Doctors are urging caution as a growing number of injuries are being linked to electric bikes and scooters. The warning comes days after a Delaware County, Pennsylvania, township passed an ordinance requiring children to wear helmets on e-scooters and e-bikes.
Haverford Township passed the ordinance months after 12-year-old Abby Gillon was killed in a crash while she was on an e-scooter. There are no uniform laws, which is why doctors are now warning everyone to be careful.
It's become a popular way to get around. E-scooters and e-bikes can get you where you're going fast, but doctors warn that the rising number of them on the road is causing another kind of surge.
"We get our trauma alerts. A lot of times I'm thinking, 'OK, is it another e-bike or e-school injury?'" Dr. Marc L