What regulations apply to electric scooters?
With the increase in NVEIs, the French government is increasingly regulating their use, which involves various obligations
🚩Warning, your device must also be perfectly approved, meaning that the seller can provide you with a certificate of conformity and that your scooter has the CE label. Indeed, if you ever need to be compensated by your insurance, the latter will seek to verify the conformity of your EDPM. Furthermore, owning a properly approved scooter ensures that you can ride safely and that it poses no danger to you or other users. In urban areas, an electric scooter must be ridden on cycle paths. If for various reasons this is not possible, you can use roads where the maximum speed is 50km/h or pedestrian areas where you must imperatively ride at less than 6km/h so as not to inconvenience pedestrians. 🚩Warning! It is forbidden to ride electric scooters on sidewalks 🚩 Furthermore, on an electric scooter, you can ride at a maximum speed of 25km/h and with only one passenger. It is also important to note that only people over 12 years old can ride an electric scooter. According to the annual road safety report , in 2020, the number of injuries involving electric scooters increased by 40%. In such circumstances, it is therefore essential to be concerned about one's safety, and for this, some recommendations exist. Firstly, it is strongly recommended to wear a bicycle helmet. Indeed, in a previous article, we explained how wearing a helmet could save your life by reducing the risk of head injuries by half. Secondly, other protective elements such as gloves, protective clothing, knee pads, and elbow pads should not be overlooked.
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