France to ban e-scooters from pavements starting September
Anyone riding an e-scooter, monowheel, personal transporter or hoverboard on the pavement will be fined €135 starting September, says the French transport minister. – EPA pic, May 4, 2019.
FRANCE will ban electric scooters from pavements in September, said the transport minister, in a backlash against a surge of the commuter gizmos invading pedestrian areas. An estimated 15,000 scooters operated by several companies have flooded the French capital since their introduction last year, a number projected to surge to 40,000 by year-end.
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