Episode Details

Shane got passed on the shoulder of a sixty kilometer road in Ottawa by a guy on a scooter, and that one moment sends this conversation with Ryan O'Donnell into just how fast these things have gotten and how little anyone seems to be paying attention.

Ryan pulls a set of Canadian pediatric injury numbers that put real weight behind the near misses everyone has seen on the street, with head injuries turning up in nearly half the cases and the worst outcomes landing on boys barely into their teens.

Provinces can't agree on age limits, speed caps, or where scooters are even allowed, and a story about a Canadian tourist fined thousands of dollars overseas for riding one drunk shows just how differently this gets handled once you cross a border.

Topics: e-scooter speed, e-scooter injuries Canada, scooter safety statistics, provincial scooter laws, international scooter enforcement

Originally aired on 2026-08-19