蒙特利尔圣洛朗行政区通过了一项新法规，禁止在辖区内的公共区域使用电动滑板车和其他机动个人交通工具。这包括城市公园、小径和人行道。
The Montreal borough of Saint-Laurent has adopted a new bylaw banning electric scooters and other motorized personal mobility devices in public areas that fall within its jurisdiction. That includes city parks, trails and sidewalks.
该区市议员瓦娜·纳扎里安表示，随着这些交通工具的普及，该法规是在今年夏天发生了一系列事故和差点相撞的事件后通过的。
Vana Nazarian, a city councillor for the borough, says the bylaw was adopted after a series of incidents and near misses over the summer, as the popularity of the devices continues to grow.
她对加拿大广播公司表示：“我们并非要禁止它们，但我们希望确保，鉴于这些滑板车的速度，它们更多地留在不会让弱势群体面临风险的地方。”
"We're not banning them, but we want to make sure that with the speeds that these scooters have, they stay more on places where vulnerable populations won't be at risk," she told CBC's .
纳扎里安补充说，该区有许多年轻家庭和老年人，他们应该能够使用公园和小径，而不必感到害怕或面临碰撞的风险。
Nazarian added the borough is home to many young families and seniors, and they should be able to use parks and trails without being afraid or at risk of a collision.
她希望这项法规能迫使电动滑板车、电动独轮车和其他机动交通工具的骑行者更加负责任地使用它们。
She's hopeful the bylaw will force those who ride e-scooters or e-unicycles and other motorized transportation devices to use them more responsibly.
在此举出台两个多月前，魁北克省刚刚决定延长其电动滑板车试点项目，尽管医生们曾警告称，这些规定让儿童面临风险。
The move comes just a little over two months after Quebec decided to extend its e-scooter pilot project, even as doctors warned the rules leave children at risk.
最初于2023年推出的试点项目允许14岁及以上的人在最高限速低于每小时50公里的道路以及自行车道上使用这些交通工具。全程必须佩戴头盔。
The original pilot, introduced in 2023, allowed for anyone 14 and older to use the devices on roads where the maximum speed limit is less than 50 km/h, as well as on bike paths. Helmets are required at all times.
这些规定将继续适用，同时还有7月18日生效的新限制措施，包括对电动滑板车每小时25公里的速度限制。超过该限制可能会遭到警方200加元的罚款。
Those rules will still apply along with new restrictions that came into effect on July 18, including a 25 km/h speed limit for e-scooters. Exceeding that limit can result in a $200 fine by police.
受伤人数是2023年的14倍 蒙特利尔儿童医院创伤科主任黛博拉·弗里德曼表示，自试点项目实施以来，电动滑板车造成的受伤人数呈火箭式上升。
14 times more injuries than in 2023 Deborah Friedman, the trauma director at the Montreal Children's Hospital, says that since the pilot came into effect, the number of e-scooter injuries have skyrocketed.
弗里德曼说：“我们看到的与电动滑板车相关的严重创伤病例是2023年刚实施时的14倍。”
"We have seen 14 times the number of traumatic injuries related to e-scooters than we did in 2023 when it was first implemented," Friedman said.
在2025年，总病例数约为80起。而今年到目前为止，这一数字已达到112起。
In 2025, there were about 80 cases in total. So far this year, that number is 112.
身为加拿大医院伤害报告和预防计划主任的弗里德曼还表示，伤势的严重程度也在增加，近20%的病例需要住院治疗。她说：“我们讨论的不是小划伤和瘀伤。”
Friedman, who is also the director of the Canadian Hospitals Injury Reporting and Prevention Program (CHIRPP), said the severity of injuries is also increasing, with close to 20 per cent of the cases requiring hospitalization. "We're not talking about little cuts and bruises," she said.
这些伤情包括创伤性脑损伤、多处面部骨折、大量面部牙齿创伤、四肢复杂骨折以及腹部创伤。
The injuries include traumatic brain injuries, multiple fractures to the face, lots of facial dental trauma, complicated fractures of limbs and abdominal trauma.
受害者年龄尤为令人担忧。弗里德曼表示，来到创伤中心的儿童中，近60%在14岁以下。她说：“这是一个问题。”
Of particular concern is the age of the victims. Friedman says close to 60 per cent of the children that present at the trauma centre are under 14 years old. "That's a problem," she said.
需要更严厉的法规和更好的执法 弗里德曼赞扬圣洛朗行政区出台新法规，并鼓励其他市镇效仿，但她表示，省级和联邦层面需要采取更多行动。
Stronger regulations, better enforcement needed Friedman commended the borough of Saint-Laurent for its new bylaw and encourages other municipalities to follow suit, but she says more needs to be done at the provincial and federal levels.
全加拿大的医生一直在倡导制定更严厉的法规并更好地执行这些规则。
Doctors across Canada have been advocating for stronger regulations and better enforcement of the rules.
弗里德曼说，在魁北克省，他们希望将使用电动滑板车的最低年龄提高到16岁，并强制要求持有6D类驾照——即驾驶轻便摩托车等车辆所需的同款驾照。
Friedman said that in Quebec, they'd like to see the minimum age to use an e-scooter increased to 16, as well as a Class 6D licence made mandatory — the same licence needed to operate a vehicle like a moped.
弗里德曼表示，较年幼的儿童缺乏在道路上驾驶电动滑板车并同时遵守规则所需的判断力、技能水平、身高或控制力。所使用的头盔类型也可能会产生影响。
Friedman says younger children don't have the judgment, skill level, height or control to navigate e-scooters on the road, all while following the rules. The type of helmets used could also make a difference.
弗里德曼说：“你需要佩戴能够同时保护面部的头盔。”她表示，他们看到的许多伤情都是由于儿童“脸部朝下摔倒并最终导致严重创伤”造成的。弗里德曼还表示，电动滑板车制造商在其产品的标签以及有时将其营销为玩具的方式上也负有一定责任。弗里德曼说，随着假期的临近，这类问题尤为令人担忧。
"You need to have something that's going to protect the face as well," Friedman said, saying many injuries they see are a result of children "faceplanting and ending up with profound trauma." Friedman says e-scooter manufacturers also bear some responsibility with the labelling of their products and how they are sometimes marketed as though they are toys. With the holidays around the corner, this type of issue is of particular concern, Friedman says. "So we're trying to work at different levels to try to sensitize the public and encourage policymakers to hear our concerns and to base decisions on real data," she said.
她说：“因此，我们正试图在不同层面努力，唤醒公众意识，并鼓励决策者听取我们的担忧，根据真实数据做出决策。我提到的每一个数字都关乎一个孩子，关乎一个家庭，关乎一个社区。”
"Each number that I mentioned is attached to a child, which is attached to a family, which is attached to a community."