The Star: October 25, 2018

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Thursday October 25 2018 5
E-scooters rip around town
•From page 1
Lee Matthews and Darren
Edwards, who were in town
for lunch, were shocked at how
careless some riders were.
“It’s a joke . . . you could go
tearing past a shop and hit an old
lady or something like that,” Mr
Matthews said.
“I’m a kid at heart, but toys
like this should be played with
in places where there’s not much
chance of fallout, not on the
streets of the central city,” Mr
Edwards.
“As a driver, if I hit someone
I’d get done for manslaughter
when they’re the ones who come
out in front of you . . . it’s only a
matter of time before something
happens.”
The ride-sharing initiative was
launched in California last year
and has since spread to more
than 80 cities across the globe.
In Christchurch and Auckland,
users can ride on footpaths,
roads and some cycle lanes
without a helmet, travelling up to
30km/h.
Christchurch launched 400
app-controlled scooters, with
another 300 expected to be
deployed within a month.
Lime paid the city
council $136 for a three-month
mobile trading permit for the
scooters.
A city council spokeswoman
said it had received feedback but
as this was Lime’s trial, it had
been forwarded to the company.
ACC senior injury prevention
specialist Kirsten Malpas said
safety was a concern as riders
were not required to wear safety
gear.
“Wearing a helmet, limiting
speed and keeping to road rules
are standard mechanisms for
keeping safe. The challenge,
however, from a safety
perspective with e-scooters is
how people use them, mostly for
RIDING: About 400 Lime
e-scooters have been
deployed in Christchurch,
with another 300 to come
within the next month.
short incidental trips rather than
a planned scooter ride they’d
have prepared for.”
St Andrew’s College even
banned them from their campus
as some had been left outside the
school.
Police Inspector Ash Tabb said
he had not heard of any incidents
involving the scooters.
“We’re just here to be an
adviser in terms of the safety and
use of the scooters, just to make
sure they’re being used as safely
as possible,” he said.
A New Zealand Transport
Agency spokeswoman said a
transport review to look into
rules for scooter-riders was being
planned.
Local
News
Now
Fire rages, homes at risk
Redcliffs
School
issue
rolls on
• By Matt Salmons
THOSE FIGHTING against
the move of Redcliffs School are
waiting for an indication their
petition will prove successful.
THe Friends of Redcliffs Park,
the Redcliffs School board of
trustees and the Workplace and
Education Select Committee met
last week in Wellington.
THe meeting had been delayed
from September 19.
Friends of Redcliffs Park
members Chris Doudney, Simi
Desor, Duncan Currie and Adam
Currie travelled to the meeting.
Mr Doudney said he could
not yet say whether the meeting
would result in the select
committee taking the matter
further, as no decision had yet
been announced.
“Which they may or may not
agree to of course. No doubt we’ll
hear from them in due course.
“My confidence level is no
higher and no lower than it was
before,” Mr Doudney said.
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