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<\/p>\nTwo separate e-device accidents, one of which left a 15-year-old girl with a fractured skull, has raised “genuine” concern about the use of such devices, a month out of a review into SA’s laws.<\/p>\n
Just before 11:45pm on Tuesday, police and emergency services were called to Old Princes Highway at Nairne after reports a 15-year-old girl had crashed an e-scooter.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Police said the rider, from Mount Barker, was treated by SA Ambulance at the scene and taken to hospital with non-life threatening injures.<\/p>\n
Earlier that night, police were called to Kensington Road after reports an e-bike had crashed into a parked Subaru sedan.<\/p>\n
The rider, an 18-year-old man from Adelaide, was treated by an ambulance crew and taken to hospital with non-life threatening injuries.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe person in Nairne has a fractured skull\u00a0and the 18-year-old in Norwood has a broken leg,” SA Police Commissioner Grant Stevens told 891 ABC Adelaide on Wednesday morning.\u00a0<\/p>\n
“The one in Norwood has received an expiation notice because of the way they were riding …,” he said.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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Grant Stevens says SA police will be providing advice to the government as it reviews state e-device laws. (ABC News: Che Chorley)<\/p>\n
When questioned about the effectiveness of road safety messaging, Commissioner Stevens\u00a0said a majority of people do the right thing but there was “genuine concern about the use of these personal mobility devices”.<\/p>\n
“When you think about the number of these devices that are out and about now, if you have a small number or proportion of people who are doing the wrong thing that can be quite significant in terms of actual numbers,” he said.\u00a0<\/p>\n
“That\u2019s where our focus is. You don\u2019t have to be on the streets for too long in a metropolitan area to see people on scooters zipping about without helmets on.”<\/p>\n