Montreal Children’s Hospital sounds alarm over e-scooter injuries

At nan tallness of summer, e-scooters are retired successful afloat plaything successful nan streets of Montreal.

But nan Montreal Children’s Hospital is informing of nan dangers of utilizing nan mode of transportation, arsenic it reports an summation successful injuries related to e-scooters.

In nan past 3 months, nan infirmary has seen 7 cases. That’s up from a full of 8 past year.

“The types of injuries we spot are caput injuries, surgery bones, things for illustration that. The much superior ones are nan caput injuries and caput injuries are rather common,” said Liane Fransblow, nan trauma co-ordinator astatine nan Montreal Children’s Injury Prevention Program.

Fransblow says their ERs are seeing children arsenic young arsenic 5 years aged who were not wearing helmets.

As nan fame of e-scooters increases, she says she expects to spot much injuries, unless things alteration successful Quebec.

“Based connected nan European Transport Safety Council, they urge a minimum property of 16. They besides urge a minimum velocity of 20 kilometres an hour,” Fransblow said.

The usage of e-scooters connected motorcycle paths is allowed successful Quebec arsenic portion of a three-year aviator task started by Transports Quebec past year.

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Children complete 14 years aged are allowed to usage 1 arsenic agelong arsenic they deterioration a helmet and thrust nether 25 kilometres per hour.

“Part of nan aviator task is to stitchery much information, stitchery much information and astatine nan extremity of this, we mightiness opportunity possibly 14 year-olds was excessively young, we request to bring it up to 16,” said Louis-André Bertrand, a spokesperson for Transports Quebec.

Transports Quebec says its information doesn’t show a important spike successful injuries but if it does hap during nan aviator project, it will adjust.

Meanwhile, some nan state and nan infirmary are urging group to pass themselves and respect nan rules successful place.