The petition is now sitting with the Minister for Police, Emergency Services and Correctional Services, Joe Szakacs. L-R: John Bolton, Michael Page and Kayne Ensten
He tells CityMag he and SAESK8 organised a petition – which attracted 600 signatures – seeking legislative reform. Michael is one of three stakeholders agitating on a South Australian legislative level for the regulation of small electric vehicles, such as personal mobility devices.įormer cop and Gawler lord mayoral candidate John Bolton is also part of the call to action. University worker Diana Reed is one pedestrian-turned-activist who was allegedly hit by a commercial e-scooter rider in February, and the last time we spoke to her was still managing the pain from her injury. Michael says public opinion of private electronic devices has been “tarnished” by the “low skill and safety level” of those hopping on commercial e-scooter devices. They pay $1530 per week to the City of Adelaide in permit fees. The city’s e-scooter trial, which commenced in February 2019, only allows e-scooters by Singapore-owned companies Beam and Neuron to operate in the postcode 5000. SAESK8 is also part of a national lobby group Electric Riders Australia, which aims to represent a unified national voice for the mode of micro-transport. We do have members of the group who say, ‘Well, somebody has to take the hit to make this a public issue’. “We wish for our devices to be included in the law and we urge you to recommend the government pass legislation and apply laws that will allow us to operate in public.” “Instead, priority and attention was given to the commercial operators of the e-scooter rental schemes that currently exist in various council jurisdictions in the Adelaide metropolitan area. “We were largely ignored by the previous Marshall Liberal state government. “I personally have been fighting for the legalisation of privately-owned devices for the last two ,” he says. Michael also heads up local e-scooter advocacy group SAESK8, which “for years” has attempted to address the legislative “double standard” of commercial e-scooter companies – after acquiring council permits – rolling out their devices in allocated areas while private operators are locked out, he tells Parliament. Privately owned “motorised scooters” are not allowed to operate on a road or road-related area, according to the South Australian road rules. New here? Sign up to receive the latest happenings from around our city, sent every Thursday morning.ĭespite commercial e-scooters littering North Adelaide and the CBD, it is illegal for Michael to ride his electric skateboard on public streets.
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