The trial, launched this week, sets a voluntary 15kmh speed limit for e-scooters, mobility scooters and skateboarders in the central city.
The courtesy zone would cover George and Princes Sts, between Albany and Rattray Sts, and is being promoted through new footpath markings and signage.
Dunedin City Council customer and regulatory services group manager Adrian Blair said the zone aimed to encourage all footpath users to be considerate of each other.
The street markings served as a general reminder, rather than creating a designated area for scooters, he said.
Police supported the initiative, and would be "keeping an eye on the area while they were out and about'', but penalties for breaching the voluntary speed limit would not be imposed, he said.
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Scooters at high speed on the footpath are a perfect example of the well known phenomenon of the "Tragedy of the Commons" when a previously civilly shared common resource (e.g., footpath) is ruined by self-interest or profit seeking. Scooter freaks revel in endangering pedestrians.
What a load of nonsense, You can walk down the main street of town and be beaten up and attacked by other pedestrians , which is a lot worse than people on scooters going fast. Wheres the evidence that anyone on a lime scooter revels in endangering pedestrians ? The real problem is people vandalizing scooters.
scooters are addictive because they seem to give you power over others
The NZP have set the precedent with the police chase of the gentleman on the electric mobility scooter, they charge him with driving too fast, Limes are the same so NZP start to ticket users, it will only take one or two