05/09/2026
ENOUGH IS ENOUGH WITH DANGEROUS E-SCOOTERS
Yesterday, one of our teachers had a horrendous start to her day.
She was dropping her child off at school when there was an almighty BANG against her car.
She thought another vehicle had hit her.
She got out to find a child lying on the ground with an e-scooter next to him.
A witness in the car behind said he had been travelling far too fast before slamming himself and the e-scooter straight into the side of her stationary car.
Despite the shock, she did everything you would hope someone would do.
She called the police.
She made sure he was OK.
She offered to take him to hospital.
She even climbed underneath her own car to retrieve his phone for him.
And then?
He got back on his e-scooter and rode away.
No insurance. No way of paying for the damage he'd caused. No accountability.
Meanwhile, our teacher was left shaken, upset and facing a repair bill of hundreds of pounds.
She started her working day in tears.
But a damaged car can be repaired.
What frightens me is what could have happened.
What if he had hit a young child walking to school?
What if he'd hit an elderly person?
What if that car hadn't been stationary?
He could have ended up underneath its wheels or those of the vehicle behind.
This could have been a tragedy.
We cannot simply shrug our shoulders and accept people riding e-scooters dangerously on our roads and pavements, with innocent people potentially left to pick up the pieces when something goes wrong.
Someone should not have to be seriously injured – or worse – before we decide this needs tackling.
I will be writing to Jim McMahon MP about this incident and asking what more can be done about the dangerous and illegal use of e-scooters and the complete lack of accountability when incidents like this happen.
This time it was a damaged car and a teacher left in tears.
Next time, we might not be so lucky.
