Who killed the electric scooter?
The answer to that question might in fact be: Quebec traffic regulations. Apparently electric scooters face the same issues that have kept pioneering Canadian electric cars off Canadian roads (although they’re doing brilliantly in Europe and the States): the traffic folks can’t decide what box they fit into. Here’s some background: Most electric bicycles (which are regular bicycles that have a lithium or regular electric battery that allow you to roll without pedalling, or move faster if you’re pedalling up a slope). Electric scooters move just like regular scooters (except their riders giggle hysterically while scooting past gas stations and also they scoot slower. Like top speed 40 kmph). So according to Quebec road laws, electric scooters qualify not as regular scooters, but as recreational vehicles. (Electric bicycles are okay because they have pedals. So you can even ride them on bike paths). Recreational vehicles aren’t allowed on roads or bike paths. Which means you can only rid
