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This is the silent menace stalking your next vacation

This is the silent menace stalking your next vacation

E-bikes and scooters are threatening tourists more than ever. I should know. I'm one of them.

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Christopher Elliott
Jun 15, 2025
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Sarah Morris used to love riding an e-scooter. Until her accident.

Morris, a tour guide from Seattle, lost control of her rental last year and wiped out.

"The handlebars came back at me and hit me square in the face, knocking me unconscious," she remembers. "I fell to the ground and slashed my chin and forehead open on the gravel."

The accident left her wi…

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