Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 19 January 2022
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport
Road Traffic and Roads Bill 2021, and Disability and Transport: Discussion
Mr. John Fulham:
Yes, speed can be managed on a zonal basis. With pedestrian areas or pedestrian-only streets they can be kept out or the speed of the scooter can be brought down but that has to be enshrined in regulation and law. We require and request designated parking areas. Lived experience is that free-floating or locked-to parking where scooters can be left on stands just parked anywhere or are locked to poles or railings or fences are inevitably badly parked and they fall over and get in the way. Our experience is based on precedents and facts, so that is why we are looking for designated parking areas.
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