re: Bird Scooters appear over night in Baton Rouge

These things have descended like a plague of locusts on Austin since last spring. Last week Uber also announced that they'll be getting into the scooter game. It seems like the city is still figuring out how to manage them as far as the charging people dropping them off blocking a lot of the sidewalks and handicap access ramps. People love the convenience but it's the wild west right now dealing with these things on the streets, sidewalks, bike lanes, running lights, zipping between cars, and they're parked everywhere.

The CDC just announced that they will be doing a study on the scooters. Not sure what they'll be looking at but I'm pretty sure the conclusion will be that riding a scooter with small wheels without head protection in traffic is pretty hazardous to your health.

CDC scooter article