[arista]

Bound to happen, sadly


[A teenage girl riding an e-scooter has died
following a crash with a van in east London.
The rider, who police believe was 14 years old,
was in collision with the vehicle
on Green Street, in East Ham.
She was treated by paramedics but
died at the scene, at about 13:30 GMT.

Detectives said the driver of the van was
with police but he had not been arrested.

The girl's next of kin have been informed, the Met added.

Road closures are in place.]


https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-60826567

[UserSince2005]

Why wasn’t she at school?

[arista]

Originally Posted by UserSince2005

Why wasn’t she at school?

Could be lunch break

[glib]

Originally Posted by arista

Could be lunch break

14 year olds stay in school during lunch break for this exact reason

She was a truanter

[arista]

[The use of privately-owned e-scooters
is banned on public roads in the UK,
although a rental scheme was introduced
in some parts of London in June 2021
as part of government-backed trials across England.

Recent government figures, from January 2021 to June 2021,
showed more than half of the 931 e-scooter crashes
in the UK last year were in London.

The Met Police also seized more
than 3,600 privately owned e-scooters
during 2021.]


From that BBC Link First Post

[glib]

Originally Posted by arista

[The use of privately-owned e-scooters
is banned on public roads in the UK,
although a rental scheme was introduced
in some parts of London in June 2021
as part of government-backed trials across England.

Recent government figures, from January 2021 to June 2021,
showed more than half of the 931 e-scooter crashes
in the UK last year were in London.

The Met Police also seized more
than 3,600 privately owned e-scooters
during 2021.]
So she commit two crimes

From that BBC Link First Post

So she commit two crimes

[glib]

Why’s the van driver with police?


What’s he done wrong? The scooter should not have been on the road

[parmnion]

Originally Posted by glib

14 year olds stay in school during lunch break for this exact reason

She was a truanter

Considering she died at around 1.30 in the afternoon, it's safe to say she was on her lunch break.

Unlike where you are allegedly from, we allow our youth some form of freedom during lunch break.

[glib]

Originally Posted by parmnion

Considering she died at around 1.30 in the afternoon, it's safe to say she was on her lunch break.

Unlike where you are allegedly from, we allow our youth some form of freedom during lunch break.

Obviously your ‘freedom’ isn’t so safe is it.

[Vanessa]

A scooter with a kid on it once passed by me. He was going so fast he barely had the time to avoid me.
I don't think they're safe at all.

[smudgie]

Poor lass, may she rest in peace.

[rusticgal]

Originally Posted by Vanessa

A scooter with a kid on it once passed by me. He was going so fast he barely had the time to avoid me.
I don't think they're safe at all.

Extremely dangerous…they should be banned.

[Kizzy]

Poor girl, some are much faster than others. My son just bought one :/

[glib]

Originally Posted by Kizzy

Poor girl, some are much faster than others. My son just bought one :/

Make sure he doesn’t truant off school to ride it on the roads

[Kizzy]

Originally Posted by glib

Make sure he doesn’t truant off school to ride it on the roads

He's 25 so not likely..

[Jordan.]

Has glip been heartless enough about this child's death, I'm not sure.

[glib]

Originally Posted by Jordan.

Has glip been heartless enough about this child's death, I'm not sure.

Who’s glip

[arista]

Originally Posted by Vanessa

A scooter with a kid on it once passed by me. He was going so fast he barely had the time to avoid me.
I don't think they're safe at all.

This is the Trouble with them
that can reach 35miles an hour


And that on a Pavement
is deadly.


Police have them on Camera
they must seize more of these expensive E-Scooters

[parmnion]

Originally Posted by glib

Who’s glip

Probably nicky tbh