I've written a fair amount over the past year about the introduction of E-scooters to my local metropolitan town (Wiesbaden). In basic terms, I've noted that while received in a really positive way....on the danger-scale, it's been maxing out near a '10' (my perception). Sometime this year, I would anticipate the first death in the city via the e-scooter.
Over the weekend, the Wiesbaden city police came up and noted this incident.
Two ladies (one a juvenile, and the other considered an adult) got this crazy idea....to rent a e-scooter with one person, and the 2nd would be on a regular bicycle, holding onto the e-scooter person.
All of this at 3 AM. Alcohol? Never mentioned and you have to wonder about that.
They decided to take the route down a motorway (not just a regular street). Someone noted the two in this reckless behavior, and called the cops. The cops end up at point of some round-about....with the E-scooter and bike laying on the ground. Walking around, and looking over the barrier....the cops find the two laying there. They weren't seriously injured.
The cops? They gave out a lecture, and then took the juvenile to the station....where they called her mom to come and pick her up.
I sat and observed two kids about four months ago (before the virus deal)....probably around age 11 to 12. Somehow, they'd gotten registered and were able to rent the E-scooters. It's just begging for serious injury or trouble.
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