When I venture to the snowy slopes, The German Car driver who was turned into a barely functioning vegetable.

Two tragic deaths in ice rink activity in recent weeks, one a school trip participant attending a city Ice Rink, a second on a Rural rink while curling reinforce a case for a head striking a hard surface to be potentially fatal.

Thirty years ago Cyclists were mandated to wear head protection, yet explicitly scooter riders are not endangered by falling and striking their head.

How can that be when they don’t even wear bloody “Lycra”

A decade and a half in first response surely brought home the clear benefit of Safety belts for Motor vehicles yet that cannot be extended to Motor Cyclists for obvious reasons so the medical system must deal with errant behavioural outcomes and again clear evidence sometimes a government needs to mandate.

This week Melbourne has without notice banned the hire E scooters that proliferate on so many city streets cluttering an already at times overloaded bit of roadway, and an unusual coalition has been tipped into various degrees of rage.

Yesterday while driving through my little bit of urban jungle two girls scantily clad were riding double on an E Scooter at speeds in excess of what might be regarded as safe, weaving from footpath to footpath, using the roadway to suit, made me shudder should anything go wrong.