![]() “Despite being encouraged by the Texas Department of Public Safety to treat the scene as a crime scene and to contact the D.A.‘s Office for advice on how to proceed, the investigating agency chose not to do so.” PERIOD,” Mathis wrote in a Facebook post. “This case was not handled appropriately by the investigating agency. Meanwhile, the local DA made it clear he doesn’t want to take the heat. Then again, that was obvious the moment police allowed the 16-year old driver to go home with his parents instead of pressing charges. The law firm representing six bicyclists injured by a coal-rolling teenager in Waller County, Texas while training for a triathlon says the entire investigation of the crash has been “riddled with anti-bike bias.” Meanwhile, Streetsblog responded by accusing the paper of victim blaming and trying to push people back into cars. Yes, reckless riding on a scooter is stupid, and dangerous - to the rider and those around them.īut it’s far from the biggest danger on the streets. It doesn’t take a lot of observation to realize that people do stupid things, whether they are driving cars, riding bikes, walking or piloting scooters.Īnd while all of those can pose a risk to others, it’s the people in cars who do the most damage. Many pedestrians and cyclists complain about e-bike and e-scooter riders who speed, ride on sidewalks and run red lights and go the wrong way on streets.Īlthough if they think e-scooters pose a risk to pedestrians, just wait until they hear about cars. Revel, which operates an electric moped share program in the city, voluntarily shut it down for a month last year after three riders were killed.Į-mobility crashes have also killed three pedestrians this year, including the actress Lisa Banes, who was knocked down by a hit-and-run scooter rider on the Upper West Side. At least 17 people have been killed while riding electric mobility vehicles this year, according to city officials. Still, the e-mobility boom has brought significant safety challenges to New York’s already congested streets. ![]() The New York Times clutches its pearls over the rise in micromobility, noting that ridership surged 130 percent to 88.5 million in 2019, from just 38.5 million the year before.īut instead of celebrating the relative safety and convenience of e-scooters and other electric mobility devices, they choose to focus on people acting like, well, people. I’m happy to have him join our roster of Los Angeles-area sponsors, all of whom I have personally vetted, to provide access to effective legal counsel throughout the SoCal region. Along with the advice he’s shared on topics from staying safe on the road, to how to find a good lawyer if you don’t. I’ve known Duquette for some time, after connecting over some particularly egregious bike cases from San Diego and Orange Counties, as well as Riverside and Imperial Counties. Before we start, I hope you’ll join me in welcoming noted San Diego bike lawyer Richard Duquette as our newest sponsor.
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