Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 27 November 2019
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport
Personal Powered Transportation: Discussion
Mr. Ray O'Leary:
Aside from the road safety or vehicle standards, there are not even basic consumer standards. Clearly, there are concerns from a user's point of view. Individuals and entities trying to take advantage of that in a narrow window while authorities figure out how to react and develop suitable standards.
Anecdotally, I was advised by one of my colleagues in the Department, but one of the commercial bodies under our aegis, apparently, considered these devices for in-campus movement. The senior manager decided to demonstrate it to his colleagues and proceeded to find himself with several fractures. The organisation involved is not proceeding with using the device on-campus.
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