The ban on Lime scooters appears to have worked - with injuries dropping significantly since the company had its licence suspended in Dunedin and Auckland last week. The most injury-prone week since Limes hit the streets was that beginning February 3, when 111 people lodged claims. More than $8m in ACC claims has been paid out in bicycle injuries since mid-October, while motorbike injuries topped $2.2m in the same period. More than 185,000 riders have taken nearly one million trips on Lime scooters in Auckland alone since its launch in October. But it was the growing number of injuries that spurred Auckland Council to ban them from city streets.

Source: Otago Daily Times February 26, 2019 02:37 UTC