Mobility scooter

“They’re just kids, let them ride.” That excuse won’t hold anymore. Under the new Road Traffic Code, parents must be more cautious about allowing their children to use electric scooters. Scooters with a top speed exceeding 6 km/h are now banned for minors under 15.

Deputy Minister of Infrastructure and Transport, Vasilis Oikonomou, outlined the proposed changes in the upcoming New Traffic Code (KOK), soon to enter public consultation. The revisions aim to enhance road safety through reduced speed limits, updated regulations for electric scooters and tougher penalties for violations.

Following the death of a 12-year-old boy after he was hit by a car while riding an electric scooter earlier this month, the government is planning stricter laws regulating the use of such vehicles on the country's roads.

After revoking their licenses last month, the city stated that the three foreign companies (Lime, Dott, and Tier Mobility) failed to enforce rules on how customers operate the scooters or where they park them.

As a result, the companies have not regained their licenses.

Today, October 7, a large-scale operation led by the Traffic Police is underway in Bulgaria. Authorities are intensifying checks on drivers to ensure compliance with regulations, particularly focusing on the use of seat belts and the mandatory use of specially designed car seats for transporting children.

In Bulgaria, accidents involving electric scooters are becoming more frequent, with many drivers disregarding traffic rules, leading to increased enforcement by authorities, reports BNT.

Since the beginning of 2024, five people have died and 192 have been injured in 323 traffic accidents involving electric scooter drivers, according to the Main Directorate of the "National Police" of the Ministry of the Interior.

Lime's electric scooters have returned to Greece four years after the withdrawal from the Greek market of the American company that provides micromobility services, that is, through small in size and weight vehicles suitable for densely populated urban centers.

Walking in Athens is a risk you take at your own peril. It involves balancing on impossibly narrow pavements, while avoiding broken paving stones and sundry unexpected hurdles. When it comes to parents pushing baby strollers, people in wheelchairs or anyone else with mobility or sight issues, then walking in the Greek capital becomes an obstacle course.

The Transportation Committee of the Varna Municipal Council has voted on new rules and penalties related to electric scooters. The changes involve imposing a speed limit of 25 km/h on electric vehicles.