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Shared e-scooter users attribute near misses to inexperience: Longitudinal study
Riders of shared e-scooters are much more likely to attribute their near misses to inexperience than riders of privately owned e-scooters, a longitudinal study led by QUT road safety researchers has found.
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Riders of shared e-scooters are much more likely to attribute their near misses to inexperience than riders of privately owned e-scooters, a longitudinal study led by QUT road safety researchers has found. The study followed 285 Australian shared and private e-scooter riders over 12 months and found no statistically significant change in their near-miss rates over that period.
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