Jon Moss [Hampstead Village Voice]

• I WAS sorry to read about Jon Moss’s son’s unfortunate e-scooter injury and wish him a speedy recovery, (‘E-scooters are unsafe’, warns ex-Culture Club drummer after son’s injury, June 17).

I was, however, not surprised to hear about the nature of the injury sustained. It was in fact a very familiar description.

I visited Santa Monica in California pre-Covid and was horrified to see the proliferation of e-scooters. Every street corner was littered with rentable e-scooters and e-bicycles provided by an array of companies.

An article in the LA Times revealed that a local law firm had 300 calls relating to scooter accidents and injuries. The firm’s website featured a gruesome gallery of fractured bones, skin abrasions, broken teeth, broken jaws and traumatised extremities.

The most common e-scooter injury for riders was a broken tibia and fibula. Lawyers in the United States call it the “Tib-Fib Special”.

The scooter malfunctions or you lose control, you put your leg down to try and stop and crack! – you just got the Tib-Fib Special!

DR GARRY MANCINI, NW1