German police have revealed that hundreds of electric scooter users lost their driving licenses after riding while drunk at the Oktoberfest beer festival in Munich
In Germany, e-scooters, which were only legalized in June, are categorized as motorized vehicles. This means that drink-driving laws apply to riders -- as some found out the hard way during the world's largest beer festival.
Police identified e-scooters as a new challenge during the 16-day Oktoberfest -- an annual festival of traditional German food, dancing, beer and clothing that ran from September 19 to October 4 -- working to keep the festival grounds clear of the vehicles.To stop riders abandoning their e-scooters in the grounds, they were prevented from logging out of the scooter hire app while on site, and clusters of abandoned scooters were removed each night from around the city.
E-scooters offer an affordable and quick way to make short trips in congested cities, much like bicycles, but without anyone breaking a sweat.However they can be a nuisance -- piling up in roadways and at popular destinations -- as well as dangerous. After a spate of injuries, city authorities in Austin, Texas, asked the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to investigate e-scooter-related crashes and injuries.
The study, published in May, found that one in three injured riders were hurt on their first trip, and about 63% had ridden nine times or fewer before their injury.Matt McFarland contributed to this story.
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