There are some serious gaps in the article around what the riders were colliding with. The only detailed account was with a car, in which (surprise surprise) the scooter rider was the one penalised.

These scooters are new, but that doesn’t make them a bad idea. I see parents using them to drop off their lids at school every day for example. Every person you see on a scooter is someone who would otherwise be in front of you in a car.

If we’re really concerned about the health and safety of kids riding these things, we should:

• reduce/remove car traffic
• patch potholes