Scooter Saftey At Fresno State

By Ricardo Lozada

FRESNO (KFSR) ー Many students use bikes, skateboards, and scooters to get around campus to move quickly around Fresno State.

Fresno State student Summer Reyes owns and has had numerous encounters with these vehicles zooming around the campus.

“I got a scooter about last year, and I actually got hit twice on a scooter because I feel like a lot of students have their headphones in, and they kind of block out the world,” Reyes said.

“They will go super fast in those scooters and not know where they are going because both times I was hit, I was walking with my scooter. I wasn’t even on it.”

These E-Scooters tend to be very quiet, both riders and pedestrians. This is why we need to be aware of our surroundings. Reyes shared some tips on scooter safety for Fresno State.

“Watch for your surroundings because, I mean, you never know who is gonna turn what corner or how fast other people are going, and that is especially where it happens with all those crashes, like half the time when people do get in crashes, it is when they come around the corner,” she says.

Students should also be aware when entering wheel-off zones around Fresno State’s most high-traffic areas, like the Fresno State Fountain and Fresno State Library. These areas are designed to ensure pedestrian safety.