Matthew Scott on the dangers of e-scooters

Kent Police and Crime Commissioner Matthew Scott is urging parents not to buy their children e-scooters for Christmas

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00:00 scooters are not legal on Kent roads and pavements please do not waste your money

00:04 buying anybody an e-scooter because they can't use it on public land and there

00:10 are also concerns around some of the devices that you can buy online the

00:14 safety of the chargers and also the batteries which we know to cause fires

00:18 so I would say to anyone please do not buy an e-scooter you are wasting your

00:22 money. As much as children might want one of these devices I'm sorry but I'm gonna

00:28 have to be the Grinch at Christmas and say no. In the context of road safety I

00:32 absolutely would agree with that statement it is one of the most

00:35 dangerous things that are available out there because of the safety standards

00:39 there there are very few safety standards around the manufacture of

00:41 e-scooters and also you've got the massive risk around potential fire

00:45 particularly if you're buying them online and know nothing about the

00:47 sources the the power issues and the charging of them so they are very they

00:53 can potentially be very very dangerous items particularly if they're being used

00:58 on public roads and and so you know everything can be dangerous in a certain

01:02 context but in the context of road safety I think it's safest for everybody that

01:06 people don't buy e-scooters.