There have been thousands of emergency room-treated injuries related to razor scooters. These injuries have increased 700 percent since May,2000. There have been more than 9,400 emergency room-treated injuries reported for 2000 so far. Nearly 90 percent of the injuries are to children under 15 years of age. Riders, especially children, should wear proper safety gear including a helmet, and knee and elbow pads to help prevent injuries.
Knee pads can help prevent knee injuries.
More than 60 percent of injuries could be prevented or reduced in severity if protective gear had been worn. Unfortunately, many kids are ending up in hospital emergency rooms instead of classrooms. Wearing safety gear can help prevent injuries. The scooters, which first went on the market in the United States last year, are new versions of the foot-propelled scooters first popular in the 1950s. They can be folded for easy portability.