Personal Injury LawyerSt. Louis, Mo

Electric Scooters have made it to St. Louis! They’re fun, quick, but also dangerous. They’re so popular that the use of these scooters has outpaced other types of rentals, including bikes. Just like motorcycles, but smaller, motorists can have a hard time seeing electric scooters, and because of their prevalence outside of bars and other high foot traffic areas, users can often be under the influence.

If you’ve been involved in an accident involving a scooter in St. Louis, what can you do? Is the accident treated similarly to a car accident? Are there laws that a scooter rider must adhere to? Who can be held liable for an accident involving a scooter? The operator of the scooter, or the driver or pedestrian who was also involved in the accident? Our Personal Injury Lawyers in St. Louis have the answers you need regarding scooter laws and safety in St. Louis.

Scooter Laws in St. Louis – Personal Injury Lawyer St. Louis

What can you do with a scooter? Where can you ride it? Do you have to have a helmet, do you have to follow the rules of the road similar to how a car driver would? Let’s go over some of the rules and regulations regarding Scooters in St. Louis.

Lime and Bird were just recently given permits to operate their scooters within St. Louis. You’ve most likely noticed the scooters on the side of the road, or parked outside of bars or shopping venues. These scooters are extremely popular and most likely here to stay.

When using a scooter in St. Louis, you have to wear a helmet. It’s the law. Yes, motorcycle and motorized vehicle laws in St. Louis and Missouri do extend to scooters. So when you hop on the scooter, if you don’t want a ticket, put a helmet on.

Scooters aren’t allowed on the sidewalk. That’s for pedestrians only. Scooters can only operate on the roadways that cars are allowed to. That means scooters have to follow all traffic laws, speed limits, and must adhere to turning priorities and right of ways. Unfortunately, users are already taking advantage of the scooters high mobility. Here is an accident in Soulard involving a scooter.

Just like with cars and trucks, you can’t operate a scooter while drunk, high, or under any type of influence that can affect your decision making. If you are pulled over on a scooter while drunk, you will be charged with a DUI, and will have to go through the same process as if you were driving a car. Be smart, be safe. If you are out drinking, have a way to get home that doesn’t involve getting behind the wheel, or a scooter.

Don’t get on the highway. Scooters only go so fast, and they definitely do not reach the speeds appropriate for the highway. It’s also illegal to operate a scooter on the highway.

Scooter Accident in St. Louis – Personal Injury Lawyer St. Louis

Now let’s talk about what you can do if you’ve been involved in an accident with a scooter. You have the same rights in a scooter accident that you would have in a car accident, truck accident, or if you were walking and were struck by a scooter. You can recover from your injuries, and you can sue the responsible parties for their actions.

Scooter accidents are, by default, different from car accidents and truck accidents because they aren’t as heavy or fast as cars or trucks, but an accident involving a scooter can be just as damaging and detrimental as one with a car. Our Personal Injury Lawyers in St. Louis are actual experts in personal injury claims involving cars and trucks, and are actually prepared to take on the legal complexities of a scooter accident.

We can use police reports, eyewitness testimony, and the rules of the road in the immediate area of the accident to determine who is at fault. If someone was negligently operating a scooter and struck you while you were walking on the sidewalk, crossing an intersection, or they drove out in front of you while you were driving, we can prove that the scooter operator acted negligently.

Just because they didn’t see you doesn’t mean they weren’t or aren’t at fault. Drivers are supposed to be attentive and prepared for all changes in traffic. If you were struck by a car or truck while enjoying a scooter, we can prove that the negligent driver wasn’t paying attention, or refused to give you the right-of-way you were due.

If you’ve been in an accident or have been injured in an accident involving a scooter, give us a call. Our Personal Injury Lawyers in St. Louis can help you.

On a lighter note, the Riverfront Times put the scooters through a series of tests. Here are the 13 things they learned while riding scooters in the St. Louis area.

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