E-scooter users who travel over 25kmph, or tamper with its speed-limiting software should be subject to fines and prosecutions, a new Bill tabled by Fianna Fáil has proposed. Its private members legislation, the Road Traffic (Use of Electric Scooters) Bill 2019 will be debated in the Dáil on Wednesday. The initiative, brought forward by its transport spokesman Marc MacSharry and Dublin spokesman John Lahart, is intended to facilitate widespread use of this new form of transport. At present there is no specific law for electronic modes of transport such as scooters, segways, skateboards or hoverboards. However, the Fianna Fáil Bill will reclassify the scooters as a new category of transportation, which will require neither licences or insurance.

Source: The Irish Times October 15, 2019 14:26 UTC