A Vancouver comedian is urging e-scooter riders to take simple safety measures, after she says a helmet saved her from serious injuries during a collision last month.
Jessica Pigeau was riding north on Alder Street between West 11th and West 12th Avenues on July 19, when she said the driver of a southbound SUV suddenly turned left in front of her, and there was no time to stop.
“I just slammed my head right into the hood and I’m very lucky I was wearing a helmet,” Pigeau recalled Friday.
Pigeau said she was travelling at around 15-20 kilometres an hour before she hit the passenger side of the vehicle, and her head bounced off the hood.
While her…
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