SCOOTER SCARE.If you're you're Contraction of you are. you're you are you're be like millions of kids, you've test-driven a new and trendy foot-propelled scooter scooter: see motorcycle. . The lightweight speed-mobiles use low-friction (resistance) wheels to give you a racy--and potentially dangerous--ride. Emergency-room visits for scooter-related injuries have rocketed 700 percent since last May, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. a recent report by the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission. "Kids under 15 suffered nearly 90 percent of those injuries" says report spokesman Ken Giles. Want to avoid a grisly gris·ly adj. gris·li·er, gris·li·est Inspiring repugnance; gruesome. See Synonyms at ghastly. [Middle English grisli, from Old English grisl trip to the ER? Wear a helmet and knee pads. Out of 9,400 bone-bruising spills reported this year, 60 percent might have been prevented by protective gear. Check out the graph at right. About how many scooter accidents occurred between May and August 2000? [GRAPH OMITTED] |
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