Paris to ban e-scooters

GSM couldn’t agree more. Not only are they silent but a lot of them are in dark colours and not easily visible.

As far as I know, it’s only the rental ones which are being banned in Paris but I may be wrong.

The trials of rental scooters in some parts of the UK don’t end until 2024. I’m surprised such a long trial period is needed. I would like to see all e-scooters banned. They may be environmentally friendly but they are a silent menace with the potential to cause serious injury and death. It may be illegal to use them on pavements, but does that stop some people from doing so? I suspect not.

I doubt they would be banned in the UK - the rental ones must make a decent profit for someone. Privately owned ones are banned from public space - that props up the rental market. The Tories believe in the profit motive. In my opinion they are as bad as bicycles on shared footways because you can't hear them coming.

Joseann

As I understand it, this is just the e-scooters in Paris, not in France generally. These will be used in Bordeaux and Marseilles instead. Someone hold me it is all to do with getting Paris ship shape and pristine for The 2024 Olympics, (along with moving out large numbers of homeless snd asylum seekers to the provinces).

That seems logical Joseann and is also those rented e-scooters that you just pick up and ride that are banned, not privately owned ones.
From todays DT
PARIS is to retire rental electric scooters as it becomes the first major European capital to ban the devices from its streets .
Lime, Dott and Tier, the operators, were given a deadline of today to withdraw their estimated 15,000 rental units from the city. Privately owned e-scooters are unaffected by the move

Paris became the first major city to launch for-hire e-scooters in 2018, when it was hailed as a pioneer for offering an alternative, convenient and eco-friendly method of transportation

There was an e scooter rider beetling down our reasonably quiet road at an extremely fast pace. I'm not good on my pins and I'm scared about venturing out when these people are about. Of course there's not a police officer in sight!

As I understand it, this is just the e-scooters in Paris, not in France generally. These will be used in Bordeaux and Marseilles instead. Someone hold me it is all to do with getting Paris ship shape and pristine for The 2024 Olympics, (along with moving out large numbers of homeless snd asylum seekers to the provinces).

Oldnproud

rosie1959

The use of E Scooters is banned on roads in the UK as far as I know. You may use them on private land but not on the highway

As far as I know, it is privately-owned ones that are only supposed to be used on private land, rosie1959. The rental ones that are being trialled are allowed on roads, but not on pavements.

Given the widespread misuse of them, I would not be surprised if they become illegal once the trial ends.

As far as I know, it is privately-owned ones that are only supposed to be used on private land, rosie1959. The rental ones that are being trialled are allowed on roads, but not on pavements.

Privately-owned scooters on private land cuts out a huge percentage of the very people who want to use them - how many individuals own private land!?

The roads are already gridlocked so the 'boy racers' (and girl ones) use the pavements when it suits. They (scooters) are clearly dangerous to pedestrians on pavements.

As you say, the widespread misuse of them really does beg the question of whether they should be banned altogether. It seems a pity, but it appears there are too many selfish idiots using them, and they really are a hazard to anyone who is deaf / disabled / elderly on pavements.

I doubt they will be banned here though. I suspect there might be a 'tightening' of the rules but, with no police on the streets, it won't make an iota of difference.

There have been countless injuries, some very serious, involving the misuse of these e-scooters. A young mother and her 7 month old were hit by one in Paris when the scooter rider were travelling in the wrong direction on a one way street - this featured on last evenings documentary.

Aside from being ridden incorrectly by inconsiderate, irresponsible people, one of the problems is that they are silent and pedestrians cannot hear them approaching, much like many electric cars.

Wish they would here too. If people were responsible and accountable fine, but they are not as are those awful people that have dogs that attack people. It takes a lot of people either dying or hurt before the law steps in.

rosie1959

The use of E Scooters is banned on roads in the UK as far as I know. You may use them on private land but not on the highway

As far as I know, it is privately-owned ones that are only supposed to be used on private land, rosie1959. The rental ones that are being trialled are allowed on roads, but not on pavements.

Given the widespread misuse of them, I would not be surprised if they become illegal once the trial ends.

It might be banned but you wouldn’t know it by the number of escooters on the roads and pavements.

The use of E Scooters is banned on roads in the UK as far as I know. You may use them on private land but not on the highway