Bidding au revoir to what has become a divisive sight on our streets, Paris officially banned rented electric scooters (or e-scooters) from September 1, becoming the first European city to do so five years after being one of the first to adopt them.
They are not protected by a vehicle body in the same way that car users are, plus they tend to be harder for drivers to see on the road.
The OECD report shows the risk of rider death per trip on motorcycles or mopeds is five times higher than that for e-scooters.
E-scooter riders are obliged to have legal liability insurance only in Denmark, France and the UK.
This explains the high proportion of head injuries among e-scooter victims according to a report by the European Road Safety Observatory (ERSO).
More countries may soon join Austria, Czechia, France, Sweden and the UK in making helmets obligatory.
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Bidding au revoir to what has become a divisive sight on our streets, Paris officially banned rented electric scooters (or e-scooters) from September 1, becoming the first European city to do so five years after being one of the first to adopt them.
They are not protected by a vehicle body in the same way that car users are, plus they tend to be harder for drivers to see on the road.
The OECD report shows the risk of rider death per trip on motorcycles or mopeds is five times higher than that for e-scooters.
E-scooter riders are obliged to have legal liability insurance only in Denmark, France and the UK.
This explains the high proportion of head injuries among e-scooter victims according to a report by the European Road Safety Observatory (ERSO).
More countries may soon join Austria, Czechia, France, Sweden and the UK in making helmets obligatory.
The original article contains 809 words, the summary contains 149 words. Saved 82%. I’m a bot and I’m open source!