Teenager dies after e-scooter collision
A 14-year-old who was hit by a car Monday in Cartierville while riding an e‑scooter has died.
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Marco 14:30 on 2024-06-25 Permalink
So sad. I can’t imagine what the parents are going through. The loss of a child is devastating. My heart goes out to them.
Tux 14:41 on 2024-06-25 Permalink
eScooters need to be regulated, and I say thay as the owner of one that has benefitted from the legal grey area. I actually would like to sell mine and get a regular bike with pedal assist instead…
Blork 17:28 on 2024-06-25 Permalink
I tend to agree with Tux. Although we don’t know if the nature of the vehicle is to blame here, I wouldn’t be surprised.
There is a whole new world of electric scooters out there (in the past couple of years) where many of them are classified as “electric bicycles” but they are designed to be used as scooters with throttles. There is some degree of regulation around them, but it’s technical and largely unenforceable. Some of these scooters can easily go 60 or 80 kph. They’re not toys, and they shouldn’t be treated as toys.
(I’ve been following some so-called “e-bike” groups on FB lately and wow, what a world of fast and dangerous scooter-like things there are, most classified as “bicycles.” And there is a large and fanatical fan base for them. Incidents like this one will only increase. And I fear for regular people like me and Tux who just want a pedal-assist e-bike; the eventual crackdown might affect us, which would be wrong.)
CE 18:17 on 2024-06-25 Permalink
There is an entire cottage industry of people who attach fake pedals to what are essentially electric mopeds so people can take them on bike lanes.