Helmets on eScooters: Italy plans new safety rules after boy's death

Although speed limits and pavement bans are commonplace for eScooter riders, helmets remain recommended but optional in most countries, despite much research suggesting that they are vital. — dpa

Electric scooter rental companies like Lime and Bird might remind riders to wear a helmet, but in the vast majority of cities around the world, it's only recommended.

And yet skull fractures, lacerations and brain injuries are just a few of the common injuries that emergency rooms have noted in eScooter riders involved in accidents.