Bad weather warning for self-service scooters. The town hall of Paris last Thursday issued a one-month ultimatum to the three operators of “free floating” scooters to find solutions to limit dangerous uses and street congestion. “All the options are on the table, including that of stopping the agreement” at the expiry of the contract in February 2023, also indicated David Belliard, the EELV assistant for mobility and roads.
His political group also went further by “asking the Mayor of Paris for the non-renewal of the authorizations for free-floating scooters”, in a press release published in the wake of the decision of the town hall of Paris. For the Greens, “the account is still not there” denouncing “scooters […] still too often found on the sidewalks” and the inability of operators “to ensure that the basics of the Highway Code are respected by their users”. “Accidents involving scooters are exploding and pedestrians can’t take it anymore,” the text adds.
And you, do you think self-service scooters should be banned? Why ? What harm do they cause? Have you been involved in an accident with a scooter? If you are a user of these vehicles, what advantages do you find in them?