Parisians voted to ban rental electric scooters in Paris

Paris: In France, Parisians have voted to ban rental electric scooters in the city. Official results showed that almost 90 per cent of votes cast yesterday favoured a ban the battery-powered devices. The referendum was called in response to a rising number of people being injured and killed on e-scooters in the French capital.

Paris was a pioneer when it introduced e-scooters, in 2018 as the city’s authorities sought



to promote non-polluting forms of urban transport. 

Last Year, three people died and 459 were injured in e-scooter accidents in Paris.

However, operators of the e-scooters argued the vehicles made up a small proportion of overall traffic accidents in the city.

Paris has almost 15,000 e-scooters across its streets, operated by companies.