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Re:Paris Votes to Ban Rental E-Scooters by helsinkiandrew on Monday April 03, 2023 @03:15AM (#35419674)
> With 7.45% turnout, it's more of an elderly's bad joke. Elderly and wealthy people who have been brainwashed by television and want to continue using their murderous and polluting cars and taxis.

I don't know about Paris, but the from other cities I've seen it's probably the general poor behaviour of rental scooter hirers that's the problem. Ignoring any dangerous riding the scooters are just so poorly parked - cluttering sidewalks, falling into roads etc. I'm an occasional e-scooter hirer when a tourist and sometimes after a night out in my home town, but I'm 50/50 if they should be banned in my city.

Rental companies should take more of an effort to penalise users that park and drive poorly if they want to continue operating.

Re:Paris Votes to Ban Rental E-Scooters by apichat on Monday April 03, 2023 @03:40AM (#35419874)
> So poorly parked

Cars are well parked in Paris but way more bulky and streets are unpleasant and dangerous because of them : https://www.google.com/maps/@48.8857511,2.3873659,3a,75y,80....

Re:Paris Votes to Ban Rental E-Scooters by alpaca128 on Monday April 03, 2023 @03:40AM (#35419871)
The scooters are parked like that by the companies themselves too, at least where I live. Why would they penalize people for doing the same?