Mobility scooters and personal mobility devices (Segways, e-scooters...)
VDR papers
2019 ESV
NEW SAFETY STANDARDS FOR MOTORISED MOBILITY DEVICES IN AUSTRALIA
2011 ESV
SAFETY REQUIREMENTS FOR SMALL MOTORISED ALTERNATIVE VEHICLES
2010 Project report (Researchgate):
A National Policy Framework for Alternative Vehicles
2001
Safety of recreational scooters
- for Vicroads
News
Note that some websites have limited duration
20 Nov 23 The Conversation:
The world’s 280 million electric bikes and mopeds are cutting demand for oil far more than electric cars
20 Nov 23 ABC: [Abandoned]
E-scooters a trip hazard for people who are blind, vision impaired
14 Nov 23 ABC:
Elderly man riding motorised wheelchair struck by car and killed in Townsville
(see
NEW SAFETY STANDARDS FOR MOTORISED MOBILITY DEVICES IN AUSTRALIA
- unfortunately moves to implement the standard have stalled partly due to misunderstanding about "Blue Label" requirements for access to public buses )
17 Sep23 The Guardian: ‘
Bottom of the food chain’: e-scooter riders push for reimagining of Australia’s bike lanes
6 Oct 22 ABC:
Police launch e-scooter safety blitz as man dies in hospital after crash in Melbourne's north
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Privately owned e-scooters legal to buy, illegal to ride as Victoria Police enforces safety blitz
28 Mar 22 The Conversation:
Thinking of swerving high fuel prices with an e-scooter or e-bike? 5 crucial questions answered
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(see also
Allocating costs and benefits to modes of personal transport
)
26 Jul 21 ABC:
Call for change as illegal e-bikes reaching speeds of more than 100 kilometres per hour
26 Jul 21 Smart Transport:
E-scooters predicted to be involved in up to 200,000 accidents
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E-scooters could replace 5m car trips annually in London
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UK could become e-scooter ‘market leader’
9 Apr 21 BoundMotor:
SEGWAYS, SCOOTERS, AND SKATEBOARDS: THE NEW ELECTRIFIED URBAN TRANSPORTATION
2 Nov 20 ETSC:
Consumer test of e-scooters leads to “get a bike” recommendation
23 Oct 19 The Conversation:
To bolster our fragile road and rail system we need to add a ‘micro-mobility’ network
Created by Michael Paine, November 2023.
Vehicle safety & environment
