Belgium Makes Helmets Compulsory on Faster E-Scooters
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Exclusive. This is a first in the Metropole of Lyon. Cédric Van Styvendael signs a municipal decree to force scooter users and other means of electric locomotion to wear a helmet. The mayor (PS) of Villeurbanne takes his responsibilities, based on alarming figures on the accidentology of scooter users. Interview for Le Progrès.
The mayor of Forbach Alexandre Cassaro has just taken a municipal order: electric scooter drivers are now obliged to wear a helmet and a reflective vest, under penalty of a fine of 150 €. Several accidents involving these motorized machines took place in the city. Traders have also gone up to the niche to denounce the attitude of the drivers.
Belgium will introduce compulsory wearing of helmets for drivers of high-speed electric scooters from September 1.
Since self-service scooters are by default bridled at this speed, their users are exempt from this requirement. The helmet will be mandatory for electric scooter drivers as early as 1 September, the SPF Mobility announced on Friday. However, vehicles whose speed cannot exceed 20 km/h are not covered by this obligation. Self-service scooters are by default bridled at this speed, their users are exempted from this requirement. For the rest, driver…
It is a first in the Lyon metropolis: the mayor of Villeurbanne has taken a decree to make mandatory the wearing of the helmet for any user of an electric scooter or any other electrical locomotion equipment (gyropode, hoverboard and electric skateboard).In an interview granted to our colleagues of the Progress, the "PS" of the [...] The article Villeurbanne makes mandatory the wearing of the helmet for electric scooters as early as September 1s…
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