On the morning of this Monday, around 09:00, the Local Police of Xàbia has attended an accident that occurred at the intersection located between Avenida Palmela and Calle Jorge Luis Borges. A vehicle had hit a scooter, injuring the user of the unicycle.
Apparently, according to municipal sources, the accident occurred due to an oversight of the driver of the vehicle, who did not stop at the Ceda El Paso and collided with the scooter that was heading towards the port.
Due to the crash, the driver of the scooter fell to the ground and suffered a bruise on her head (since she was not wearing the proper safety helmet), with a large presence of blood.
Upon the arrival of the health workers, and after on-site care, they have classified the wound as minor, although it has been transferred to the Health Center and later to the Regional Hospital.
I have seen many near misses with scooters in Xabia. One nearly ran into an elderly woman on the arenal bridge crossing. He came down the hill with no intention of stopping
and nearly hit her, obviously expecting her to move!
Why not mandatory helmets and insurance, to make them more responsible?
Why not forbid everything? ? In that case it was the fault of the car driver and when I see how they drive here in the traffic circles then most of them should have their driver’s license taken away.
What are you talking about? It was not the fault of the driver. Scooters should not be ridden across zebra crossings, they should be walked over just like bicycles. And almost always they just speed across in front of vehicles without even looking. Just today a girl on a scooter crossed the road directly in front of me from a turning on the right without looking, the second time this has happened. They have no road training, don't obey the road laws, have no clue what they are doing, and most don't even wear helmets!
Come on; seriously? «Scooters should not be ridden across zebra crossings» – and so that’s why you don’t stop? Cuantos payasos en el mundo?
Please obey always!!!!!?♀️