Registration, ID card: Electric scooters are changing in Paris!
This page is translated from the original post "Immatriculation, carte d’identité : les trottinettes évoluent à Paris !" in French.
- 25/11/2022 11:00
Scooter operators unite and present two new measures to improve service in Paris.
Discussions have broken down between the City of Paris and electric scooter operators. After a meeting on September 29, Dott, Lime, and Tier responded very quickly. On October 11, they issued a list of 11 measures to improve their services in the capital (and elsewhere). But there has been no response since.
The city “haunts” electric scooter operators
It was even through the press that the municipality conveyed its thoughts, via Deputy Mayor David Belliard, implying a complete ban! Often, it is due to a lack of knowledge about the facts that some elected officials, like Nicolas Jeanneté, speak out. He pointed out at the last city council that “these devices are not speed-limited”.
This is completely false, as shared scooters actually have a speed limit of 20 km/h – below the national legal limit of 25 km/h – and sometimes as low as 10 km/h in certain zones. The reactions from officials are purely emotional and far from reality.
With pragmatism, the three operators did not wait for the city’s response. They provided figures, such as the success with 1.7 million rides and 400,000 users in October 2022, against a relatively low number of accidents: 327 in the first ten months of 2022 and 1 death. So, everything is not perfect, and the operators are launching two immediate measures.
Dott, Lime, and Tier integrate registration plates and ID cards
Thus, Dott, Tier, and Lime are placing registration plates on their electric scooters in Paris. These will enable the identification of offenders. The second measure is an enhanced control through ID card to prevent access by minors after two free uses.
These measures, which were part of the 11 already presented in October, will be implemented starting next week. A third progressive measure will regulate parking and saturation, with operators aiming to double patrols. However, no system to prevent sidewalk riding like the one Lime tested this summer is planned. Still in the experimental stage, this would not be implemented before 2023.
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