City of Paris slashes speed limit for rented scooters

The city of Paris has announced that the speed limit for rented scooters would be capped at 10 kilometres per hour, except on major streets and cycling paths.

Earlier this month, rental operators, who were under pressure from the authorities to slow the popular urban vehicles down, designated 700 areas in the capital where scooter speed would be capped to just above walking speed, notably around key tourist attra