A proposal requiring all electric scooters to be registered aims to curb the growing menace of reckless riding. Submitted by an expert panel to MOT last week, it seeks to imbue in riders a greater sense of responsibility and help enforcement officers track down errant users. E-scooters have received a bad rap in recent years after several high-profile incidents, including a 17-year-old rider knocking over a 53-year-old housewife in Sept 2016, putting her in a coma for a month. Each week, there are about three accidents involving e-scooters and other PMDs on paths and roads, going by the 110 cases recorded between Jan and Sept last year. The lobby for registration of e-scooters undoubtedly comes in large part from pedestrians, who have had to keep a lookout for them. As the Government seeks to encourage the use of PMDs, infrastructure must also keep pace, and pavements widened or segmented wherever possible to provide pedestrians and riders with more space, thus reducing conflicts and accidents.... Continue Reading