“The perpetrators who flee very often do so by electric scooter.”
This is the observation of Mayor Vincent De Wolf, stated on the microphone of the Brussels media
Bruzz
, and justifying his desire to ban two-wheeled vehicles at night.
Increasingly subject to drug trafficking and the shootings that accompany it, Brussels is trying as best it can to contain the illicit drug trade, particularly from Antwerp. Due to their practicality, electric scooters seem to be the ideal vehicle for traffickers.
“Choose safety”
“It’s a very easy and quick way because you can use paths, small paths, sidewalks…”
explains Vincent De Wolf to our colleagues at Bruzz
. “As shootings take place at night, they should be prohibited between 11 p.m. and 6 a.m.,”
he adds.
Although he knows that young people and workers are also used to electric scooters, the Belgian elected official nevertheless says he wants to
“choose safety”
and
“protect people’s lives”
. He also wants the measure to be extended to the entire region, by being adopted by the Conference of Mayors or by the Minister-President.
A position contested by Fabrice Cumps, mayor of the municipality of Anderlecht, who, without questioning the merits of the measure, believes that it must remain local. Already in force in part of its municipality, it is coupled with a speed limit of 10 km/h in the Peterbos district.