Comments on: All systems go for e-scooters in Wynnum https://www.wynnumcentral.com.au/all-systems-go-for-e-scooters-in-wynnum/ Not just a station, a destination... Mon, 11 Mar 2024 12:11:14 +0000 hourly 1 By: Graeme Leonard Melvin https://www.wynnumcentral.com.au/all-systems-go-for-e-scooters-in-wynnum/#comment-149585 Sat, 25 Feb 2023 22:47:54 +0000 https://www.wynnumcentral.com.au/?p=11151#comment-149585 They are quite simply a revenue stream for Council. Dangerous to pedestrians and an overall eyesore in the community. The results of questionable ‘surveys’ reflect a bias to their popularity. They are ridden mostly by the ‘Hoon’ brigade at full speed with no thought to the newly instituted Council regulations. Get rid of them!!

]]> By: Bryan Nugent https://www.wynnumcentral.com.au/all-systems-go-for-e-scooters-in-wynnum/#comment-149579 Fri, 24 Feb 2023 09:29:56 +0000 https://www.wynnumcentral.com.au/?p=11151#comment-149579 I find it difficult to understand what the justification for these scooters might be, beyond the Brisbane Council making extra dollars. I would have thought these devices would not be used to take anyone to their place of work, more likely just to the train or bus station. Carrying shopping on one is quite awkward. Going by anecdotal reports in the media, there has been an upsurge in injuries by users and to others as a result of their use. Recent legal changes would seem to reflect they are recognized as becoming somewhat of a hazard. Footpaths were designed for walkers, not a human being traveling at 12Kmph.

]]> By: Richard https://www.wynnumcentral.com.au/all-systems-go-for-e-scooters-in-wynnum/#comment-149574 Wed, 22 Feb 2023 21:25:21 +0000 https://www.wynnumcentral.com.au/?p=11151#comment-149574 In reply to Michael Dwyer.

Well said and I’m in total agreement . Went to put clothes in bin at Manly station recently only to find it is now, assumedly, a scooter parking lot. Not to mention others lying on the footpath. I have posted pick on fb to verify this. What are the council making out of this is what I’d love to know!

]]> By: Michael Dwyer https://www.wynnumcentral.com.au/all-systems-go-for-e-scooters-in-wynnum/#comment-149570 Wed, 22 Feb 2023 10:46:13 +0000 https://www.wynnumcentral.com.au/?p=11151#comment-149570 Both scooters and riders should be registered, licenced, and insured. We are already reading about collisions between scooter riders and pedestrians, with some serious injuries. The commercial scooter companies should have this as a condition of their public use. It would be easy to include the necessary computer code in their software to validate and record the hirer, and their speeds and locations while hired.

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