E-scooter safety: Antwerp emergency doctors want mandatory helmet

E-scooter safety: Antwerp emergency doctors want mandatory helmet

The Antwerp hospital umbrella ‘Hospitaal aan de Stroom’ (ZAS) receives an emergency patient every eight hours due to an accident involving an e-scooter. In half of the cases, this led to an inability to work. Emergency doctors as well as the clinic and the Flemish Foundation for Traffic Studies (VSV) are asking the government to take measures such as a helmet requirement, a minimum standard for braking capacity and a maximum acceleration speed f…