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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Neil Lancefield

Charity calls for e-scooters to emit a sound as blind people do not ‘feel safe’

E-scooters should be required to emit a universal sound to reduce crashes with pedestrians, MPs heard.

Clive Wood, policy and campaigns manager at charity Guide Dogs, called for the Government to introduce legislation because the use of the devices on pavements mean many blind and partially-sighted people do not “feel safe”.

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