New transportation technologies are exciting and generally welcomed by the public. However, sometimes these technologies are brought to market too quickly without appropriate safety precautions.
Recently, a company called Bird has deployed hundreds of electric scooters across Tempe and Scottsdale, Arizona. These scooters are easily accessible to anyone with a smartphone, identification, and credit card. There is no training or safety equipment provided. Any rider can get on a scooter in minutes.
What happens when a serious injury occurs as a result of using one of these electric scooters?
No doubt there will be many serious injuries in Arizona for a number of reasons including the lack of safety precautions and rapid deployment of these technologies without appropriate coordination with the municipalities.
If you have been injured on a Bird Scooter, call Attorney David Klink for a free consultation.
Update: As number of Tempe shared scooters, bicycles grows, new rules may be on the way
Here are more great articles on this topic:
https://knpr.org/npr/2018-10/e-scooters-roll-american-cities-so-do-safety-concerns
https://www.cnn.com/2018/09/29/health/scooter-injuries/index.html
https://www.cnn.com/2018/10/12/tech/scooter-rentals/index.html
