The City of Tallinn is discussing the possibility of opening a night bus service from next year. An application for extra funding has been submitted to support the establishment of four routes, which among other things, are expected to reduce the increasing number of scooter accidents in the Estonian capital.
While the number of accidents involving e-scooters has been rising, the arrival of the high season means more and more vehicles are to be in circulation in the Estonian capital soon, as companies offering rental services increase availability.
Thirty-one accidents involving scooters have taken place in Estonia this year with the majority occurring in Tallinn and Harju County. ERR News republishes the rules for driving a scooter.
Since the scooters returned to city streets two months ago, 31 scooter accidents have been registered and 32 people have reported injuries.
There have been 24 accidents in Harju County and six in Ida-Viru County. The youngest victim was 8 years old and the oldest was 63 years old.
This year electric scooter use is regulated under the traffic law and so the police have been counting how many accidents have occurred since January when the law was amended, ETV s Aktuaalne kaamera reported.
0 >Daniel Rüütmann, the Riigikogu protestor at the center of the incident, during an earlier demonstration on Toompea. Source: Priit Mürk/ERR
An MP whose car made contact with a protestor outside the Riigikogu Monday has been found to have caused a minor injury, Baltic News Service reports.
Hannes Kullamäe, head of the Police and Board Guard Board s (PPA) road traffic control center in Tallinn said told daily Postimees that: Today, the police received information from the hospital, where it had been determined that the pedestrian had sustained an injury after all. We have been in contact with his representative, who has now promised to submit a report to the police. We will decide on our next steps according to the content of the report we receive.