The UK really wants escooters — but needs lots of rules because people are reckless

Despite a string of prematurely canceled trials, the UK‘s Transport Committee says that escooters should be legalized in the country. There’s an important caveat, which I think no one will disagree with: they should be prohibited for use on pavements, BBC reports. Escooter trials have been operating around England over the past few months, and general sentiments are that they aren’t going all that well. As seems to always be the case when escooter trials begin, people misuse them, they get parked in places they shouldn’t be, and they become the focus of conversation because of rule-breaking riders. [Read: GM…

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