Eight Deaths now tied to e-scooters

I really hate articles like this. Eight deaths out of how many rides? How does that compare to driving, biking, walking? There’s a lot of anger and resistance aimed at e-scooters. Maybe it’s valid but this article doesn’t make the case.

It's not only car drivers' fault. I've routinely seen scooter riders float through stop signs, go 15 on sidewalks, flip a u turn in a busy street, generally never signal, jump a set of steps on a scooter, do "brake burn" tricks, hop on one after a night at the bar, etc. The public can be pretty careless, and I'm frankly shocked this number is so low given the fuckery I've seen by the general public riding these. It's like a sense of caution, common sense, and rules of the road are just gone and they fee they are finally free to do what they want when they want.

Most of these injuries are caused by motor vehicles colliding with scooter riders. There is little to no infrastructure for bicycles and scooters in the US and cyclists have been screaming for years. Now it's happening to scooters too. If you are an experienced rider you have at least a few stories about reckless drivers that almost killed you.

'“what has immediately become clear is that 75 percent of the known fatalities with shared e-scooters were due to collisions with cars.”'

We should be requesting info on E-scooter involved traumatic head injuries / wrist and ankle injuries.

These are easier to hide / arguably have more of an impact on the public than death itself.