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Paris officially the first city in Europe to ban e-scooters. What are the rules in other countries? (www.euronews.com)

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

The OECD report shows the risk of rider death per trip on motorcycles or mopeds is five times higher than that for e-scooters.

I would think that the relevant statistic would be death per unit of distance traveled, not per trip. If the typical scooter trip is much shorter than the typical motorcycle trip -- which seems very plausible, given range and speed limitations -- then "per trip" and "per unit of distance traveled" statistics could differ a lot.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

That would also be misleading, since there's a ton more short scooter rides happening than motorcycle rides. "No one's" taking a 15min motorcycle ride