The French Academy of Medicine says electric scooters are becoming a public health risk and recommends that helmets be made compulsory. It reports that the number of injuries has increased by nearly 180 percent between 2019 and 2022.
10 percent of French people say they are regular users of electric scooters and three quarters of them are between 18 and 30 years old, according to a recent report by the French Academy of Medicine, relaying figures collected from public records.
