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Electric scooters on collision course with pedestrians and lawmakers

  • Written by Jim Sallis, Professorial Fellow, Mary MacKillop Institute for Health Research, Australian Catholic University; Emeritus Professor, Department of Family Medicine and Public Health, University of California San Diego
Electric scooters on collision course with pedestrians and lawmakersA man in downtown Atlanta with an electric scooter on June 26, 2018. Brinley Hineman/ AP Photo

Electric scooters are appearing in many major cities across the country, bringing fun to riders, profits to scooter makers – and lots of potential risks to walkers and riders.

San Diego, where I live, is at the forefront of the proliferation of...

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