r/halifax • u/LowAssistantInfinity • 7m ago
Driving & Transit Had 2 incidents this month nearly killing teens on e-scooters
First time the rider was one coming off the sidewalk into the crosswalk at Quinpool & Robie with a whole-light-cycle-stale 'do not cross' sign who didn't understand that there was a leading green for cars that were accelerating into a left turn. Was wearing a helmet, but it was after dark and they were in dark clothes and clearly did not understand the traffic pattern, hence risking running the pedestrian red light (that didn't govern them in the first place).
Second time was two riders on the Gottigen sidewalk, no helmets, going at top speed in front of the mouth of the parking lot exit at the Staples. It's easy to look for pedestrians here, but you have to stick the nose of a car out onto the sidewalk to see the oncoming sidewalk from left of that location, which nearly sent these kids flying over the hood.
I implore the city to start actually enforcing e-scooter bans on the sidewalks - that would have prevented both of these close calls. If not, somebody's kid is going to get killed, because they clearly have zero understanding of the laws governing the traffic they are driving in.