McEntee 'open' to raising e-scooter age limit after fatal Waterford accident

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An Garda Síochána,Crime,Drew Harris

The Justice Minister is “open” to raising the age limit for e-scooter use after the death of two teenagers in Waterford city.

after a crash between an e-scooter and a bus in the early hours of Thursday morning.

“You have to be over 16, and you can’t have another person on it, you can’t have anything other than maybe a rucksack, and you can’t go over certain speeds,” she said. “We have 92 people suspended at the moment, and over a quarter of those are because of cases of violence or domestic or sexual violence,” she said.

An Garda Síochána Crime Drew Harris E-Scooter Helen Mcentee Waterford

 

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