On Fridays and Saturdays after midnight and until four in the morning, Voi's electric scooters will be switched off in Copenhagen.
- We see and have been told that there will be more accidents then, says the company's Sweden and Denmark manager Eric André.
According to him, it is the company's own initiative and not due to pressure from authorities or politicians.
- The user actually has the main responsibility for not using the vehicles with alcohol in the blood, but we try to take our responsibility.
For example, many women have said that they feel safer when they can ride an electric scooter from door to door, so we want it to be safe.
Most accidents at night
International studies have shown that 37 percent of those who had an accident with an electric scooter had alcohol in their blood.
According to information from Folksam, almost half of the accidents occur between 10 pm and 6 am and 56 per cent during the weekends.
- There is starting to be more data on the subject now and that is good because then we will see what we need to work with.
But in Sweden, there is no expectation of a night stop on electric scooters.
- We communicate with traffic safety organizations and do several things to counteract accidents and drunk driving, but turning them off is not on the agenda here and now, says Eric André.