Things you should know before riding E-Scooter and EUC in France

[@TheDownloader86]

France is really great country. Last month I visited Norway. I was there for 1 week in Bergen and Oslo. I have seen 1, only ONE euc during that time (Sherman Volt delivery guy) in Olso. That was really strange to me, everyone is riding E-scooters but nobody is riding EUC/Onewheel/Eskate. I was really surprised because all is electric in Norway, but nobody dares to ride one wheel vehicle :D.

[@floatypiet]

No(r)way haha! Did you take and ride your EUC? That is kind of strange but in Straßburg I also expected to see way more people. Because I remember seeing them in Vancouver/Canada every 5 to 10 minutes around the downtown area.

[@TheDownloader86]

@@floatypiet Actually it is impossible to take EUC to the plane, my V12HT has waaaaay too big battery for that :D. But I planned to rent some EUC in Oslo, but that was really optimistic :D.

[@kingdongo4388]

Nice vid new sub from Ireland 🇮🇪🤙🏽

[@floatypiet]

Thank you mate! I appreciate that! A friend of mine sent me a picture the other day from Dublin of a guy riding an EUC in the city. I guess it's tolerated there?

[@kingdongo4388]

@@floatypiet yeah, there's a new road traffic act that's about to be implemented here which will make riding on any pev legal. Really Excited :)

[@floatypiet]

@@kingdongo4388 omg that's good to hear! I'm curious about that! I'll look into that.

[@CriticalPixel]

Thanks for the info mate, good video

[@floatypiet]

You're welcome! And thanks for the sub! happy riding :)

[@Rejysty]

Nice 🙂👍

[@TheEVside]

great video cheers

[@KDEjePRAVDA]

Great video :) I wonder how it is in Switzerland with EUC ???

[@floatypiet]

Thank you mate! Long story short, don't get caught in Switzerland riding EUC. It's completely forbidden. I'd still like to make a short video about it and include scooter and e bike laws as well

[@Usakhu]

thangs. Great Video. Audio Quality is okay, maybe its a bit improveable? ;P

[@floatypiet]

Thank you for your feedback man! Nobody has said anything so I'm glad you did! I'll look into it :)

[@Vince4343]

Vive la France!!🥖🥖🥖

[@tommesshoo]

really interesting...let`s go to France!

[@AJames-jr8kw]

Nice video. So you moving to France? I guess if you lived close to the border you could ride there often.

[@floatypiet]

Thank you!!! Mhh I live in Stuttgart, so it's 2.5 hours by train.and because German trails are never on point it's easy 3 hours per ride. And I don't speak french and they don't speak English 😄 but I'm considering another country...

[@AJames-jr8kw]

@@floatypiet I liked Stuttgart. Only there a couple of times for a week or a few days years ago. Friends I visited lived in an outer suburb and we use to bike in the forest cycle ways next to their apartment.

[@magnussorensen2565]

Do Sweden before its to cold! Thanks! =)

[@floatypiet]

That would be sick actually! Is there a big community?

[@magnussorensen2565]

@@floatypiet In Stockholm there is a KZbiner called "isthereanythingtoeat" who seams to have collected a group of riders. He seams to have a good understanding on the legality of EUC in Sweden. So why not do a colab with him for Sweden? I live just outside Västerås and so far I have only seen one other rider. But that will change, I think.

[@floatypiet]

​@@magnussorensen2565 yeah, I have seen some really really long videos that dude 😄 Would definitely be worth thinking about! What do you ride?

[@magnussorensen2565]

@@floatypiet Currently I'm riding a half broken V10f with a dead battery cell. (I'm fine)

[@EdLrandom]

dude, it's legal for bikes to take red lights in France if there are no cars

[@floatypiet]

Is it? That's sick! I didn't know!

[@Elliades]

Not all the red-lights.. in theory you can cross the ones with a sign indicating the direction where it's allowed. It's a small red ans white triangle, with arrows, just bellow the light at bicycle height. In pratice, is ok as long as there is no car and no pedestrian crossing.

[@EdLrandom]

@@Elliades also from one of the wrong way videos I think PEVs are not actually allowed to run red lights like that

[@darknjko]

@@Elliades In reality, these signs are for bicycles only, and PEV should stop at red lights. But 🤫 Since its introduction a couple of years ago, nobody understands the rule. Personally, since PEV have the same rights and duties as cyclists, I follow the same rules as the later category of riders. 😅

[@jimmux_v0]

Not allowing PEVs to use the same rules as bikes is a terrible idea. I can imagine cyclists getting very annoyed every time they are stuck behind a waiting PEV, which only encourages riskier behaviour. Still, it's much more progressive than laws in my country. Very jealous.

[@syirrus]

Dude, you didn’t tell me you have a KZbin channel!!!!!

[@floatypiet]

Bro, it's for the people who find it and like it. I don't tell anyone 😄 but it's cool that you found me!

[@noredmx1515]

Sacré blue! :P

[@lefotografion]

As a german EUC rider for 5 years now, i would love to ride in france and paris in special. i have my S22 for 5 months now, and its capabilitys are just crazy. Are you actually riding in Stuttgart on the streets? i have had already my encounter with the police 4 years ago, on my V8, didnt go to well. now with the new law, i wouldnt dare to ride in a bigger city.

[@floatypiet]

That sucks to hear! No, I just ride in the village near Stuttgart to the supermarket because there are poles you can't go through with the car. I never ride in the city :( I tried the S22 the other day, I really really liked it! But I can definitely recommend you to do a trip to France (Paris might be super cool) to ride.

[@lefotografion]

@@floatypiet I wish I could try other wheels. I'm the only rider in like 200km radius

[@floatypiet]

@@lefotografion I don't think so. Where do you live?

[@lefotografion]

@@floatypiet yea yea ok I'll take that back, i know one 80km away. I live in Nordhorn, and I meant that i don't have any REAL rider's here. Only people on Ninebot Ones, and I've only seen one actually. Police here is very very hard.

[@floatypiet]

@@lefotografion okay I get it. But there is one really cool guy in Ibbenbüren with a Master.

[@bigbossrod3567]

I'm a french rider for 5 years on a 18xl and i would like to say 2 things. - In France you must have 12 ears old to ride in the city. - It makes me angry to see that the laws are so different in each country of the EU. You can Ride in France but not in Germany, in Italy you can ride only in some parts of the country... It's ridiculous! The laws should be the same all around the EU

[@floatypiet]

That's true! I forgot about the age! Thank you! And yeah it's absolutely ridiculous! When it comes to development, I feel like Germany really sucks because there are too many laws. You can't really change anything because there are always 10 laws for something already :( Enjoy riding in France though!

[@AJames-jr8kw]

The age thing I don't get. Kids are way more coordinated than adults. I think at the last Olympics the skateboard medals were won by two 13 year olds and a 12 year old. I have seen videos of 4 year olds on EUCs. In Western Australia it is 16 minimum, not sure if it is policed. My experience in Australia is police often let unlawfulful acts go unless you piss them off or their masters. I think EUCs are banned in Victoria but there is a community there that posts video on YT. I think NSW has German style policing.

[@mikehit]

Your argument about age would make sense if we talked about it in a sportive or competitive environment. A 13-year-old kid will not have the same knowledge when it comes to traffic, or simply the awareness for it. (I mean, a lot of adults don't... so). If there would be a mandatory licence for it, let a 5-year-old on the street if it passes it, I don't care. But letting kids out in public with basically performance vehicles seems just a recipe for disaster and broken families.@@AJames-jr8kw

[@projectitis]

You seem to be quite nervous about police :) Are police in Germany very strict or something? Police in New Zealand tend to be very easy going - PEV are very grey area of the law here, but like you said, if you don't ride like an idiot you should be ok!

[@floatypiet]

Yeah you can't ride in Germany just like that. You never have a complete free mind on the street because with one eye you always need to watch out for police. That's why I always say, if you buy an EUC in Germany, buy a fast one. It really wants to make me wanna leave Germany. There are no gray areas. It's allowed or it's forbidden... But I'm glad to hear it's tolerated in NZ :)

[@projectitis]

@@floatypiet That's unfortunate. I'm sure there are more important things that the police could be focusing on :) I'm glad you are having fun on your EUC, anyway! Looking forward to the watch video. You'll have to have an MTen4 video with you and your dad at some stage, too!

[@floatypiet]

@@projectitis haha thanks man! Yeah these small wheels are too much fun! Enjoy your Mten3 and I'll try to drin the watch video between my exams at university somehow :)

[@projectitis]

@@floatypiet exams first. Watch can wait ;)

[@AJames-jr8kw]

Not really grey in NZ. They are not legal but given that the police have trouble stopping groups of 120 mostly unhelmeted riders on unregistered dirt bikes riding though parks and doing wheelies down suburban roads in NZ they have other things on their minds. It is interesting the different cultures respect for rules. On a visit to Germany I got chucked out of a public pool because I didn't have a cap but apparantly sunbaking naked in the park is OK!

[@mannyechaluce3814]

Jewish people don't need a helmet, they are the chosen ones :D

[@floatypiet]

😂😂 let's hope for the best! But I do think you shouldn't ride any EUCs or scooters without helmet