Everything is changing for electric scooters: Full ban for minors and speed limiters to become mandatory

Speaking to ERTNews, the Minister of Citizen Protection announced a implicit prohibition connected the usage of electrical scooters by minors, portion besides supporting the abolition of alleged “quad bikes” connected the islands, describing them arsenic “very unsafe vehicles.”

The curate presented a caller roadworthy information model that volition see mandatory insurance, peculiar registration markings, and postulation restrictions for scooters. He besides referred to the incidents during pupil elections, calling for “controlled access” to universities and stronger information measures.

Specifically, the curate stressed that incidents of unit “are not an mundane phenomenon,” but clarified that “they indispensable travel to an end.” He besides discussed caller measures regarding electrical scooters, roadworthy safety, postulation congestion successful Athens, and efforts to combat delinquency.

The Minister of Citizen Protection described the clashes during pupil elections arsenic “isolated incidents.” According to him, the confrontations occurred betwixt pupil groups, and helium repeated the request for controlled introduction to universities and enhanced information measures.

“We bash not request a assemblage constabulary force. We request information astatine universities,” helium said, adding that “there are nary longer immoderate occupations anyplace successful Greece” and that institutions present run nether safer conditions. He made peculiar notation of the National Technical University of Athens, noting that “there are cameras and it is present a modern abstraction wherever professors and students tin enactment safely.”

Full prohibition for minors

Mr. Chrysochoidis announced a stricter model for electrical scooters, referring to a “complete prohibition for minors” and a caller regulatory model for big users.

“All scooters indispensable person velocity limiters, indispensable not circulate connected high-speed roads, and indispensable transportation mandatory insurance,” helium said.

According to the minister, the caller measure volition besides necessitate peculiar recognition markings and registration numbers for each scooter, portion municipalities volition beryllium capable to acceptable a maximum fig of vehicles per area.

“We cannot proceed witnessing children being injured each day,” helium noted, emphasizing that “scooters without restrictions are unsafe some for users and pedestrians.”

“Quad bikes should beryllium banned from the islands”

Referring to the summertime play and roadworthy accidents connected the islands, the curate sent a zero-tolerance connection regarding helmet use.

“It cannot beryllium acceptable for idiosyncratic to rent a scooter without a helmet and without a driver’s license,” helium stressed.

Speaking astir ATVs oregon “quad bikes,” helium said that “this benignant of conveyance should beryllium wholly banned from the country,” calling them “extremely dangerous.”

Traffic and policing measures

Regarding postulation congestion successful Athens, the curate presented the “Kombos” plan, which includes astir 150 constabulary officers, drones, and unrecorded postulation absorption done accusation systems.

“The extremity is to velocity up postulation travel and easiness congestion connected large roads,” helium said, portion admitting that “the Kifisos road remains an highly hard problem.”

He besides emphasized amerciable parking successful cardinal Athens.

“The improvement of idiosyncratic parking connected Solonos Street and inconveniencing thousands of radical is unacceptable,” helium said, noting that postulation constabulary transportation retired regular inspections and calling for greater engagement from municipal constabulary forces.

“Crime is not acceptable”

Regarding caller incidents successful Roma settlements and the wounded of constabulary officers, Mr. Chrysochoidis described the contented arsenic “a large and analyzable problem,” stating that the authorities has been implementing a peculiar operational program for months.

“We are not targeting anyone, but criminality is simply a abstracted issue,” helium said, describing conditions of terrible degradation successful immoderate settlements.

According to the minister, imperishable constabulary forces are already stationed successful respective areas, portion regular operations are conducted targeting weapons, drugs, and energy theft.

“I person acceptable a extremity for these areas to relation similar each different vicinity successful the country. We volition not let them to stay pockets of criminality,” helium stressed, adding that nether the caller authorities “repeat felony offenders volition beryllium imprisoned.”