PN presents its plan for e-scooters: helmets, number plates and speed trackers

E-scooters should be equipped with speed tracking devices, helmets should be made mandatory for riders and improperly parked e-scooters should be seized by authorities, the Nationalist Party believes.
The PN on Tuesday presented a list of proposals that it said were modelled on best practice used in other countries to regulate the alternative form of transportation, saying that irregular parking and a lack of proper enforcement appeared to be the main sticking points in Malta’s context.
E-scooters have been in the news in the past weeks as complaints mount about pavements and garages being blocked by poorly parked e-scooters and senior citizens complaining about dangerous driving.
Mayors from the eastern region have called on authorities to enforce existing rules, saying this needs to be done before there is a fatal accident.
And the family of a woman who seriously injured her head after falling from an e-scooter has appealed for helmets to be made mandatory for all e-scooter drivers. Currently, helmets are recommended but not required.

The complaints appear to have prompted authorities to act, with Transport Minister Aaron Farrugia saying e-scooter users could soon be fined if...