Call for e-scooter drivers to wear hi-vis jackets after taxi driver is cleared of careless driving

The jury called for new legislation on hi-vis jackets and insurance for people using electric scooters.

The injured man was wearing dark clothing when he was on his electric scooter at the time of the accident. File photo: Dan Linehan

A taxi driver was cleared on the charge of careless driving causing serious bodily harm to a young man travelling on an electric scooter wearing dark clothes – and the jury called for new legislation on hi-vis jackets and insurance for people using the scooters.

The jury at Cork Circuit Criminal Court reached a unanimous not guilty verdict in the case and brought it to the attention of Judge Brian O’Callaghan that they had attached a note to the verdict. The judge invited the foreperson to read it.