The push to educate the public with privately owned electric scooters set to be legalised

The government is set to extend the e-scooter trial for another six months later today, with privately owned e-scooters legalised and the legal riding age reduced from 18 to 16 years old.

Stephen Coulter, founder of Zipidi, a consultancy group on transport matters such as e-scooters and e-bikes, is on board with lowering the legal riding age and believes this a good time for the government to educate the public.

“While they’ve been illegal, there’s been no government education on the riding rules for privately owned e-scooters, now we’ve got the opportunity to educate the market,” Mr Coulter told Neil Mitchell.

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Councilor Nicholas Reece, Deputy Lord Mayor of the City of Melbourne, also believes e-scooters are good for the community, but measures do need to be in place.

“I think the private e-scooters are a positive thing as long as they’re properly policed and the proper safety rules are in place,” Councilor Reece told Neil Mitchell.

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