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Crackdown on e-scooters: These are the new laws in effect across Spain’s Andalucia from TODAY

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NEW e-scooter laws have come into effect today, January 1, in Spain’s Andalucia. 

E-scooters are currently unregulated and some have caused fires on public transport. Photo by Christina Spinnen on Unsplash

The measures include a ban on bringing the devices on public transport. 

Spearheaded by the local Ministry of Development, Planning and Housing, the law follows similar restrictions across Spain. 

It sees e-scooters banned on public transport such as metros, buses and boats. 

The ban is a temporary measure designed to protect citizens after numerous fires on public transport as a result of e-scooter batteries. 

It will remain in place until the devices are deemed safe. 

According to the Ministry, the decision was motivated by the National Traffic Department’s (DGT) move to only allow the sale of certified ‘Personal Travel Vehicles’ (VMP). 

From January 21, new e-scooters will need to be certified before going to market. 

Currently, e-scooters are unregulated, prompting safety concerns from officials. 

Any sold before that date can still be used, until a provisional date of 2027. 

The new laws follow two reports into e-sccoter safety from Sevilla’s transport network and the Universidad de Sevilla. 

The latter concluded ‘the safety of passengers is most important’ and recommended that bans ‘remain in place until the risks disappear’ with further regulation. 

Over a year and a half the report found ‘a not insignificant number of dangerous incidents caused by Personal Travel Vehicles.’

Andalucia is not the first area to implement such a ban. 

Spanish rail company, Renfe, has recently prohibited passengers bringing the devices on trains, including Cordoba’s metro network. 

Madrid, Barcelona and Mallorca have also banned the devices on all public transport, while Valencia has prohibited them on trains. 

The devices are also banned on other European transport systems, including the London Underground.

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Yzabelle Bostyn

Yzabelle Bostyn is an NCTJ trained journalist who started her journalistic career at the Olive Press in 2023.
Before moving to Spain, she studied for a BA in English Literature and Hispanic Studies at the University of Sheffield.
After graduating she moved to the university’s journalism department, one of the best in the UK.
Throughout the past few years, she has taken on many roles including social media marketing, copywriting and radio presenting.
She then took a year out to travel Latin America, scaling volcanoes in Guatemala and swimming with sharks in Belize.
Then, she came to the Olive Press last year where she has honed her travel writing skills and reported on many fantastic experiences such as the Al Andalus luxury train.
She has also undertaken many investigations, looking into complex issues like Spain’s rental crisis and rising cancer rates.
Always willing to help, she has exposed many frauds and scams, working alongside victims to achieve justice.
She is most proud of her work on Nolotil, a drug linked to the deaths of many Brits in Spain.
A campaign launched by Yzabelle has received considerable support and her coverage has been by the UK and Spanish media alike.
Her writing has featured on many UK news outlets from the Sun to the Mail Online, who contracted her to report for them in Tenerife on growing tourism issues.
Recently, she has appeared on Times Radio covering deadly flooding in Valencia.

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