Ashley Milton says her experience is an example of how seriously someone can be hurt when e-scooters are used improperly. The latest bid to legalize e-scooters came two years after council decided to ban the small motorized vehicles on city streets, citing safety concerns. But since that debate, the use of the scooters has only grown.
Toronto resident Ashley Milton was hit by an e-scooter rider near Jane Street in June. She says she was knocked unconcious and broke her collarbone in two places because of the force of the crash. She's asking the city to regulate the vehicles which are currently banned from city streets.She remembers walking north on Jane Street in late June, on her way to work, when she heard the bell of an e-scooter ringing from behind her.
Earlier this summer, Toronto city council voted to pump the brakes on the latest bid to study legalizing e-scooters. The latest bid to legalize e-scooters comes two years after council decided to ban the small motorized vehicles on city streets, citing safety concerns. But since that debate, the use of the scooters has only grown. Milton says her experience is an example of how seriously someone can be hurt when e-scooters are used improperly.
"I've been riding it up and down," he said. "Taking it to work. Taking it to friends' houses. No one has ever stopped me." Nisha Mitchell, the program lead for advocacy, accessible community engagement for the CNIB in the Greater Toronto Area, said there must be mandatory technology to prevent scooters from being driven at high speeds and on sidewalks. Even bells don't guarantee pedestrians will be alerted with enough time to avoid a collision, or at all, she said.
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