Name: 為什麼電動滑板車在紐約和倫敦是非法的？ (Why electric scooters are illegal in New York and London)
Uploaded: 2020-11-06T20:03:25.000Z
Duration: 6 min 12 s

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- So I've always been a cyclist who hated electric scooters,

- 所以我一直是一個討厭電動車的騎行者。

So, I was sold on the idea of getting an electric scooter

所以，我被賣掉了，買了一輛電動車。

but when I got back to London, I hit a little bit of a snag.

但當我回到倫敦時，我遇到了一點小麻煩。

It turns out, scooters are essentially illegal to use here

原來，在這裡，摩托車基本上是違法使用的

because of a series of laws that date back

The oldest one is the Highway's Act 1835,

最古老的是1835年的《公路法》。

which bans horse, ass, sheep, mule, swine, cattle,

其中禁止馬、驢、羊、騾、豬、牛。

or carriage from being on the pavement or sidewalk.

或馬車不在人行道或人行道上。

But, there's a more modern law which updates this old law

但是，有一個更現代的法律更新了這個舊法律

include any mechanically propelled vehicle.

"don't ride your scooter on the pavement, you weirdo."

"不要在人行道上騎你的摩托車，你這個怪人。"

But the real problem is the laws that collectively prevent

但是，真正的問題是法律，集體阻止了

electric scooters from being used on the road.

electric scooters just, kinda, don't exist.

電動滑板車只是，有點，不存在。

the same kind of safety and tax regulations.

Oh, and, don't even think about riding in the bike lane,

哦，還有，別想在自行車道上騎車。

those are reserved for things with pedals,

Oh, electric bikes are cool, you guys can stay.

哦，電動自行車很酷，你們可以留下來。

There are a lot of scooters on London streets

but technically, every single one of these riders

但從技術上講，這些車手中的每一個人

is risking a 300 pound fine and six points on their license.

冒著被罰款300磅，駕照扣6分的風險。

- And if you live here, in New York City,

- 如果你住在這裡，在紐約市，

你可能已經注意到了同樣的事情。

Electric scooters are everywhere but there are no shared

電動滑板車隨處可見，但沒有共享的

And that's because, they're technically illegal here to.

那是因為，他們在這裡技術上是非法的。

Now the enforcement is not quite as harsh

而警察基本上是睜一隻眼閉一隻眼。

但電動滑板車卻被列入了禁售名單。

所以，在紐約，你要自找麻煩。

在過去的一年裡，Bird一直在運行

The company's hoping that the more people

the more people might have the same kind of revelation

越多的人可能會得到同樣的啟示。

Bird is just one example of an electric scooter

小鳥只是電動滑板車的一個例子。

But there are plenty more that will want to move in,

in opening their doors to E-scooter companies.

在向電動滑板車企業敞開大門。

- [Andrew] Now, take Austin, Texas for example.

That city is over run with electric scooters.

那座城市的電動滑板車太多了。

現在有一個最近的研究 從疾病預防控制中心

that found that 20 people were being injured

per 100,000 E-scooter trips, over a 3 month period.

在3個月內，每10萬次電動滑板車出行。

Part of the problem is, the scooter sharing companies

are moving faster than the city regulators can keep up.

正在以比城管部門跟不上的速度前進。

So you've got cities like San Francisco, Madrid,

所以，你已經得到了舊金山、馬德里這樣的城市。

Indianapolis and Antwerp, that have been forced

印第安納波利斯和安特衛普，已被逼迫的

to write regulations after the scooter companies

and dumped dozens and dozens of scooters on their streets.

並在他們的街道上傾倒了幾十輛摩托車。

But here in New York State, they're trying to avoid

但在紐約州，他們正試圖避免。

that problem by letting each city write it's own

的問題，讓每個城市自己編寫。

rules governing scooter sharing services.

and it's leaving electric scooter companies

Gradually some ideas are starting to emerge

about the best way for allowing electric scooters

關於允許電動滑板車行駛的最佳方式。

and their rental companies to come in to cities.

- All of this is to say, that potentially the UK's

- 這些都是說，潛在的英國的。

slow progress in allowing electric scooters,

maybe, isn't the worst thing in the world.

也許，並不是世界上最糟糕的事情。

我的意思是以一種奇怪的方式。

the UK's outdated laws have brought the country

英國過時的法律給英國帶來了很大的影響。

to work out how to allow electric scooters,

And then when electric scooter sharing companies move in,

而當電動滑板車共享公司入駐後。

they'll have to play by the countries laws.

- [Alan] I think what we would like to see,

and what we're arguing for in the UK at the moment,

以及我們目前在英國所爭論的。

is for rules and regulations to be proactively

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