View the feedback we have received on the NTC Consultation RIS - Barriers to the safe use of personal mobility devices paper.

• Question 1: Are the requirements in the proposed regulatory framework appropriate? Are there any requirements that should be removed, included or modified? Please provide a rationale to support your position

  Are the requirements in the proposed regulatory framework appropriate? NO, as you have not taking into account other users of shared pathways,, especially the elderly, me and my wife are mid sixties and use to enjoy walking along our local bush shared pathway, but dur to the increased number and attitude of cyclist travelling at speed we are unable to walk this pathway as a couple any more, other lake side pathways have being inundated with dog walkers who allow their dogs to freely roam on leads up to 5m or more. Adding e-scooters to this mix will only see more conflict with passive walkers on shared pathways Are there any requirements that should be removed, included or modified? option 5 should be the only one debated going forward

• Question 2: Is 60kg a suitable maximum weight for a PMD? If not, what is a more suitable weight and what other factors should be considered? Please provide a rationale to support your position.

  60kg travelling @ 25k plus the weight of rider would do a lot of damage to a passive walking elderly person or a wayward child, another reason to keep e-scooters from shared pathways

• Question 3: Should children under the age of 16 years old continue to be permitted to use  a motorised scooter incapable of travelling more than 10km/h on level ground on roads and paths? Or should they be able to use any device that complies with the proposed PMD framework? (see Appendix A). Please provide a rationale to support your position

  10k is to fast on crowded shared pathways. you should be considering waling speed only

• Question 4: Do you agree with the criteria selected to assess the options? Are there any key impacts not covered by these criteria?

  As mention above

• Question 5: When considering the safety risk assessment, access and amenity impacts, broader economic impacts, as well as compliance and enforcement impacts; has the impact analysis sufficiently considered all relevant variables and available evidence? What other factors could be included in the analysis? Please provide any additional evidence. (See Appendix E - Impact Analysis

  My comments as above need to be investigated further in how does any e-scooter proposal conflict with passive walkers{elderly} dogs on leads and the others bike riders.

• Question 6: What do you believe is the most appropriate road infrastructure for PMDs to access: footpaths, separated paths, bicycle paths and/or roads? Please  provide a rationale to support your position

  roads only, as a keen walker try to maintain a level of fitness into my later years i'm finding the demands placed on the current shared pathways too much now before we add e-scooters travelling @ 25 now.

• Question 7: What is an appropriate and safe maximum speed that PMDs should be permitted to travel across the various infrastructure: (a) pedestrian areas,       (b) bicycle areas, and (c) roads? Please provide a rationale to support your position

  (a) pedestrian areas, speed should be restricted to 8k{waling pace}reasons as per that previously mention (b) bicycle only areas, speed to be 25k and (c) roads, up to 40k as long as the e-scooter does not overtake on left side of vehicle as they will be difficult to see in congested roadways,

• Question 8: Do you agree with the overall assessment that Option 3, Speed Approach 1    is the option that best balances mobility and safety? If not, which option and speed approach do you prefer? Please provide a rationale to support your positio

  No I don.t agree as you have failed to adequately address other users of shared pathways so option 5 is the only one I support for further consideration