Anne Hidalgo, mayor of Paris, is radically against mismanaged e-scooters before. The administration of the capital consider electric scooters as bulky waste and remove the companions if they are in the wrong place.
The vehicles may not be parked on Parisian sidewalks, it threatens a fine of 35 euros. But there are extra parking zones for e-scooters. Even driving on sidewalks is prohibited.
In addition, Hidalgo calls for a new legal framework in France to better regulate the use of controversial electric scooters. "It's necessary to create order," she said. The mayors in the country must be able to respond appropriately to new forms of mobility.
The new mobility law, which according to Hidalgo also includes e-scooters, has been discussed for months, but has not yet been passed. According to the French National Assembly, the text will be discussed again this month.
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The scooters are advised because of accidents and complaints from pedestrians in the criticism. In the French capital are according to earlier data of the municipality about 20,000 "Trottinettes" on the way, as the scooters are called in French.
There are now volunteers fishing e-scooters, rental bikes and other trash from the Seine to keep the metropolitan river clean. E-scooters regularly land in the Mediterranean Sea in the southern French port of Marseille.