With a speed of 25 km/h, the equivalent of a galloping horse, the electric scooter is not the first victim in France. The death of a 5-year-old Ukrainian boy in Nice on June 29 is part of a sad series. According to road safety data, no fewer than 22 people were killed and another 6,000 injured due to two-wheeler use in 2021. In September of last year, the 23-year-old died again after falling on his head while not wearing a helmet in Charente-Maritime. Why are these types of accidents increasing? Are the users to blame, or are the overly lax regulations to blame?
What are the rules for scooters?
By 2019, electric scooters, which were booming in big cities, were circulating freely. In the face of complaints from road users and a resurgence of accidents, the October 2019 decision finally included these two-wheelers in the Highway Code. They become a category of vehicles therefore…
Source: Le Figaro
