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September 16, 2020 08:05 pm
Original Link: http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~3/_AdSIKWT1rI/e-scooter-trial-put-on-hold-in-coventry-five-days-after-rollout
E-scooter Trial Put on Hold in Coventry Five Days After Rollout
A 12-month trial of e-scooters has been paused five days into the scheme due to people riding them on pavements. Coventry City Council has raised safety concerns amid reports they were being used in pedestrianised areas -- against guidelines. From a report: Some residents also complained about them being discarded across the city and people going the wrong way. The authority made the decision to put the trial on hold while it reviews how e-scooters can be used "appropriately." The 200 e-scooters were deployed in Coventry and Birmingham, in the UK's biggest trial of its kind, on Thursday. Sarah Gayton, a campaigner for the National Federation for the Blind, said she is relieved by the council's action but wants the e-scooters to "disappear from the UK." "I was absolutely shocked to see riders going on the pavement, whizzing around, going the wrong way, scooters discarded all over the city centre," she said.Read more of this story at Slashdot.
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