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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Paul Francis and Alice Clifford

County clamps down on e-scooters ‘before someone is seriously hurt’

SWNS

A trial of e-scooters in Kent will be cut short to prevent people getting “seriously hurt”, the county council has ruled. E-scooters cannot be used legally on public highways outside a small number of trial areas, which from December will once again include Kent.

The pilot scheme, launched in Canterbury in November 2020 for an initial 12-month period, has twice been extended despite public safety fears and a pedestrian being knocked down.

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