SEOUL, Nov. 30 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea is moving to tighten regulations on electric scooters as accidents involving personal mobility devices surge nationwide, raising concerns over public safety while prompting debate about the future of these increasingly common, eco-friendly vehicles. According to data released on Sunday by the Korea Road Traffic Authority, accidents involving personal [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 1 (Korea Bizwire) – In a comprehensive analysis of injury statistics released by South Korea’s Disease Control and Prevention Agency on October 31, data reveals that three-quarters of emergency room patients injured while using personal mobility devices, primarily electric scooters, were not wearing helmets at the time of their accidents. The findings were published [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — FC Seoul’s English midfielder Jesse Lingard has been fined 190,000 won (US$143) for riding an electric scooter in Seoul without a license, police said Thursday. The fine was imposed after Lingard underwent questioning about his alleged unlicensed e-scooter ride at the Seoul Gangnam Police Station in southern Seoul on [...]
SEOUL, March 23 (Korea Bizwire) — The Seoul city government will provide a 60-minute standby time before towing away illegally parked shared electric scooters. The city announced a new towing policy for e-scooters on Tuesday. The number of reports on illegal parked e-scooters in the city reached 1,242 cases last July when the towing policy [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 21 (Korea Bizwire) — The electric scooter sharing market is facing a downturn as it struggles with various regulations including ‘immediate towing of illegally parked scooters,’ ‘mandatory driver’s license,’ ‘mandatory helmets’ and more. Wind Mobility, a Berlin-based mobility startup, recently decided to pull back from South Korea after struggling to operate 2,000 scooters [...]
SEOUL, June 9 (Korea Bizwire) — Electric scooter sharing platforms have seen ridership plunge following government measures that require riders to wear safety helmets, and are asking the government to lift restrictions in exchange for lowering the maximum speed that the scooters can travel at. Five e-scooter sharing companies including Lime Korea, Mercane Mate, Swing, [...]
CHUNCHEON, Dec. 31 (Korea Bizwire) — A man has been fined for rejecting a breathalyzer test after allegedly riding an electric scooter under the influence of alcohol, a local court said Thursday. The Chuncheon District Court, about 80 kilometers east of Seoul, said it has fined a 37-year-old man 5 million won (US$4,600) for violating [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — Wendell, an English teacher living in Seoul’s southeastern Songpa district, often uses a ride-sharing electric scooter to go to a subway station. The increasingly popular urban mobility tool not only saves him time but also helps him avoid bus crowds amid the coronavirus pandemic. “I use them twice a [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 1 (Korea Bizwire) — U.S. electric scooter company Lime said Tuesday it will begin e-scooter sharing services in South Korea on Friday to capture burgeoning demand for urban mobility solutions. South Korea will be the first Asian market where Lime will introduce its e-scooter sharing platform, Lime Korea said in a statement. “We [...]