A charity for the blind has raised concerns over the 1,300 e-scooters set to return to Nottingham's streets
A charity for the blind and visually impaired says the reintroduction of around 1,300 e-scooters to Nottingham’s streets will “only bring danger and anti-social behaviour” despite a new operator promising a raft of safety measures.
The launch has been announced as ‘early spring’, with no firm date provided. But the news has prompted concerns from the National Federation of the Blind . “It does not matter how many controls or restrictions are placed on them, they will not be ridden or left in a manner that is safe for vulnerable pedestrians. Creating fear, anxiety, and danger to blind, deaf-blind, partially sighted, and older people, who cannot move out of the way of them when they whizz past them, many at speed, on the pavements.
The Labour-run council says “key lessons” around parking have been learned from previous e-scooter trials, while money from the Government’s Transforming Cities Fund has also been used to install 275 racks for e-bikes and e-scooters to improve parking. 'Education and training' for riders Dott says it will provide education and training options for first-time riders, including a mandatory quiz before riding, a ‘beginner mode’ which reduces speed for the first three rides, and in-person training events.
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