I’m pleased that some restrictions are being put in place. I’ve seen these things zipping dangerously through traffic… some heart-stopping moments, when they dash across in front of the cars… yikes…
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Gutted about this!
We have e scooters as they’ve a much lower eco impact than our car. We live in a village so all roads from our home are country roads. These new regulations will really impact us!
Unfortunately, these things are wonderful in a certain environment, but elsewhere they can be very dangerous.
The decisions will not have been taken lightly - there have been too many deaths/injuries for it to be ignored.
Knowing what the country roads are like where I am, these changes may be an inconvenience now but they may also save your life one day!
Folk can ask at their Mairie (or elsewhere) to find out where the green-routes/cycle paths are… or so I am led to believe.
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Why will they impact you.
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Because we are unlikely to be able to use our scooters to get anywhere! Fortunately the road between village and the beach/marina aren’t long enough to be classed as country roads I hope!
Which of the things that are now forbidden is going to cramp your style, specifically? Looks to me the rules are sensible…
I hadn’t read the article so I didn’t realise you’re normally limited to roads with a speed limit of 50KPH, but you can lobby your Maire to use his discretion and allow you on the 80KPH roads.
It’s the not being able to use country roads as mentioned in that link.
50kph roads is good as we can get into village and then use the cycle path to get to town.
We are sensible. We wear helmets, don’t/can’t go crazy fast and don’t use them on paths. We aren’t teenagers out to cause problems, we just want to be able to go to next town, along the coast (a couple of miles) without using the big car. We can’t manage walking up the hill back up to our house on the way back, the joys of arthritis.
They are sensible rules, are they the same for cyclists?
Having witnessed the use of s-scooters in Paris traffic and on Paris pavements I really hope that these new laws are enforced, dangerous just doesn’t come into it.
I think I’ve read that in Britain e-scooters can only be used on private land so the French rules seem quite lenient.
Get an e-bike, far more civilised and you can carry your shopping home safely.
OK fair enough but I agree with @anon14704272 - why not get e-bikes? I’m thinking of getting one myself.
Hard to get my head round using an e-scooter on the country roads round here - there is no pavement and the roads can have rough surfaces and potholes, plus ramps when there are roadworks. How on earth do such tiny wheels cope with potholes? In general these sort of scooters not designed for uneven surfaces.
E-bikes: you can have panniers or a basket for your shopping, they’re not as impacted by poor road surfaces, and you can turn the electric assistance off and get some good healthy cardio abdos-fessiers exercise.
Has anyone on here got an e-bike? I started seriously thinking of investing earlier this year but haven’t quite made my mind up definitely enough to take the plunge yet.
I’m not safe on 2 wheels, but we have neighbours who are thrilled with their e-bikes … 
We also have ebikes. We bought raleighs when we were in Ukraine and they’re great. Hubby also has an italjet ebike which looks amazing, but isn’t as good on the hills.
I would personally sell the scooters, but hubby lives his and regularly goes to village for bread/croissants on it.
The scooters are better when we go away as they fit in the back of the car. We used them for WEA silverstone in august.
My husband loves toys and tech, so escooters really appeal to him.
If you’re looking for ebike here, decathlon have lovely ones which are very easy to use.
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Mmm… sounds to me as if you have the problem already solved with the best of all possible worlds: e-bikes for out of town and e-scooters inside town.
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I’m a big fan of decathlon, but I’ve never needed to use their after sales service. Was wondering if it might be better to buy from a bike specialist, or do ebikes not need much maintenance? I’m not very mechanically minded!
Not anymore than a normal bike IMO. I’ve had one for about four years, a Kalkoff, with no issues. Electric motors don’t have many moving parts .
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i had mine serviced earlier this year, but only because it’s new and I would have had a manual bike serviced after 2 years of use anyway.
It was all ok.
Love my bike!
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I would like an Electric Motorcycle like those in the TT Zero, 0 - 60 in 2,4 seconds. Sounds interesting and they have a decent range of 50 miles or so. No noise, top speed around the 160 mph, and of course they are registered and insured.