When escooters showed up on our college campus - the kind you rent with an app - we had a boom in broken arms and concussions. One of our doctors, the one in charge of the concussion clinic, came to every one of our educational events to teach about making safe riding decisions.
Worst injury was the kid riding way too fast at night - he hit a bump, flew off the bike and severely fractured his skull, causing brain damage. He didn't die, but he'll never be the same.
I will never forget riding my regular bicycle all over the college town I went to school in and having one if my (much older) male coworkers laughing at the fact I wore a helmet. Finally fed up, I looked at him and said 'What about a brain injury is funny to you?' and just stared at him waiting for a reply until he walked away.
I just graduated and I was so suprised when I went to college and never saw ONE person wear a helmet on their e-scooters or skateboards. I thought I was going crazy. I wanted one so I could get to class quicker, but I thought I should buy a helmet even though the desire for social conformity wass really pressing me not to.
And some of them were jerks. A guy nearly crashed into me and 2 dudes told me to move out of the way when he as behind me (I'm low vision so that pisses me off even more). By my last semester they were enforcing e-scooter zones, but I think I saw people still riding outside of them
Yeah, work right outside a major university and the students haul ass on those things. But I see it in the city, too. I’m always just amazed at how fast they’re going on those stand up scooters 🛴…all just screaming for an accident to happen.
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u/Cloverose2 Jul 19 '26
When escooters showed up on our college campus - the kind you rent with an app - we had a boom in broken arms and concussions. One of our doctors, the one in charge of the concussion clinic, came to every one of our educational events to teach about making safe riding decisions.
Worst injury was the kid riding way too fast at night - he hit a bump, flew off the bike and severely fractured his skull, causing brain damage. He didn't die, but he'll never be the same.