Europe’s leading e-scooter operator, Voi partners with ISM for expert training of drivers and riders in Ireland
People riding Voi e-scooters. CREDIT: Voi
Europe’s leading e-scooter hire company, Voi, has welcomed the passing of legislation which will legalise the use of e-scooters in Ireland - and is joining forces with Ireland’s nationally trusted and accredited driver training organisation, ISM (the Irish School of Motoring) to promote safe riding.
Voi and ISM are launching Ireland’s newest road safety e-scooter training in a partnership which aims to help e-scooter users ride safely and to raise driver awareness of sharing the road with e-scooters.
As part of this partnership, Voi and ISM are developing an Irish module for its online e-scooter training school, “Ride Like Voila”. The training will cover all aspects of riding an e-scooter, from the basics — how to start and stop riding, to where on the road to ride and how to interact with other road users and pedestrians.
ISM will also include additional awareness training of e-scooters on its learner and advanced driving lessons for both new and professional drivers.
To help support wider road user education, Voi will make its online safety school, “Ride like Voila”, open to the general public in Ireland - not just Voi users, so people can learn about safe use of e-scooters before even taking their first ride.
Jack Samler, General Manager for Voi Ireland said: “We’re looking forward to setting up shared e-scooter services in Ireland now that legislation has been passed.
“In the meantime, I would urge people to complete Voi’s safety training so that all e-scooter riders can be safe on the road and feel confident riding an e-scooter.
“We look forward to bringing Voi e-scooters to Ireland to help people complete short journeys and beat traffic jams. Voi e-scooters are a safe, easy-to-use, affordable, reliable and sustainable way to travel around towns and cities.
Karl Walsh, Managing Director of ISM said: “Learning to share roads safely between all road users, from learner drivers to professional drivers and now including e-scooters, is vital. As Ireland’s largest driver training company, an opportunity to collaborate on this safety training builds on our pre-existing safety message to now help protect e-scooter riders in parallel with other road users. ISM is committed to educating the emerging scooter community and is therefore delighted to work with Voi.”
For further information, please contact:
Juliette Maxam, Senior PR manager, Voi UK, Ireland and France
juliette.maxam@voiapp.io
Shane O’Donoghue, ISM Head of Media & Content
About Voi
Founded in 2018, Voi is a Swedish micromobility company offering e-scooter and e-bike sharing in partnership with towns, cities and local communities. We believe e-scooters can play a central role in changing how people move in our towns and cities in the future. We want to ensure that the micromobility transformation happens the right way - through real innovative technology, open and transparent dialogue with towns, cities and governments and by adapting our products to local needs. Voi’s holistic Environmental Action Plan tackles emissions and promotes renewable energy use and circularity along its supply chain.
Voi operates in over 100 towns and cities across 11 countries. It is headquartered in Stockholm and employs 1,000 people. To date, Voi boasts more than seven million riders and has served more than 150+ million rides.
About ISM
Established in 1961, the Irish School of Motoring (ISM) is Ireland’s leading Driver Training Organisation. With an unrivalled network of over 200 ADI Driving Instructors across the country and 2 of the largest Forklift training centres in the country, ISM provides a large variety of approved training courses to support the needs of our wide range of private and commercial clients.
To support our thousands of trainees annually, ISM Driver Recruitment was established to provide specialist recruitment and placement services for the logistics, warehouse, freight and construction sectors. Contact ISM at:
P: 01 8641790 W: www.ism.ie | E: info@ism.ie
