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A fashion phenomenon of recent years, electric scooters are experiencing drifts. Some manage to make them go up to 100 km / h, sometimes ignoring the Highway Code. A prohibited practice, the law limiting the speed of these machines to 25 km / h.
A scooter overtaking a car in the middle of town at more than 60 km/h while filming the scene. Videos of this kind are multiplying and prove the dangerousness of these practices. Super-powered scooters that are outlaws. In France, their speed is limited to 25 km/h. To reach higher speeds, the gears were unbridled. An irregular practice, often coupled with a lack of insurance, which the police hunt.
Behaviors sometimes responsible for accidents
In Strasbourg (Bas-Rhin), a police station contains about fifteen of these non-approved vehicles, sometimes responsible for accidents. Last year, scooters were involved in 1,360 collisions, including 26 fatalities. Owners who have unbridled their machines risk a fine of 1,500 euros in the event of speeding and much more in the event of an accident.
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