E-Scooter Crashes Spark Questions About Rider Rules: Block Talk

E-scooter crashes are raising serious safety concerns nationwide, with 19 deaths and at least seven injuries reported so far this year, and Consumer Product Safety Commission data showing a 23 percent average annual increase in e-scooter and e-bike injuries between 2017 and 2022. Questions about where scooters should be ridden, speed limits, rules for young riders, and how drivers should share the road remain largely unresolved across most communities.