Adelaide girl Diana Reed has been residing in ache since an e-scooter incident in February.
A 15-year-old woman on a scooter struck Reed within the leg as she walked throughout an intersection at Rundle Mall and Pulteney Road.
Reed stated she was not sure how lengthy she can be residing in ache.
"I am unable to go for a hike, I am unable to go for a stroll on the seashore ... I am unable to do any of the great out of doors issues you are able to do round Adelaide," she stated.
"I used to be advised final week that I would simply must get used to the truth that I could be in ache for who is aware of how lengthy, which is absolutely arduous to take care of."
For many, e-scooters are an environment friendly method of getting round city.
However folks like enterprise proprietor Alan Logue are questioning whether or not the scooters must be on metropolis footpaths.
"What we have to do ... you open the door and also you look each methods while you stroll out of the store," Logue stated.
"There have been a pair occasions the place I believe if I had been within the unsuitable place on the unsuitable time, I might be 4 retailers up the footpath wrapped across the entrance of them."
Adjustments to legal guidelines round e-scooters may quickly be launched for the CBD.
The town council is hoping to get them off walkways and into bike lanes.
Lord Mayor Sandy Verschoor stated she had written to the state authorities to ask for legal guidelines to vary to permit scooters into bike lanes
"They seem to be a type of transport identical to a bicycle and we now have bike lanes all by the town," Verschoor stated.
"They need to be ridden on the roads or within the bike lanes."
Deputy Premier Susan Shut stated the federal government would assess a number of components.
"How they work together with pedestrians, how they work together with bikes - relying in the event that they're on the pavement or within the bike lanes - is one thing we'll have work by," Shut stated.
Whereas transferring e-scooters into bike lanes might cut back the danger of pedestrians being hit on footpaths, some residents need to see them prohibited across the metropolis.
The three-year metropolis scooter trial ends in October.