The Paris police chief on Thursday issued a decree banning until July 31 the circulation of electric scooters at night on part of the avenue des Champs-Élysées, in order to fight against
"incivility"
.
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This measure was taken because of the
"multiplication of uncivil individual behavior on the part of road users and by an anarchic occupation of public space by groups of individuals making dangerous use of electric scooters"
, wrote the police headquarters in a press release.
The decree, effective from Thursday until July 31, prohibits the movement of electric scooters between
"10:00 p.m. ET 6:00" e
etween
"roundabout of the Champs Elysees and the Place Charles de Gaulle included"
.
"
Multiply road checks
"
“Additional”
police officers
will also be mobilized
“in order to increase the number of road checks”
and ensure compliance with the law governing the sale of nitrous oxide, or
“laughing gas”
, adds the prefecture.
The Paris city hall threatened on Tuesday the three private operators of self-service electric scooters operating in the capital not to renew their contract if they do not make progress on the speed limit and parking.
In mid-June, a 32-year-old Italian woman died after being struck by an electric scooter on a pedestrian alley along the Seine.
