Scooter safety was on the minds of both county and city commissioners last week. Ellis County Commission Chair Neal Younger commented during his personal time on June 9 that more training may be called for because “kiddos are just flying” and driving down highways. He suggested that the city and the county may need to work together regarding scooter safety. Hays City commissioners Sandy Jacobs and Shaun Musil also used their personal comment time on June 11 to state their scooter use concerns. “I’m just going to say it — somebody’s going to get killed. So I’m going to say it as loud as I can. I don’t know what we’re going to do about it,” Jacobs said. She reported that, prior to the commission meeting last Thursday, she saw two serious incidents on Hays streets involving unsafe scooter use. One was a little boy she believed to be around age 7 who had his 2-year-old sister sitting in front of him as they “were just barreling down Hall Street.” Jacobs said she understands scooter safety is a parenting issue and pleaded with parents to know how their children are behaving on scooters.
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