Yup, e-scooters are dangerous, study confirms – especially since nobody wears helmets

A new study tracking injuries from riding e-scooters confirms what we all knew: electric scooters can be dangerous as hell. 

Also, nobody wears helmets on two-wheeled vehicles that can go up to 15 mph. 

A study published in the JAMA (Journal of the American Medical Association) Network Open on Friday observed e-scooter riding in the Los Angeles area (the birthplace of e-scooter sharing) for about a year from Sep. 1, 2017 through Aug. 31, 2018. In that time period, about 250 people ended up in the emergency room.

The most common injury: people's heads. More than 40 percent of incidents, or 100 people, had some sort of head injury. Five people had serious bleeding in the brain from a scooter crash. Two riders were sent to the ICU — this isn't just cuts and bruises. Read more...

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