escooters NSW

[mikesbytes]

With escooter riders being fined upto $2.5k for riding an escooter on public NSW roads despite them being legal in most other states, it wasn't looking good for NSW escooter fans.

Now there's a 12 month trial starting in 4 locations which sounds like will all be parks ie will be novelty toys, however councils have been invited to participate and 39 councils have expressed interest. Video does waffle

[mikesbytes]

Privately owned e-scooters are banned during the 12 month trail due to safety concerns. So private scooters are more dangerous than rented scooters?
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-07-18/ ... /101248678

[jdh500]

Not really but the rider is, the government has a greater opportunity to track track down the scooter rider when they hit someone if its a rental while doing something stupid or stop it being modified to travel at much higher speed.

Privately owned e-scooters are banned during the 12 month trail due to safety concerns. So private scooters are more dangerous than rented scooters?
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-07-18/ ... /101248678

[zebee]

Plus rentals may have 3rd party liability on them. I wonder how many private ones do? The recently posted thread about contents insurance shows some policies exclude e things.

[mikesbytes]

Doesn't seem to be a problem with private scooters in other states

[Thoglette]

Doesn't seem to be a problem with private scooters in other states

But NSW is special!