Electric Scooters, hoverboards... The Mandatory Helmet and Vest in Loire-Atlantique
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Between 2023 and 2025, the number of serious accidents involving personal motorized travel equipment doubled in the department.
Thursday, September 17, 2026, the prefecture of Loire-Atlantique made mandatory the wearing of helmets and vests for users of electric scooters and hoverboards.
Better to prevent than cure. In the face of the "rapid progression" of the use of personal motorized mobility equipment (EDP-m) and the "significant rise in serious accidents" involving these means of locomotion, the prefecture of Loire-Atlantique mimics other departments (Nord, Hauts-de-Seine, Seine-et-Marne) and is raging "in the interest of public order". According to the figures relayed by the administration [...] L的 article Local news: user…
And two! With Jarny, the municipality of Homecourt has just made mandatory the wearing of the helmet to drivers of electric scooters. If for a period the prevention will be necessary, the sanctions could subsequently fall. "The Code of the Road must evolve", supports Mayor Jean Toniolo.
In view of the increase in use and the increase in accidents involving electric scooters, the Prefect of Saône-et-Loire makes it compulsory, from 1 October, to wear the helmet for users of this means of locomotion.
As of 1 October 2026, all users of electric scooters and other motorized personal transport equipment (gyropods, monoroous, tskateboards and electric longboards) will have to wear a helmet approved to travel on the public road in Saône-et-Loire. This is what the prefecture announced in a press release published on Thursday 17 September. The prefectural decree also imposes, [...] L'article Saône-et-Loire: wearing the helmet and vest mandatory for…
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