Fatalities drive push to ban minors from e-scooters

A young woman rides an electrical scooter connected the aforesaid roadworthy where a 12-year-old lad was earnestly injured earlier that aforesaid time when his electrical scooter collided with a car, successful Aspropyrgos, west of Athens, connected Thursday, May 7, 2026. [Dimitris Mitsakos/InTime News]

The authorities is moving toward stricter regulations connected electrical scooters pursuing fatal accidents involving minors, including the decease of a 13-year-old successful Ilia and a superior collision involving a 12-year-old successful Aspropyrgos.

The Transport Ministry is considering a implicit prohibition connected scooter use by anyone under 18, mandatory security for big riders, and higher fines for riders and businesses. Deputy Transport Minister Konstantinos Kyranakis is expected to present authorities shortly.

Citizen Protection Minister Michalis Chrysochoidis said scooters should run “at a level of safety,” calling an under-18 prohibition the archetypal precedence and asking, “If a scooter hits you today, who will compensate you?”

The Greek Association of Transport Engineers noted that scooters susceptible of 70-100 km/h are openly marketed contempt a ineligible 25 km/h roadworthy limit. Experts are divided betwixt outright bans and investing successful infrastructure.