Calverton residents have shared their concerns over "dangerous" e-scooters being driven in the village. The concerns follow a day of action by Nottinghamshire Police in the village on Monday, October 24, where the police monitored the illegal and anti-social use of e-scooters, resulting in one being seized and crushed.
It is illegal to use a privately-owned e-scooter on a public road, cycle lane or pavement, the only place they can be legally used is on private land. The only scooters that can be used on roads are those that form part of an approved local authority hire scheme, such as the one in Nottingham city.
When asked about her thoughts on e-scooters, retired Dorothy Bollands, 74, of Calverton, said: "I'd rather they use the pavements. I don't like them on the road as at about quarter past three you can't move down the road with school traffic, and people just whip through on scooters.
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"How they don't get hurt I don't know. The thing is, if they want them and they go to use them, it's a bit like when we have roller-skates, where is there that they can go?"
Dorothy explained that she had concerns over the speed and silent noise of the e-scooters. She said: "They need to make a noise, like a constant noise, so you can hear them coming. All these people that use them can use them great, but they go too fast.
"If someone hit my leg with one of those scooters, I would probably never walk the same again."
Tony Wragg, 73, and his wife, Mary Wragg, 68, both of Calverton, also have concerns over the way e-scooters are being used. Tony said: "There's a young guy that zooms down our road quite often. Yesterday I saw him going out at night and it was dark and he had no lights or anything.
"The parents are stupid in my opinion for buying them anyway." Mary said they have seen a similar problem with e-scooters in the city centre and in Arnold.
She said: "It's the same in Arnold and we see them when we go down town as well. A Calverton man who did not wish to be named said: "I've seen them going up and down all round here.
"The people riding on them look like 20 year olds. They are dangerous."
Calverton resident Malcolm Dollman, 59, added: "We don't see them whizzing around here. I have noticed that they are just leaving them everywhere when I go into town, which is bad for people that can't see very well.
"If the parents go out to buy them and then say they can't go on the pavements there is nowhere for them to go. There are no parks, there used to be a skateboarding park back in the day around here.
"There's nothing for the younger generation to do, so if they get them the kids will just go out anyway."
When asked his thoughts on the e-scooters, maintenance technician Mark Gibbons, 38, of Arnold, said: "They are too easy to buy nowadays and young kids love them.
"They are easy to restrict, but just as easy to take the restriction off them. There's one that comes down past me and he flies past me every morning. It's just the fashion."
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