Emergency Room Visits From E-Scooter Accidents Soar 160 Percent

Electric bicycle and scooter rentals are the latest craze to give urban dwellers ‘alternative transportation’  to eliminate carbon. Scooters in particular have caused a pandemic of injured riders. Residents in San Francisco detest these sidewalk intruders, and are moving to have them banned. ⁃ TN EditorAs injured electric scooter riders pour into emergency departments around the country, doctors have scrambled to document a trend that many view as a growing public safety c