Motorized Mobility Scooter Use and Knowledge of the Rules And Etiquette: A Survey

Cambetis, Sophie; Richmond, Janet; Chew, Angela

doi:10.1080/02703181.2019.1699634

Physical & Occupational Therapy In Geriatrics

2019

DOI: 10.1080/02703181.2019.1699634

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Motorized Mobility Scooter Use and Knowledge of the Rules And Etiquette: A Survey

Sophie Cambetis

Janet Richmond

Angela Chew

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“…From a health perspective, several medical scholarly articles have highlighted the growing number of patients treated in emergency rooms because of e-scooter-related injuries, calling for measures to curtail what physicians have referred to as an ''epidemic tendency'' (4)(5)(6)(7)(8)(9)(10). This situation presents a dilemma for authorities and policy makers since the benefits provided by these micromobility devices are overshadowed by the disadvantages such as crashes and even the death of users.…”

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Analysis of Current E-Scooter Safety Regulation in a Large U.S. City Using Epidemiological Components as a Framework

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E-scooters have been promoted as a solution to environmental and last-mile issues. However, physicians have reported an unusual increase in injured e-scooter riders, calling it an “epidemic.” An epidemiological investigation of e-scooter safety carried out in 2018 characterized injuries associated with e-scooter riders in Austin, TX for a period of 87 days. However, the effectiveness of the city’s current regulation on micromobility devices has not been discussed to determine whether it addresses the risk factors identified in this epidemiological investigation. To address this gap, this paper presents an analysis of the legal framework on micromobility devices from the components of the epidemiology triangle (agent, host, and environment) used by traffic authorities in the 1960s to curtail motor vehicle crashes. This analysis revealed that the current micromobility regulation does not offer practical provisions to tackle safety concerns efficiently. Furthermore, based on the number of motor vehicle crashes reported in Austin for 2018, it was found that if e-scooter riders were to travel the same distance in miles as motor vehicle drivers, there would be approximately 3,700,000 injuries compared with 15,133 motor vehicles injuries. Furthermore, this hypothetical figure does not consider the potential underreporting of e-scooter crashes, meaning that the number of injured people per 100,000 mi traveled on e-scooters could be even higher. At least 108 more injured riders were identified than was initially calculated in the 2018 epidemiological investigation. Overall, this study should encourage local authorities around the world to enact appropriate regulations to tackle safety issues surrounding micromobility devices.

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Visual attention and speeds of pedestrians, cyclists, and electric scooter riders when using shared road – a field eye tracker experiment

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Motorized Mobility Scooter Use and Knowledge of the Rules And Etiquette: A Survey

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Analysis of Current E-Scooter Safety Regulation in a Large U.S. City Using Epidemiological Components as a Framework

Analysis of Current E-Scooter Safety Regulation in a Large U.S. City Using Epidemiological Components as a Framework

Visual attention and speeds of pedestrians, cyclists, and electric scooter riders when using shared road – a field eye tracker experiment

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