Scooters were first brought into Nashville in 2018 without Metro permission. The city impounded the scooters.  After several scooter companies threatened litigation against the city, the scooter companies and Metro agreed to examine the use of scooters more closely and create regulations.  During public meetings legitimate concerns were raised regarding safety and enforcement, among other things.   Council moved forward anyway.  Today, there are believed to be seven companies operating in Nashville, with thousands of scooters on the streets.  Now the scooter companies want to expand again.  

There have been countless accidents and injuries to scooter drivers and pedestrians alike including, most recently, the fatal injury of a 26-year-old Nashvillian, Brady Gaulke.   Scooters are not properly regulated, there are ineffective rules in place and the rules that are in place are not being followed or enforced.  Metro Police Department is currently underfunded and does not have the manpower to enforce the scooter violations.   Scooters are a nuisance and a hazard.  Metro council has acted irresponsibly in permitting the scooters on our streets without the ability to enforce the rules.  The Scooter companies have shown no respect for our city, our rules, or the safety of our citizens including, most especially,  our disabled citizens.  Often downtown pedestrians are forced to navigate around a pile of scooters littering the already crowded city sidewalks.

Major injuries,  including brain injuries, have been documented by ER staff, and now a life has been lost.  Is not one enough?  Please help me send a message to my/our city to ban the use of electric scooters.