Grassroots Holistic Health

Road Safety Re: Bikers Ebikes Escooters and Texting Jay Walking Pedestrians

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".We’ll look at how e-scooters,e-bikes, pedestrians who text while jaywalking and legally walking across the streets with a sense of entitlement, and all of the above mentioned who play the game of "chicken with car drivers. have changed the streetscape in New York and raised safety concerns.E-powered machines can fill the gaps in urban transportation systems for trips to places that are too far to walk to but are too close for the subway or bus, they take up little, if any, street space for parking; and they are fun to ride,Their popularity surged with the pandemic.,George Diaz of the Bronx bought an e-scooter last year to reduce the risk of being exposed to the coronavirus on his crowded bus commute.“It saves me money,” At least 17 people have been killed while riding electric mobility vehicles this year,according to city officials. Revel, which operates an electric moped share program in the city, shut it down for a month last year after three riders were killed.3 pedestrians have also died in e-mobility c