France to bring laws to control misuse of e-scooters

The European country of France, where the popularity of e-scooters and the number of young e-scooter users have seen tremendous increases in the recent years, has decided to bring laws to control the misuse of e-scooters.

The law has come as the country has seen several severe e-scooter accidents in the recent past.

Last week, a young man died and a woman serious injured when the e-scooter in which they had been travelling struck a car.

Likewise, several similar incidents have been reported in the recent past.

The proposed regulation will bring cap to the speed of e-scooters from the present speed of 50 km/h to the regulated speed of 20 km/h.

Hereafter, these scooters will not be allowed to travel through the pavements designed for pedestrians.

Moreover, the proposed regulation is likely to disallow the travelling of more than one person in a e-scooter at a time.

E-scooter has many fans in France. Its popularity is partly due to its environment friendly character.

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