My son who lives and works in Auckland commented on electric scooters.

He says the Auckland situation is chaotic. There have been several collisions between pedestrians and these projectiles, and broken bones are inevitable.

For 100 years pavements were for pedestrians and roads for mechanically powered vehicles.

Suddenly, with no consultation, an electric powered vehicle with dangerous acceleration and totally silent is let loose amongst the wandering shoppers including children and the elderly.

How an authority, whose prime responsibility is state highways, can interfere with suburban roads is strange.

It will be interesting to see if private shopping malls accept them, especially if retail shoppers vote with their feet.

May I suggest the proper place, and helmets, for these projectiles are the cycle lanes.

B Fencourt, Katikati