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"The scooter is the future ... When all people, adults and children alike, instead of taking buses or taxis, will do their shopping on scooters, there will be no more congestion or traffic jams. (sic) ... ”
It is in the newspaper
Le Gaulois
of February 24, 1926 that we find this joyful prophecy. Almost a hundred years later, the coexistence of the scooter with other means of transport has turned out to be stormy. Dangerous for pedestrians, the electric machine was driven off the sidewalks in 2019 - but not the only mechanical version, which is required to circulate there. After a fatal accident caused by two young women, the tone rose to the town hall of Paris which decided to limit the speed of self-service scooters in certain areas of the capital.
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Anger against the insecurity of the sidewalks
In the 1920s or 1930s, the scooter was already occupying the columns of newspapers.
Recently invented, also called a scooter, it is however
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