Electric Scooter Sharing Services Offer Inadequate Safety Management and Service Operation

- There needs to be measures to secure users’ safety -

As society pays increased attention to social distancing due to COVID-19 and eco-friendly transportation, the number of consumers using electric scooter sharing service is rising. However, safety concern* of pedestrians and other vehicles is constantly being raised in terms of service operation process regarding protective equipment and rental·retrieval of the device.

* Traffic accidents related to personal mobility devices: (‘19) 447 cases → (’20) 897 cases, Road Traffic Authority