People forced off pavements as e-bikes and e-scooters fail to follow traffic rules. Only one in 10 (9%) blind people is confident walking in their own neighbourhood, charity the Royal National Institute of Blind People (RNIB) said.

The vast majority (92%) of 1,197 blind or partially sighted people surveyed for the report said they have to walk into roads as pavements are obstructed by parked cars, bikes or e-scooters.

More than a third of respondents (34%) said they had collided with a street obstacle in the previous three months. One person described how they now have to rely on a cane because their guide dog was withdrawn after becoming stressed by trying to walk along blocked pavements.

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Erik Ma

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