Picking Our Brain with Shepherd Center Discusses Electric Scooter Safety
Emma Harrington, Shepherd Center director of injury prevention, speaks about the Scoot Safe Campaign.
Electric scooters can be a convenient and fun way to get yourself from point A to point B—but it's also important to get yourself to point B safely. The Georgia Governor's Office of Highway Safety has teamed up with Shepherd Center to create Scoot Safe, the first federally funded, evidence-based electric scooter injury prevention campaign. Emma Harrington, director of injury prevention and education at Shepherd Center, joins Picking Our Brain with Shepherd Center to discuss the campaign.
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“Micro-mobility is new, and it’s fun and it’s easy,” says Harrington. “But we’re seeing several risky behaviors happen on e-scooters.”
In the new episode, Harrington discusses the increase of e-scooter related injuries and deaths, and Scoot Safe’s approach to awareness and injury prevention—ranging from helmet and first time rider education to protected bike lanes and pedestrian and micro-mobility focused infrastructure.
Visit ScootSafeGA.com for more information about the project, along with resources, graphics and content any person or organization can download and share.
Shepherd Center provides world-class clinical care, research, and family support for people experiencing the most complex conditions, including spinal cord and brain injuries, multi-trauma, traumatic amputations, stroke, multiple sclerosis, and pain. An elite center recognized as both Spinal Cord Injury and Traumatic Brain Injury Model Systems, Shepherd Center is ranked by U.S. News as one of the nation’s top hospitals for rehabilitation. Shepherd Center treats thousands of patients annually with unmatched expertise and unwavering compassion to help them begin again.