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As annoying as some escooter users are, I don't think this is the best solution. Far more idiots cause deaths in cars, no calls to ban those.
It doesn't appear to be a ban, so much as a suspension. Which seems totally reasonable when new technology is involved in a death.
Cars are regulated, with minimum safety requirements, and drivers are required to undergo (minimal) training. I'm not sure what's appropriate for e-scooters, but similar requirements could be reasonable.
When cars were a new technology that resulted in deaths, the response was kicking people out of their own streets and giving over the space exclusively to the death machines.
Sure that might be the case but we shouldn't be basing our response now on how they responded over 100 years ago. If cars only began to appear a few years ago we'd be looking at a similar suspension.
A temporary suspension to give time for regulations to be made to minimise accidents and increase safety is a good idea. Hopefully they'll be able to talk to the e-scooter companies to look at things like speed caps in pedestrian areas.