Greece Bans Rental Scooters and Quads Without Helmets and Bars Minors From E-Scooters in Tourism Safety Push

Greece is introducing a package of road traffic reforms ahead of the summer tourist season that will ban rental companies from providing motorcycles, scooters or quad bikes without helmets, require five years of licence-holding before renting a quad bike, and prohibit minors from riding electric scooters anywhere in the country, according to Deputy Transport Minister Konstantinos Kyranakis. Mr. Kyranakis, speaking on state broadcaster ERT, said responsibility for helmet compliance will fall o...

By ANTHEE CARASSAVA