{"id":700,"date":"2020-10-27T14:00:29","date_gmt":"2020-10-27T14:00:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thenextweb.com\/?p=1325395"},"modified":"2020-10-27T14:00:29","modified_gmt":"2020-10-27T14:00:29","slug":"study-40-of-escooter-riders-are-injured-on-their-first-ride","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.londonchiropracter.com\/?p=700","title":{"rendered":"Study: 40% of escooter riders are injured on their first ride"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

This article<\/a> was originally published by Christopher Carey on <\/span>Cities Today<\/span><\/a>, the leading news platform on urban mobility and innovation, reaching an international audience of city leaders. For the latest updates follow Cities Today on <\/span>Twitter<\/span><\/a>, <\/span>Facebook<\/span><\/a>, <\/span>LinkedIn<\/span><\/a>, <\/span>Instagram<\/span><\/a>, and <\/span>YouTube<\/span><\/a>, or sign up for Cities Today News.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

A study by the <\/span>Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS)<\/a> <\/span>has found most escooter injuries occur on pavements, with riders citing potholes and signposts as the most common reasons for accidents.<\/p>\n

Researchers from the institute interviewed 103 escooter riders who sought care at Washington, D.C.\u2019s George Washington University Hospital over eight months in 2019, and found 58 percent had been injured riding on the pavement \u2013 with 40 percent of those surveyed injured while taking their first ride.<\/p>\n

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Just 13 percent of riders surveyed said they were injured in a collision with a car, truck or bus.<\/p>\n

Jessica Cicchino, IIHS Vice President for Research and lead author of the study, said: \u201cWe didn\u2019t see many e-cooter crashes with motor vehicles, and that may be a result of riders sticking mostly to the sidewalk \u2013 on the other hand, there are legitimate concerns that sidewalk riders could crash into pedestrians.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThe picture is still not clear when it comes to where scooters should be ridden,\u201d she added. \u201cOur results suggest that moving scooters off the sidewalk could put riders at risk of more severe injuries, but as things stand they might be suffering these lesser injuries more often.\u201d<\/p>\n

On Tuesday, Washington\u2019s <\/span>D.C. Council<\/a> <\/span>gave final approval to a bill establishing new rules and restrictions on companies that rent out scooters and other shared electric mobility devices.<\/p>\n

Among the notable provisions, the bill will:<\/p>\n