm

Horse wrote:FWIW, I understand that there has been research in the EU and UK on (amongst other things) the stability of e-scooters.

Have you seen these articles?

https://motochassis.com/Articles/Balance/BALANCE.htm

https://motochassis.com/articles/experi ... -geometry/

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Ah, Tony Foales. I've probably read them in the past, but will have another read.

Spooky. This was parked at the local dealers the other day.

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Re: E-scooters safer than bicycles - says ROSPA

Postby Horse » Sun May 01, 2022 9:10 am

FYI I simply meant 'have you seen?', no comment on the accuracy of your statement on scooter stability.

GTR1400MAN wrote:Spooky. This was parked at the local dealers the other day.

https://www.facebook.com/OrwellMotorcyc ... 4668081203


Great that it's still be used.

I entered the Superbike competition too :)
Your 'standard' is how you drive alone, not how you drive during a test.

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Re: E-scooters safer than bicycles - says ROSPA

Postby Horse » Thu May 05, 2022 9:11 am

Linkedin today has:


A Finnish research team investigating e-scooter related injuries has said their data show a higher rate of e-scooter injuries compared to other transport modes analysed in earlier studies.

The new research identified 331 patients with e-scooter-related injuries who were admitted to the accident and emergency department in Tampere, a city of some 226,000 people in Finland, between April 2019 and April 2021.

Data from scooter rental companies operating in the Finnish city revealed that e-scooter riders took over 1.8 million trips during that period, meaning there were roughly 18 emergency room admissions per 100,000 rides or 7.3 per 100,000 km ridden.

While comparable figures are scarce, this rate is much higher than previously estimated injury rates for other modes of transport including walking, cycling and motorcycling, the study’s lead author, orthopaedic surgeon Aleksi Reito, told the news channel Euronews.

“Based on these estimates it seems that e-scooter injuries have higher incidence compared to other modes of transportation,” he said.

A 2007 study in the United States estimated that for every 100,000 journeys there were 10.3 motorcycle injuries, 1.4 for cyclists and 0.2 for pedestrians.

Another study identified injury rates of 2.3 per 100,000 km for cyclists in Australia, while British government figures put the numbers at 0.3 cyclist injuries per 100,000 km and 0.11 for pedestrians.

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https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamane ... le/2791039
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Re: E-scooters safer than bicycles - says ROSPA

Postby sussex2 » Wed May 11, 2022 11:27 am

In Spain you may only ride e-scooters on the road and not the pavement. The things are classed as a vehicle so the rules as regards helmets/drinking etc all apply.
I am sure it is not perfect but it seems to work quite well.
For getting about town I wouldn't mind one.


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