Name: Why electric scooters are illegal in New York and London
Uploaded: 2020-11-06T20:02:58.000Z
Duration: 6 min 12 s
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- So I've always been a cyclist who hated electric scooters,

So, I was sold on the idea of getting an electric scooter

but when I got back to London, I hit a little bit of a snag.

It turns out, scooters are essentially illegal to use here

because of a series of laws that date back

The oldest one is the Highway's Act 1835,

which bans horse, ass, sheep, mule, swine, cattle,

or carriage from being on the pavement or sidewalk.

But, there's a more modern law which updates this old law

include any mechanically propelled vehicle.

"don't ride your scooter on the pavement, you weirdo."

But the real problem is the laws that collectively prevent

electric scooters from being used on the road.

electric scooters just, kinda, don't exist.

the same kind of safety and tax regulations.

Oh, and, don't even think about riding in the bike lane,

those are reserved for things with pedals,

Oh, electric bikes are cool, you guys can stay.

There are a lot of scooters on London streets

but technically, every single one of these riders

is risking a 300 pound fine and six points on their license.

- And if you live here, in New York City,

Electric scooters are everywhere but there are no shared

And that's because, they're technically illegal here to.

Now the enforcement is not quite as harsh

The company's hoping that the more people

the more people might have the same kind of revelation

Bird is just one example of an electric scooter

But there are plenty more that will want to move in,

in opening their doors to E-scooter companies.

- [Andrew] Now, take Austin, Texas for example.

That city is over run with electric scooters.

that found that 20 people were being injured

per 100,000 E-scooter trips, over a 3 month period.

Part of the problem is, the scooter sharing companies

are moving faster than the city regulators can keep up.

So you've got cities like San Francisco, Madrid,

Indianapolis and Antwerp, that have been forced

to write regulations after the scooter companies

and dumped dozens and dozens of scooters on their streets.

But here in New York State, they're trying to avoid

that problem by letting each city write it's own

rules governing scooter sharing services.

and it's leaving electric scooter companies

Gradually some ideas are starting to emerge

about the best way for allowing electric scooters

and their rental companies to come in to cities.

- All of this is to say, that potentially the UK's

slow progress in allowing electric scooters,

maybe, isn't the worst thing in the world.

the UK's outdated laws have brought the country

to work out how to allow electric scooters,

And then when electric scooter sharing companies move in,

they'll have to play by the countries laws.

- [Alan] I think what we would like to see,

and what we're arguing for in the UK at the moment,

is for rules and regulations to be proactively

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