My main impression of electric scooters is they should never come near pedestrians, so for me they should be banned from pedestrian areas. Great form of transport but where should they be used? On the road? Not really. In the bicycle lane? Yes probably the only place for them. To me cyclists are getting too much space. Cars are vital to people. Ok give cyclists space but keeping a meter and a half from cyclists is ridiculous. A metre should be enough and make cyclists more responsible for their actions.
I stepped out of a shop in the shopping precinct and a young guy on a scooter shot past me quite closely, he almost hit a lady not far from me too. Had I come out of the shop at a regular pace he would have had a horrible pain. If either of us could have caught him, he would have got some ‘scooting advice’. I’m all in favour of all these new travel devices, especially for old people who need to get out and about but we need a decent policy that both protects drivers/riders and the pedestrians. Some decent penalties should be given to maniacs who terrorise people with them, especially young people with kids and old people. Battery vehicles are great but we need proper rules and penalties for those who flaunt them.