Just been run into at full speed on a pavement by a teenager on an electric scooter. It was on a blind corner and he was going full pelt. Ended up with a bit of a cut to the hand where my knuckle hit his handlebars. I'm a bit ashamed to say he got some expletives, but in my defence it was damn painful. Had this been someone older/more frail, I think this could have been a lot worse.

I see them being driven at speed on pavements quite regularly and I think the police just turn a blind eye these days...I think its seen as a "green" transport mode. I don't really have a problem with riders of bikes or scooters on pavements where they are empty or at an appropriately low speed but these scooters seriously shift and have some weight behind them!

Anyway, now thats off my chest...whats the solution to this? Clearly people buy them to use as transport but they seem unsafe for riding on both the road and the pavement!