Electric scooter: need a helmet soon?
As part of the ongoing debate around the Mobility Orientation Act, Hauts-de-Seine's LaRem member wishes to impose helmets and gloves on electric scooters.
Will electric scooter users soon be as limited as scooter owners? If nothing has been done yet, some elected officials are hard at work to better regulate these regularly allocated devices. In particular, this applies to Loriana Rossi. With regard to security, the deputy from Hauts-de-Seine believes that “ should go much further “. When asked by BFM Paris, he believes that it is necessary to "oblige the wearing of a helmet and gloves." ” A safety issue for both drivers and pedestrians. "She justifies.
According to Lorianna Rossi, "300 injuries and 5 deaths" were due to electric scooters last year. The most recent fatal incident occurred on April 15, when an eighty-year-old man died in Hauts-de-Seine due to being hit by an electric scooter.
In addition to wearing a helmet and gloves to better protect the user, LREM MP also wants to make the machines more visible. This applies, in particular, to the presence of a mandatory horn and sign ” reflective device front and back »
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If the behavior of certain users is regularly highlighted, then the safety of certain machines is questioned, since products are sometimes comparable to simple toys. "Jungle", which should be allowed by the new European standard.
« The aim of this standard (NF EN 17128) is to improve the level of product safety. ”Explains BFM Jocelyn Lumeto, Managing Director of the Federation of Professionals in Micromobility (FP2M).
« The standard will require, for example, wheels of at least 125 mm, while some models currently sold may only be 100 mm. He continues. In addition, there are front and rear lights and an audible warning device, as well as a standard for systems that allow vehicles to be folded.
Speed is also at the heart of the new standard. This should limit the speed to 25 km / h or even less for certain vehicles, such as gyropods or gyroscopes, which have a longer stopping distance.
