Scooter-sharing firms asked to ban troublesome ridersBy Ho Yu-hua and Kayleigh Madjar / Staff reporter, with staff writerScooter-sharing companies in New Taipei City are to be required to create a system for banning scofflaw riders after data showed that traffic infractions they incurred were 10 times that of regular scooter riders. Scooter sharing has become ubiquitous in the city since WeMo launched its services there in early 2019. Shared scooter riders were involved in 376.8 traffic infractions per 1,000 riders in the year to June, compared with 34.7 among all other scooter riders, the data showed. The report follows calls last month by Taipei City Councilor Wu Pei-yi (吳沛憶) for better oversight of scooter sharing in the capital. At a Taipei City Council meeting, Wu cited data that showed riders of shared scooters were responsible for 21,937 infractions last year.

Source: Taipei Times October 01, 2021 15:56 UTC