"We are going to be extra vigilant": users of electric scooters at the dawn of the verbalization

Wilfried Devillers 09:44, November 25, 2022

Will the City of Paris ban self-service electric scooters?

The increasing number of accidents is prompting the municipality to think about this possibility.

For now, the town hall has decided to simply tighten the screws on operators with new rules.

From next week, the 15,000 self-service scooters will have to be registered gradually.

An idea to facilitate the verbalization of crazy handlebars.

Kenza and Agnès both ride on the same scooter.

They run a red light and park a little further, in a pedestrian street.

"We don't apply the highway code too much, we think we have priority," said Kenza at the microphone of Europe 1.

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When they learn that they could soon be verbalized, even blocked by the application for non-respect of the highway code, their speech changes.

"If we know that we are going to be fined and that the measures are going to be reinforced, then yes, we will be more careful," they admit.

Respecting the highway code does not seem to be the forte of scooter users.

William is the first to recognize it: "It can happen that we sometimes go through red lights. There are, in my opinion, a lot of infractions, it's when we have the sanction that we pay more attention."

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A penalty for "paying more attention"

In Paris, 22 people on scooters were killed in 2021. Accidents are almost daily.

So all the measures to strengthen security are going in the right direction.

"You have to control more to avoid the biggest accidents," says Sookie.

"In Paris, it's very dangerous. It's easy to have an accident. Motorists don't really pay attention to us."

From next Monday, scooter operators in Paris have pledged to strengthen controls so that the ban on minors is well respected.