Like many other Arlington residents AY saw and heard reports of serious injuries resulting from electric scooters ridden inside the Beltway. So AY wanted to see how dangerous electric scooters are. We did a Google search on 'Bird electric scooters crashes injuries' and 'Lime electric scooters crashes injuries'
Short answer. Electric scooters are VERY dangerous and should have been banned from Arlington, not given a 9 month trial in Arlington, including during the Winter. Cities like Nashville, San Diego, Santa Monica, and Los Angeles have either banned or severely limited the places where electric scooters can be ridden.
Only persons who are either elected or a candidate for public office in Arlington who have expressed concern about electric scooters are Audrey Clement and John Vihstadt. The representatives from the Bird and Lime scooter corporations, who attended the last County Board meeting, were only concerned about their corporations' bottom line.
When AY spoke with an attorney at a personal injury law firm that has been deluged with complaints about injuries from Bird and Lime scooters she stated: 'Your County Board is insane for allowing electric scooters in Arlington'.
AY
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More Millennial Mayhem from the Young Plutocrats aka Princess Katie.
More fire-aim-ready "planning" by County Government.
Like "planning" Virginia Hospital Center, Ballston Quarter, and Daycare Everywhere.
I love it when the First Millennial who owns ArlNow sends a Hipster out to survey Hipsters in the Corridor about scooters. What does he think they are going to say?
The Local Media should have called for a total ban on scooters in Arlington before the legislation allowing scooters went to the County Board for a vote. But it's not surprising since the Local Media are too lazy to do anything more than publish warmed-over press releases written by for-profits, non-profits, and County Government.
Expecting Millennials not to ride scooters on sidewalks in the B-R corridor is like expecting Millennials not to get drunk at pub crawls in the B-R corridor.
Coming to our sidewalks in 2019 --Electric Skateboards
Watch for Bird and Lime to pay for 'Sponsored Content' ads and Infomercials on ArlNow.
I saw at least a dozen children, aged about 10-12, riding Bird scooters on sidewalks today, Washington Blvd., Fairfax Drive, Wilson Blvd.
I asked a couple of adolescents who looked to be about 15 who were riding on the sidewalk in Westover how they were able to rent Bird scooters and they said "We use Mom's ID".
Virginia is a 'contributory negligence' state so the County can be sued for scooter accidents.
More children (meaning 8-10-12 year olds) riding Bird scooters recklessly on sidewalks.
Nine accidents reported the first month of the trial period.
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