ChrisEdu
MB Enthusiast
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- By the southern sea
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- E320CDi Estate - gone E320CDi Saloon - written off CLS 350CDi Coupé
But then, I believe, the French don't tend to go overboard on 'ealth and safe T. They're approach tends to be more along the lines of, if you choose to do something stupid and get hurt, tough luck, it's your own fault.Paris haven't banned private e-scooters only the rental scheme ones, probably because the rental scooters are left lying around all over the place and cluttering up the pavements. A 35 euro fine had failed to have much impact on the way scooters were parked on the pavements which says something about the rental clientele.
France seems more relaxed about allowing e-scooter use on normal roads and it seems they will continue to be used on the roads. They have always been relaxed about mopeds which 14 year olds can ride without a licence. I'm not sure about insurance, I think it's a requirement even for e-scooters which seems a good thing. I struggle to see how e-scooters can be safe on the roads and think they should use dedicated cycle paths but France is conducting the experiment on the roads so we will see how that works out.
Paris residents vote to ban rental e-scooters | Move Electric.
Here, the nanny state likes to keep us from making such choices.