Austin City Council is laying out some new rules for riders of dockless scooters.
Riders younger than 18 have to wear helmets, or face a $20 to $40 dollar fine. Parents could also be fined for letting their kids ride around without a helmet. Only one person can ride a scooter at a time.
Riders can use city sidewalks, but they have to ride in a reasonable and prudent way. Councilmember Paige Ellis explained that basically means if you are riding and lose control, crash or something of the like, it give law enforcement a reason to pull you aside for not riding in a “reasonable and prudent” manner.However Councilmember Pio Renteria expressed some concern this would leave a number of situations up to individual police interpretation.
Also if you don’t want a dockless scooter parked on your property, city staffers say residents and property owners can bar scooters from the grounds.
Transporation Department officials say it’ll be a few weeks before than can print out a full list of rules as the legal department still has to go through city council notes and write them out.
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