Photo: NZMEE-scooters have been allowed on to footpaths and roads without the risk assessments a transport official has said were necessary. In January last year, a New Zealand Transport Agency (NZTA) official warned there were "significant" risks if e-scooters could share footpaths and roads. "It would be a significant change in current classification for further small-powered vehicles not to be treated as motor vehicles," the official wrote. This contradicts the NZTA's OIA response in January 2018 that they were motor vehicles. In this case, those anomalies were cleared up quickly and in a way that is working out well for e-scooter companies.

Source: Otago Daily Times March 13, 2019 21:45 UTC