"We always, always encourage taking helmets, but again, if people want to take them and not wear them, you know there's not much we can do at that point," he said. He said clients are always given a helmet with their scooter, but some choose to take them off as soon as they leave the shop. Matt Nicholson is the owner of Cruze Scooters, which recently rebranded from Mint Rentals. "I'm definitely not going to go max speed … I'm safe at about 20, 25. "It's good, but it's a little scary," Welsh said after about 10 minutes of riding along the St. Visiting from Ontario, she stopped at Cruze Scooters, an e-scooter rental company in Fredericton, with her two teenage sons and partner.Īlanna Welsh tried an e-scooter for the first time on Friday, saying the experience was good but 'a little scary.' (Pat Richard/CBC)
"So always wear a helmet when you're using an e-scooter, keep speeds low, don't drive the scooter impaired - so don't use alcohol or drugs when you're using an e-scooter." 'A little scary' riding oneĪlanna Welsh tried riding an e-scooter for the first time on Friday. "So there's some inexperience in using scooters that factors into injuries and their ability to control the scooter. "So I think what we're seeing is some emerging injury patterns from a new or, you know, relatively new tool that people have available to them."įuselli said rental businesses have driven much of the popularity, and the problem could be that many users are trying them for the first time and underestimating how fast they can go. "These e-scooters in particular have become really popular over the last number of years, and they're more available in places like cities for micro-mobility reasons," she said. Pamela Fuselli, president and CEO of Parachute, said inexperience could be a factor in how many people are getting injured riding e-scooters.
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