Paris, the capital of France, is one of the favorite cities for tourists. Electric scooters will be banned in Paris from September 1. A public opinion poll was conducted for the decision to ban it. In this, 89 percent people have agreed to ban e-scooters. Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo said the vote would be respected.
However, e-scooter operators say they expect the plan to stall. They say they expect Hidalgo to agree to a compromise because of the low turnout in the poll. Only 7.46 percent of the registered voters in the city participated in it. A spokesperson for e-scooter operator Lime Said”We hope that instead of banning e-scooters, Mayor Hidalgo will implement some sensible regulation and we can continue to operate. This will avoid taking a step back for Paris.”
A spokeswoman for Dott, another e-scooter operator, said the poll had received only a small percentage of respondents and a large proportion of the respondents were elderly. France’s Transport Minister, Clement Beaune, said the poll was a major democratic failure. accessible via smartphone apps e-scooters Residents of Paris have been continuously complaining about this. It also causes accidents. In Paris, the number of e-scooter operators was reduced to three three years ago. He was given a three-year contract.
The speed of e-scooters should not exceed 20 kilometers per hour and designated parking areas have been created for them. The current contract for e-scooter operators in Paris is valid until September. The number of accidents involving e-scooters has increased in France. Last year the number of such accidents in Paris was more than 400. General Physician, Audrey Cordier, after polling against these scooters said, “In my work I see a high number of road accidents involving scooters. We really see the negative effects.”
