eScooters causing untold trouble for blind people, experts warn

In Germany, where electric scooters are banned from use on pavements but can be parked there when not in use, an association for the blind has warned that there is the risk of people stumbling over a poorly parked electric scooter is significantly greater for blind people. — dpa

Electric scooters have suddenly popped up in cities around the world – bringing with them a host of new problems.

From San Francisco to Paris, the scooters have been found parked in all sorts of places – the middle of pavements, dumped in rivers and even hung from trees.