The Scooter Shop

We sold an inventory in the first two weeks that we opened and we're E-scooters have become so popular one Vancouver shop says it'surprised by how much it'selling in a day. This comes a year into a pilot project allowing the devices in some BC cities. We didn'think we would be where we are today until about five years from now so we blew our investors away and everyone kind of involved and went from two co-founders work in the store to 14 staff members now. Spence says EVs have sold thousands of e-scooters which range in price from about $500 to $5,200 since opening just 15 months ago. He believes high gas prices are one of the reasons they're so popular. Some people just recently sell But the devices aren't without risks. On Monday Vancouver Coastal Health issued an e-scooter safety guide urging helmet use which is legally required as more riders hit the road. There does seem to be some risk of injury due to e-scooter use. We have data from both within British Col There might be risk that's comparable or even higher to walking and riding a bicycle. As the weather gets better as we get more people outside we'll The city of Vancouver confirms a slight increase in e-scooter complaints since the start of the pilot with most concerns related to sidewalk riding and high speeds. When it comes to e-scooters the rules are essentially the same as a bike. You can'take it on the seawall, can't ride it on a sidewalk, you can't ride it on a major street, you can take them in bike lanes, you can take them on side streets, you can'take them over 24 kilometers an hour. All of our staff and my fellow co-founder every time we see someone on the sidewalk we stop them kindly and that explains why it's not good to ride on the sidewalk and one of the big reasons other than the pedestrian safety is we want these things to move forward and become more legal after the pilot program in Vancouver Monica Gull City News