Paris bans rental e-scooters

Parisians have voted to ban rental electric scooters from their city streets – a triumph for road safety campaigners tired of rising fatalities linked to the battery-powered devices
 

Around 15,000 e-scooters in Paris can be hired using mobile phone apps

 
SHOULD RENTAL E-SCOOTERS BE BANNED IN PARIS?

Yes – 90%
91,300 against e-scooters
10%
103,000 votes cast


LOW VOTER TURNOUT (ballot held on same day as Paris Marathon)
  
Did not vote – 92%
8%
1.38m registered voters


PARIS E-SCOOTER USERS (age)

	0% 5 10 15 20 25 30
12-17
18-24 
25-29 
30-34 
35-44
≥ 45

Male
Female


PARIS E-SCOOTER ACCIDENTS

Deaths 
Injuries
             
1 353	 3  459
2021 	2022


Sources: BBC, Reuters, Sky News, ScienceDirect
Picture: Getty Images 
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