- We do not want to ban them, but it needs to be regulated where you can park them.
In addition, the speed they drive at and that they are too quiet is a problem for us, says Per Wictorsson, head of interest policy at the Swedish Association of the Visually Impaired (SRF).
He also says that SRF tried to address the problem with politicians, but that he feels that they have not been heard.
Per Wictorsson, head of interest policy at the National Association of the Visually Impaired.
Photo: Joachim Kåhlman
On Thursday, however, a press release from the Left Party in Norrköping appeared where they write that the accidents, and the careless and dangerous parking of the vehicles, make them want the municipality to tackle the problem with force.
- We listen to people and many Norrköping
residents are frankly
cursed at how our cityscape has deteriorated with these
discarded electric scooters everywhere.
And it not only creates irritation but actually also makes Norrköping inaccessible to many elderly people or people
with disabilities, says Tobias Holmberg (V), in the press release.
According to Maria Egebäck, head of operational support and service at the municipality, however, they have not been met by a tidal wave of complaints.
Hear more about this in the video above.
The police have via the municipality issued information on how the vehicles should be driven and how they should be parked.
It says that they must not block pedestrian and bicycle lanes or otherwise stand in the way.
The police are also pressuring that those with impaired vision can be badly injured on electric scooters that are in the way.
- We have members who have fallen over them and fought.
I myself have encountered this at a metro station.
The worst thing is that the electric scooters create a worry about going out alone.
It will be a psychological thing that limits us, says Per Wictorsson.