The way they are currently used is at odds with the promotion of safer, more active travel
The future use of electric scooters will have to be addressed as part of wider changes to the way people travel in the future, one of West Lothian 's new Labour MPs has said.
Councillors regularly hear complaints about the use of E-scooters on public footpaths and roads as their popularity grows. "I'm a wee bit concerned. We get lots of reports about them and regularly get complaints about them associated with anti-social behaviour. Zipping along pavements and in and out of traffic. We know that they are only meant to be used on private land."
Councillor Sullivan said: "I know on the continent they are recognised as a valuable mode of transport and are used responsibly. Should we be looking at them as part of active travel? It seems a bit of an anomaly." However their use is difficult to police in the same way that the use of off road bikes in housing areas is.
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