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A video of (g)i-dle Yuqi and Minnie riding together on a single electric scooter on the sidewalk has sparked controversy.
On the 21st (local time), a netizen posted a video of Yuqi and Minnie traveling together on an electric scooter in Berlin, Germany. Not only were they riding together, but they were riding on the sidewalk instead of the bike path.
In Germany, if two people are caught riding an e-scooter together, they can be fined 10 euros (about $14,000). It is recommended that scooters be ridden on bike paths, and if you are caught riding a scooter on a sidewalk, you can be fined 55 euros ($78,000).
The number of accidents involving e-scooters has led to increased regulation. Last month, the city of Paris, France, suspended the rental of e-scooters after five years. Over the past five years, e-scooter rentals have been widely used in Paris, mainly among young people under the age of 35 and students. However, they have also sparked controversy, not only for the safety of their drivers, but also because they endanger pedestrians and are often left unattended on the streets, blocking traffic.
There were also questions about whether e-scooters actually had a positive impact on the environment, and in 2020, there were even complaints that Paris had become a dangerous "jungle" due to their indiscriminate use. The city has since introduced some of the strongest regulations in the world, limiting the number of operators and tracking and limiting speeds, but the controversy hasn't subsided.
The U.S., Germany, Japan, the U.K., and Singapore require scooter-sharing companies to be licensed by authorities to operate. Major developed countries have one or more of the following measures in place to systematically regulate e-scooters: restricting their use to bicycle lanes, requiring them to be insured, or licensing them.
(G)i-dle controversially ride two-person electric scooters in Germany
A video of (g)i-dle Yuqi and Minnie riding together on a single electric scooter on the sidewalk has sparked controversy.
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