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What risk mitigation factors are you looking for that don’t already exist? And how do you balance the fact that the majority of injuries are from people ignoring the risk mitigation factors that already exist?
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They had to actually remove risk mitigation factors from the Alberta Traffic Safety Act in order to even get escooters here. I think it's a bit of a bad idea to allow them on sidewalks. Even bike paths/ walk ways seem crazy dangerous around Prince's Island and Eau Claire. There will always be wobblers around so you really want them to buzz through a crowd of people at 20 km's/hr? And we will always have dummies who don't follow the rules. You want to hire scooter cops? Build scooter lanes?
I'm sure there will be a study that says the benefit to Calgarians is super massive. So I'll wait for the report. But so far I don't think there is much benefit other than it's kind of fun and it opens up more lunch opportunities.