In 2007 or so, I was hit by an ECV being driven by two unsupervised children (the older one was around 7-8). No parents in sight and Disneyland security didn’t care. I had some pretty painful bruises after that.
ITM i think it’s rude , and in poor taste that at the end of this article about an ECV incident..that you shill about the price of renting an ecv in the Disney parks..Wow
The park is way to crowded for these vehicles. Too many without disabilities are using them to get ahead in line and are carrying children as well. If they can walk into the park. they should be able to walk through the park. But Disney makes money from this so …..
Really, I can make it into the park , but the knees won;t make it a day in the park. Walk a mile in my shoes and you will crying like a baby. Also you do not go to the front of the line with a EVC, you must go through the lines with the rest of the people. Only rides in WDW is Spaceship Earth where you go in through a side entrance and they will put you on the ride from there. BTM you have to go in another way because of the stairs. Please don;t put us all in the same category as this crazy lady.
How do you know they do not have disabilities? I am a heart patent with afib, type 2 diabetes and arthritis in my lower back and hips. I look fine but am disabled.
You should rent an ECV once and see how rude and careless the people walking are.
My fiancée had to get an ECV for his knees as they were so painful. The amount of people who would walk in front of him and then stop was unbelievable! He did hit a woman accidentally and stopped to apologize but the woman yelled at him. She was one of those who rushed past him and then stopped in front of him. She stopped to wait for her husband (or whoever) to catch up.
There are rude ECV drivers but there are just as many rude walkers too.
Anything for attention yes sone people drive those things like a bay out of hell. Some lose control. But to drag someone come on let’s get real with the drama
People see these ECVs and walk right in front of them. This is a vehicle, it can’t stop on a dime. The person at fault in this seems to be Cody. He refused to give right of way to a moving vehicle. People walked in front of me all of the time when I had an ECV.
Disney is busy, people have the right to walk where they want. I seriously doubt that people see an ECV an think I’m going to walk in front of that. Like any motor vehicle the driver has responsibility for assessing the risk and drive with due care and attention. Someone steps in front of you and you can’t stop. You are at fault for not taking due care and attention.
You should rent an ECV and see what its like when someone walks right in front of you.
I think people that don’t have the experience should not assume they know what they are talking about.
I recently had to use one at Disneyland due to a knee injury. You have to go SLOW.
My daughter was hold up my grandson when I was at a different part of the park.She got hit by one, the scooter almost flipped out throwing a teenager off who was riding with an adult. Thy took off not even checking on my daughter, some other guest did. She ended up with a large bruise and sore ankle.
Disney are hiring to anyone and everyone regardless of a genuine need. ECV are heavy dangerous machines in the wrong hands that can cause serious injuries, particularly when driven at speed.
Authorities wouldn’t let you loose on the road without any sense, but give Disney a few dollars and you can cause as much havoc as you want in the parks. Maybe increase the fee for hiring to include some insurance just in case you run into someone.
It’s not Disney that is renting them to everyone, there are local companies that rent them for a lot less and deliver to the resort. I know someone that always rents one from across the street from DLR, she shouldn’t be allowed to drive one because she never has full control. But they don’t care, they just want the $$.
“Hiring” is the word used by non-Americans. In America we “rent” boats, scooters, cars, etc. In the rest of the world, they “hire” those items. They only “rent” property.
Those people driving scooters are a HAZARD! Several years ago I was in a shop at Animal Kingdom. I was looking at merch on a rolling display shelf. Suddenly the shelf lurched forward toward me. I had no idea what was happening and then the shelf violently moved even closer to me, with one of its heavy duty casters rolling over my foot. It was excruciatingly painful. I screamed for someone to move the shelf, yet no one heard. I turned around to yell to the cast member working the cash register, who looked at me like I was crazy and turned back to her work. Finally after what seemed like forever, someone realized what happened and they rolled the shelving off my foot. It was a woman on a motor scooter on the other side of the tall shelf that was driving into it. Not once, not twice, but several times! She may have been trying to turn or back up, but she was going forward repeatedly, all while my foot was stuck under the caster. Those shelves are HEAVY. I can still feel the pain today and developed terrible arthritis in that foot to boot. People need to learn how to properly operate those scooters and learn how to do that with respect for others around them.
Anyone who genuinely needs an ECV has probably used one regularly and has no problems mastering the controls. I’ve no issue with that. It’s the occasional, users that turn up at Disney hire an ECV because they can’t keep up with their family group that cause the issues. Disney should take responsibility for making certain that hirers are proficient before letting people loose around the park.
So disabled people are a hazard? I’ve had people walk right in front of me and scream at me. I’ve had people literally climb over me in lines and at attractions, I’ve had people look right at me and stand in front of me during shows and fireworks, I’ve had people push my wheelchair while I’m in it. I’ve had people use the disabled bathroom stall and glare at me when they walk out and see me waiting.
I hope you never have to become one of “those people.”
I go to Disney often and I see it totally different. People just walk right in front of scooters. They are in such a hurry weaving in and out of people. I feel bad for the people on scooters because they can’t even drive straight without someone walking in front of them and cutting them off. People need to realize that you are in America. Stay to the right when walking just like driving.
Kris, this is why my husband walks right in front of me. He makes sure the way is clear, so now one just walks in front. I also go slow, little kids are walking faster than I move on the EVC. LOL
Kris thank you!!! That is what I have been saying. People are posting on here without ever driving an ECV and they think they know what they are talking about but they don’t.
Thank you Kris. I wish I didn’t have to use a scooter but in any large store that has them or parks I have to. And yes please keep to the right. Nobody ever looks down and sees us. One time at rope drop at Epcot I was trying to drive mine with the speed of the crowd. Every few feet the crowd would swing in front of me and I would have to move further to the left to dodge them. I was finally up against the left curb when a guy stepped right in front of me and I ran up on his heel before the ECV stopped even though I had taken my thumb off the throttle. He stopped and turned around and gave me the dirtiest look. All I could say is you stepped in front of me. And constantly I have had people shove strollers in front of me with babies in them.
I have to use a scooter due to back injuries and no one cares about you in a scooter. People walk right in front of you that I hurt myself by having to abruptly stop so often and I was constantly separated from my party. Disney needs to have some kind of lanes for the scooters or something. I was so afraid of hitting someone because of how they just walked right in front of me.
No one should care about you, you are a nusience in the park. Its a walking park and your time is worth no more than anyone else’s. Can’t walk, stay at home, can’t wait in line, stay at home. You are not special and you deserve nothing
You are such a happy person! May you always have PERFECT health and when you are unable to keep up with the crowd (aging is a fact of life) – keep your miserable self home! And I say this as a wheelchair user. I love seeing everyone’s A## at my eye level. Most days I lose my appetite!
ECV at Disney are a pain. Disney should take responsibility making certain that they hire to component drivers. May a driving test before they are let loose in the parks. That’ll put off some that really don’t need an ECV. My daughter has been hit by one and sustained heavy brousing, I had my ankle clipped three times whilst walk along side one. Some users can’t even drive in a straight line. I’ve seen ECV on the monorail shoot out the doors backwards, the opposite door without a ramp to get off.
Please ECV users, ask yourselves do you really need to hire one. You don’t have right of way, people on foot do. Someone walks in your way you have to stop. It’s Disney, it’s busy. Either accept it or stay away.
So couple of things. People absolutely should be trained before they take them into the park. Having dedicated lanes for them would also help though people in general will still cut them off or walk in front either because they don’t notice or don’t care. The parks are overpopulated and people walking and driving aren’t paying enough attention. Also people saying if someone walks in front of you just stop clearly have no idea how those vehicles work. They don’t stop on a dime. It’s also illegal in the US to ask for proof of disability or deny the use of adaptive equipment which those vehicles fall under. So Disney restricting them will never happen.
My son is in a wheelchair and when he was five I was pushing him down main street. A young teenager around 14 jumped right over his legs like it was a sport because the crowd wasn’t moving fast enough and he wanted to get to the opening on the right side of us near the curb to catch up with his fad who was weaving in and out of people. Drivers are not the only people lacking common sense and courtesy at Disney. It’s unfortunately the norm and due to a number of reasons. Everyone needs to be more aware of themselves and take responsibility for themselves. If they did fewer accidents would happen overall.
Cliff once again you are making a comment without knowing what you are talking about.
I have my own ECV but when I had to rent (not hire) one from Disney
they do give you a driving test and watch you leave.
As the owner and operator of a scooter (knees), I must agree with those who testify that people walk right in front of us. Seriously, I try to keep an eye out, but it is almost worse than Atlanta, Dallas and Houston traffic combined. Not that they’re any better if you’re walking, but people seem to be clueless that a scooter is made of metal/plastic and is a lot harder than skin and a little padding if you bump into a human. And if I AM walking and someone cuts me off or suddenly decides to have an important family confab in the middle of the street, having to come to an abrupt stop is really bad on already sensitive knees. Also, why must people walk 5-abreast? If they would only try to correlate this to driving and move accordingly. …On second thought, I’ve seen how some of these people drive in the Disney parking lots.
I was an intern at Disney, working at the All-Star gift shop. A lady managed to speed into a display table at the front of the store and got stuck under it. Some of the glass items fell to the floor. I went over to help and a guy with them decided to life the table so the lady could back out, causing a mannequin to fall into the snow globe display. There was water, glass, and glitter everywhere. They didn’t apologize and blamed us for being in the way.
I agree with Eg. I cannot tell you how many times a stroller was rammed into my ankles all because these guests are in a hurry not caring who is in front of them. I was standing in the open when a woman riding a scooter ran over my foot. I told her to be careful driving and she gave me a look that could kill. Yes! Lanes for strollers & scooters.
I think Disney should put in a lane by the curbs just wide enough for evc and wheelchairs to use. If not in use people can still walk in them but if you have a lane similar to a bike lane on the road. It would make life easier. I started using an electric wheelchair and people don’t understand it’s not a stroller that stops on a dime. Even the lowest setting in less than walking speed. Some times for hills I have to bump it up.
Please stay aware. As for this situation I see many who do not know how to set the speeds do this or just fly through. Those evc should have a locked speed.
ECV driver would get a total beatdown if they ran me over on purpose and kept going…they might not even live to tell it. I’m actually serious…in the heat of the moment it could happen and I am a relatively “normal” person. Just sayin’
They have to disable the speed control on the rental ECV’s. Set them at a low speed, lke wlking pace. I see people with the speed control cranked all the up. I have my own ECV that I bring to WDW, and it is kept at a slow speed. I’ve seen people try to get on the bus full speed and crash into the other side of the bus, then the driver lowers the speed.
I had one for my mother. This man with his family walks backward about 200 feet to take a picture of his family. Yelled for him to stop running into my Mother’s scooter. He didn’t stop and yelled at us when he bumped into my my mom’s scooter.
I am sorry. No, No one is dragged down the street by an ECV. Rather someone stepped in front of an ECV because they were too busy walking with their head in their phone or just not paying attention. I use my personal scooter which is much smaller than Disney’s ECV’s and people step in front of me all the time or stop suddenly, never knowing people are behind them esp when the crowds are clearing out from fireworks. If anyone is endangered it is the ECV riser from careless people not paying attention to where they are walking.
I agree 100 %. I use my own small scooter and have to pay more attention to others inattention than anything elseHappens all the time! I agree there are some ppl on ECVs that have no clue how to drive them and bump onto people. However, this story sounds like one of those people who don’t think people should be allowed to use ECVs.
I have used these in the past and have heard nasty comments from other park guests when they walked in front of me. To the ride person I said I am sorry are you? Oh, and did you know that these do NOT have brakes the only way to stop is to release forward motion and it’s NOT a quick stop.
I rent the ECV all the time I go because I was in a car accident and fractured my heel and three different places back in 08 so now it as gotten harder for me to walk the parks but I have a lot of Common Sense driving them very very heavy crowded parks a lot of times it’s the other guests stopping in the middle of the path to take a damn photograph of something instead of having respect for others and move to the side of the path think of it this way you ain’t going to drive down Interstate 4 and just stop in the middle of the lane at 70 miles an hour take a picture of some sign right well cars in big trucks are passing you by at 70 miles an hour 90 you won’t you pull off to the side think of the path says the interstates theirs been so many times I almost ran in to someone because they just stop right in front and those scooter doesn’t stop on a dime. And Disney please lower parks price so I can come back to my beautiful place in the world.
I agree, I just returned from WDW and I used an ECV or I never would have made it. I was with my granddaughters and daughter and son-in-law. I found most guests to be oblivious to ECV’s because they have their faces planted in their smartphones. I almost hit more then a few bc they were not paying attention.
Happens all the time! I agree there are some ppl on ECVs that have no clue how to drive them and bump onto people. However, this story sounds like one of those people who don’t think people should be allowed to use ECVs.
While you can get a foot run over, an ankle bruised, trip over a scooter etc I do not believe a scooter with a person driving it can ” drag someone down the pavement ” sorry, but I call BS on this ever occurring to an adult.
This works both ways. I have had people run around my power chair and stop dead right in front of me. Then they complained when the chair hit the back of their ankles. Coexisting with ECVs requires diligence by everyone.
The problem isn’t the ECVs, it’s the speedy rentals the guests that don’t require them get. While there are a lot of you that know how to maneuver, control, and operate one at a moderate speed, those that aren’t aware of it, or simply don’t care just turn the knob to go full speed and slam into just about anything and anyone. The ones rented out at the parks have a very hefty speed limiter, so it’s often the stories of ECV accidents tend to star one that was rented outside. The ones without limiters.
Comments for Disney World Guest Dragged Down Pavement By ECV Scooter
C.C.
In 2007 or so, I was hit by an ECV being driven by two unsupervised children (the older one was around 7-8). No parents in sight and Disneyland security didn’t care. I had some pretty painful bruises after that.
Charlie Riggs
ITM i think it’s rude , and in poor taste that at the end of this article about an ECV incident..that you shill about the price of renting an ecv in the Disney parks..Wow
Gloria Graham Petrone
The park is way to crowded for these vehicles. Too many without disabilities are using them to get ahead in line and are carrying children as well. If they can walk into the park. they should be able to walk through the park. But Disney makes money from this so …..
Pat
Really, I can make it into the park , but the knees won;t make it a day in the park. Walk a mile in my shoes and you will crying like a baby. Also you do not go to the front of the line with a EVC, you must go through the lines with the rest of the people. Only rides in WDW is Spaceship Earth where you go in through a side entrance and they will put you on the ride from there. BTM you have to go in another way because of the stairs. Please don;t put us all in the same category as this crazy lady.
Lexi
Exactly! It’s insane that people assume those of us with disabilities go to the front of the line.
Angela
How do you know they do not have disabilities? I am a heart patent with afib, type 2 diabetes and arthritis in my lower back and hips. I look fine but am disabled.
You should rent an ECV once and see how rude and careless the people walking are.
Peter
Now that was REALLY wrong!!!!!
C.D.
My fiancée had to get an ECV for his knees as they were so painful. The amount of people who would walk in front of him and then stop was unbelievable! He did hit a woman accidentally and stopped to apologize but the woman yelled at him. She was one of those who rushed past him and then stopped in front of him. She stopped to wait for her husband (or whoever) to catch up.
There are rude ECV drivers but there are just as many rude walkers too.
Chris
Correction: Guest dragged down street by driver of an ECV. The ECV itself did nothing to the guest.
Please, let’s stop the lazy writing.
Sue
Anything for attention yes sone people drive those things like a bay out of hell. Some lose control. But to drag someone come on let’s get real with the drama
Angela
WOW an english teacher.
Casey
People see these ECVs and walk right in front of them. This is a vehicle, it can’t stop on a dime. The person at fault in this seems to be Cody. He refused to give right of way to a moving vehicle. People walked in front of me all of the time when I had an ECV.
Cliff
Disney is busy, people have the right to walk where they want. I seriously doubt that people see an ECV an think I’m going to walk in front of that. Like any motor vehicle the driver has responsibility for assessing the risk and drive with due care and attention. Someone steps in front of you and you can’t stop. You are at fault for not taking due care and attention.
Angela
You should rent an ECV and see what its like when someone walks right in front of you.
I think people that don’t have the experience should not assume they know what they are talking about.
Ed Nyhan
I recently had to use one at Disneyland due to a knee injury. You have to go SLOW.
My daughter was hold up my grandson when I was at a different part of the park.She got hit by one, the scooter almost flipped out throwing a teenager off who was riding with an adult. Thy took off not even checking on my daughter, some other guest did. She ended up with a large bruise and sore ankle.
Cliff
Disney are hiring to anyone and everyone regardless of a genuine need. ECV are heavy dangerous machines in the wrong hands that can cause serious injuries, particularly when driven at speed.
Authorities wouldn’t let you loose on the road without any sense, but give Disney a few dollars and you can cause as much havoc as you want in the parks. Maybe increase the fee for hiring to include some insurance just in case you run into someone.
Dawn
It’s not Disney that is renting them to everyone, there are local companies that rent them for a lot less and deliver to the resort. I know someone that always rents one from across the street from DLR, she shouldn’t be allowed to drive one because she never has full control. But they don’t care, they just want the $$.
Angela
Hiring? do you mean renting?
Rent one then come back and give your opinion.
Sarah
“Hiring” is the word used by non-Americans. In America we “rent” boats, scooters, cars, etc. In the rest of the world, they “hire” those items. They only “rent” property.
Lexi
Disney ECVs are the slowest ones out there! They go slower than walking speed. You obviously have never needed to use one.
Loana
The cost is $70 for ECV rental not $50. I which to it to be that cheap but nope.
Angela
Rental is $50 with a $20 deposit.
Patti
Those people driving scooters are a HAZARD! Several years ago I was in a shop at Animal Kingdom. I was looking at merch on a rolling display shelf. Suddenly the shelf lurched forward toward me. I had no idea what was happening and then the shelf violently moved even closer to me, with one of its heavy duty casters rolling over my foot. It was excruciatingly painful. I screamed for someone to move the shelf, yet no one heard. I turned around to yell to the cast member working the cash register, who looked at me like I was crazy and turned back to her work. Finally after what seemed like forever, someone realized what happened and they rolled the shelving off my foot. It was a woman on a motor scooter on the other side of the tall shelf that was driving into it. Not once, not twice, but several times! She may have been trying to turn or back up, but she was going forward repeatedly, all while my foot was stuck under the caster. Those shelves are HEAVY. I can still feel the pain today and developed terrible arthritis in that foot to boot. People need to learn how to properly operate those scooters and learn how to do that with respect for others around them.
Cliff
Anyone who genuinely needs an ECV has probably used one regularly and has no problems mastering the controls. I’ve no issue with that. It’s the occasional, users that turn up at Disney hire an ECV because they can’t keep up with their family group that cause the issues. Disney should take responsibility for making certain that hirers are proficient before letting people loose around the park.
Lexi
“Those people” are a hazard…
So disabled people are a hazard? I’ve had people walk right in front of me and scream at me. I’ve had people literally climb over me in lines and at attractions, I’ve had people look right at me and stand in front of me during shows and fireworks, I’ve had people push my wheelchair while I’m in it. I’ve had people use the disabled bathroom stall and glare at me when they walk out and see me waiting.
I hope you never have to become one of “those people.”
Kris
I go to Disney often and I see it totally different. People just walk right in front of scooters. They are in such a hurry weaving in and out of people. I feel bad for the people on scooters because they can’t even drive straight without someone walking in front of them and cutting them off. People need to realize that you are in America. Stay to the right when walking just like driving.
Pat
Kris, this is why my husband walks right in front of me. He makes sure the way is clear, so now one just walks in front. I also go slow, little kids are walking faster than I move on the EVC. LOL
Angela
Kris thank you!!! That is what I have been saying. People are posting on here without ever driving an ECV and they think they know what they are talking about but they don’t.
Brenda
Thank you Kris. I wish I didn’t have to use a scooter but in any large store that has them or parks I have to. And yes please keep to the right. Nobody ever looks down and sees us. One time at rope drop at Epcot I was trying to drive mine with the speed of the crowd. Every few feet the crowd would swing in front of me and I would have to move further to the left to dodge them. I was finally up against the left curb when a guy stepped right in front of me and I ran up on his heel before the ECV stopped even though I had taken my thumb off the throttle. He stopped and turned around and gave me the dirtiest look. All I could say is you stepped in front of me. And constantly I have had people shove strollers in front of me with babies in them.
Tammy
I have to use a scooter due to back injuries and no one cares about you in a scooter. People walk right in front of you that I hurt myself by having to abruptly stop so often and I was constantly separated from my party. Disney needs to have some kind of lanes for the scooters or something. I was so afraid of hitting someone because of how they just walked right in front of me.
Vicki
I was thinking the same thing! Some communities have “bike lanes”. Maybe Disney should have ECV lanes especially in heavy traffic areas!
Your disapointed father
No one should care about you, you are a nusience in the park. Its a walking park and your time is worth no more than anyone else’s. Can’t walk, stay at home, can’t wait in line, stay at home. You are not special and you deserve nothing
MMH
You are such a happy person! May you always have PERFECT health and when you are unable to keep up with the crowd (aging is a fact of life) – keep your miserable self home! And I say this as a wheelchair user. I love seeing everyone’s A## at my eye level. Most days I lose my appetite!
Cliff
ECV at Disney are a pain. Disney should take responsibility making certain that they hire to component drivers. May a driving test before they are let loose in the parks. That’ll put off some that really don’t need an ECV. My daughter has been hit by one and sustained heavy brousing, I had my ankle clipped three times whilst walk along side one. Some users can’t even drive in a straight line. I’ve seen ECV on the monorail shoot out the doors backwards, the opposite door without a ramp to get off.
Please ECV users, ask yourselves do you really need to hire one. You don’t have right of way, people on foot do. Someone walks in your way you have to stop. It’s Disney, it’s busy. Either accept it or stay away.
Michelle
So couple of things. People absolutely should be trained before they take them into the park. Having dedicated lanes for them would also help though people in general will still cut them off or walk in front either because they don’t notice or don’t care. The parks are overpopulated and people walking and driving aren’t paying enough attention. Also people saying if someone walks in front of you just stop clearly have no idea how those vehicles work. They don’t stop on a dime. It’s also illegal in the US to ask for proof of disability or deny the use of adaptive equipment which those vehicles fall under. So Disney restricting them will never happen.
My son is in a wheelchair and when he was five I was pushing him down main street. A young teenager around 14 jumped right over his legs like it was a sport because the crowd wasn’t moving fast enough and he wanted to get to the opening on the right side of us near the curb to catch up with his fad who was weaving in and out of people. Drivers are not the only people lacking common sense and courtesy at Disney. It’s unfortunately the norm and due to a number of reasons. Everyone needs to be more aware of themselves and take responsibility for themselves. If they did fewer accidents would happen overall.
Angela
Cliff once again you are making a comment without knowing what you are talking about.
I have my own ECV but when I had to rent (not hire) one from Disney
they do give you a driving test and watch you leave.
Connie
As the owner and operator of a scooter (knees), I must agree with those who testify that people walk right in front of us. Seriously, I try to keep an eye out, but it is almost worse than Atlanta, Dallas and Houston traffic combined. Not that they’re any better if you’re walking, but people seem to be clueless that a scooter is made of metal/plastic and is a lot harder than skin and a little padding if you bump into a human. And if I AM walking and someone cuts me off or suddenly decides to have an important family confab in the middle of the street, having to come to an abrupt stop is really bad on already sensitive knees. Also, why must people walk 5-abreast? If they would only try to correlate this to driving and move accordingly. …On second thought, I’ve seen how some of these people drive in the Disney parking lots.
Derek
I was an intern at Disney, working at the All-Star gift shop. A lady managed to speed into a display table at the front of the store and got stuck under it. Some of the glass items fell to the floor. I went over to help and a guy with them decided to life the table so the lady could back out, causing a mannequin to fall into the snow globe display. There was water, glass, and glitter everywhere. They didn’t apologize and blamed us for being in the way.
Eg
They need to have a lane just for scooters and strollers. People pushing strollers are just as rude.
Angela
You must be a pedestrian. I noticed how you didn’t include pedestrians in your comment.
Roe
I agree with Eg. I cannot tell you how many times a stroller was rammed into my ankles all because these guests are in a hurry not caring who is in front of them. I was standing in the open when a woman riding a scooter ran over my foot. I told her to be careful driving and she gave me a look that could kill. Yes! Lanes for strollers & scooters.
Victoria
I unfortunately need one to go to the parks😥
I have often wished that Disney had a lane for scooters like bike lines on the road.
Peggy
I think Disney should put in a lane by the curbs just wide enough for evc and wheelchairs to use. If not in use people can still walk in them but if you have a lane similar to a bike lane on the road. It would make life easier. I started using an electric wheelchair and people don’t understand it’s not a stroller that stops on a dime. Even the lowest setting in less than walking speed. Some times for hills I have to bump it up.
Please stay aware. As for this situation I see many who do not know how to set the speeds do this or just fly through. Those evc should have a locked speed.
Kim
Those things need their own lane or something…I’ve seen them run into people many many times.
j
ECV driver would get a total beatdown if they ran me over on purpose and kept going…they might not even live to tell it. I’m actually serious…in the heat of the moment it could happen and I am a relatively “normal” person. Just sayin’
Tom Peterts
They have to disable the speed control on the rental ECV’s. Set them at a low speed, lke wlking pace. I see people with the speed control cranked all the up. I have my own ECV that I bring to WDW, and it is kept at a slow speed. I’ve seen people try to get on the bus full speed and crash into the other side of the bus, then the driver lowers the speed.
James
I had one for my mother. This man with his family walks backward about 200 feet to take a picture of his family. Yelled for him to stop running into my Mother’s scooter. He didn’t stop and yelled at us when he bumped into my my mom’s scooter.
Fran Parrish
I am sorry. No, No one is dragged down the street by an ECV. Rather someone stepped in front of an ECV because they were too busy walking with their head in their phone or just not paying attention. I use my personal scooter which is much smaller than Disney’s ECV’s and people step in front of me all the time or stop suddenly, never knowing people are behind them esp when the crowds are clearing out from fireworks. If anyone is endangered it is the ECV riser from careless people not paying attention to where they are walking.
Angela
I agree 100 %. I use my own small scooter and have to pay more attention to others inattention than anything elseHappens all the time! I agree there are some ppl on ECVs that have no clue how to drive them and bump onto people. However, this story sounds like one of those people who don’t think people should be allowed to use ECVs.
Linda
I have used these in the past and have heard nasty comments from other park guests when they walked in front of me. To the ride person I said I am sorry are you? Oh, and did you know that these do NOT have brakes the only way to stop is to release forward motion and it’s NOT a quick stop.
Michael Faussett
I rent the ECV all the time I go because I was in a car accident and fractured my heel and three different places back in 08 so now it as gotten harder for me to walk the parks but I have a lot of Common Sense driving them very very heavy crowded parks a lot of times it’s the other guests stopping in the middle of the path to take a damn photograph of something instead of having respect for others and move to the side of the path think of it this way you ain’t going to drive down Interstate 4 and just stop in the middle of the lane at 70 miles an hour take a picture of some sign right well cars in big trucks are passing you by at 70 miles an hour 90 you won’t you pull off to the side think of the path says the interstates theirs been so many times I almost ran in to someone because they just stop right in front and those scooter doesn’t stop on a dime. And Disney please lower parks price so I can come back to my beautiful place in the world.
Frank
I agree, I just returned from WDW and I used an ECV or I never would have made it. I was with my granddaughters and daughter and son-in-law. I found most guests to be oblivious to ECV’s because they have their faces planted in their smartphones. I almost hit more then a few bc they were not paying attention.
Angela
Happens all the time! I agree there are some ppl on ECVs that have no clue how to drive them and bump onto people. However, this story sounds like one of those people who don’t think people should be allowed to use ECVs.
Angela
While you can get a foot run over, an ankle bruised, trip over a scooter etc I do not believe a scooter with a person driving it can ” drag someone down the pavement ” sorry, but I call BS on this ever occurring to an adult.
Kevin
Maybe he and “Cody” should pay more attention to where they are going rather than making TikTok videos. Hope they learned a lesson this time.
Dan
This works both ways. I have had people run around my power chair and stop dead right in front of me. Then they complained when the chair hit the back of their ankles. Coexisting with ECVs requires diligence by everyone.
Joe
The problem isn’t the ECVs, it’s the speedy rentals the guests that don’t require them get. While there are a lot of you that know how to maneuver, control, and operate one at a moderate speed, those that aren’t aware of it, or simply don’t care just turn the knob to go full speed and slam into just about anything and anyone. The ones rented out at the parks have a very hefty speed limiter, so it’s often the stories of ECV accidents tend to star one that was rented outside. The ones without limiters.
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