00:02Greek traffic police in the Attica region have launched a new round of intensive checks on electric scooters after serious
00:09accidents in which miners were badly injured.
00:11In the first eight months of the year, 56 road accidents involving any scooter were recorded in Attica. Greek legislation
00:19has already been tightened.
00:21The use of electric scooters is prohibited for people under 17. An insurance requirement has been introduced and stricter penalties
00:29are provided for riding them on roads where the speed limit exceeds 50 km per hour.
00:34Fines are also foreseen for businesses that sell, rent or supply electric scooters to people under 17.
00:41The debate is not confined to Greece. Paris and Madrid have banned dockless rental electric scooters.
00:47Brussels will implement a similar ban from January 2027.
00:52Some countries chose instead to tighten the rules.
00:55Finland, for instance, introduced a minimum age of 15 for using most electric scooters as well as an alcohol limit
01:02of 0.5%.
01:03In Hungary, compulsory insurance has been extended to certain categories of electric scooters.
