Man arrested for riding e-scooter at 72 kph as Greece moves to tighten rules

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Police connected Tuesday arrested a antheral for driving an electrical scooter astatine 72 kilometers per hr connected Syngrou Avenue, astir three times the ineligible speed limit.

Regulations headdress the maximum speed for electrical scooters astatine 25 kph. The rider, a 23-year-old Egyptian national, was owed to look earlier a prosecutor.

Citizen Protection Minister Michalis Chrisochoidis said Tuesday the authorities plans to present caller rules governing electrical scooter use, pursuing a bid of accidents, galore involving minors.

Under a draught law, minors would beryllium banned from utilizing electrical scooters connected the roadworthy network, with their use restricted to pedestrian zones and nationalist squares.