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    2. Hekssas on

      They laziest approach taken as always I see. Anything but getting more Gardai to enforce and police the rules. It’s like the government wants more chaos on the roads

    3. johnfuckingtravolta on

      The ban for under 16s and on footpaths and all that was massively effective. I cant see why this wouldnt work. Cant see it at all.

    4. Aoifemops on

      That’ll make fuck all difference. If it was actually enforced, it might help. Does anyone think it’ll be enforced??

    6. AK8- on

      > there will be a requirement for licensing and registration.

      Probably the more important part of the story.

    7. Sayek on

      I wouldn’t be against an outright ban but honestly the kind of people who would respect the ban aren’t the people who were the issue to begin with. 

      If they can’t enforce a ban against children, there’s no point banning it for adults because the people who are problem will still be using them. 

    9. Redtit14 on

      Fucking laughable. They’re currently banned for under 16s and can’t even enforce that.

    10. MrBulwark on

      Our government loves doing everything except actually governing. How fucking lazy are they?

    11. AnyAssistance4197 on

      This has been nothing but away for the government to distract from all the other sweet absolute fuck alls they’ve been doing…

    13. ThreeTreesForTheePls on

      Ah so just like revenge porn being banned, disposable vapes, and about 15 other bans they’ve sent through in the last 5 years, it will act as mouth service and never be enforced.

      Fantastic news.

    14. PartyAddress4426 on

      The one good thing I can see about this is that unlike when the ban was on under 16, this means that either you’re too old to be on a scooter and the guards can take if if you’re under 18, or you’re an adult with all that means legally.

      So unlike before there isn’t this small group of 16 and 17 years old who can act with complete impunity as they’re legally allowed to have them but if they’re caught fucking around on them they won’t face any repercussions as they’re children.

    15. UpstartFireplace on

      Yes because you are really going to know who is 18 and who is 16 when a lad whizzes by you head to toe dressed in black including the obligatory balaclava cos somehow thats now normal.

    16. Tomaskerry on

      It’s also illegal for under 18s to sell crack cocaine on O’Connell Bridge in broad daylight every day of the week.

    18. VonBombadier on

      Sure it’s already banned for under 16’s and I see multiple children a day on them.

    20. Sad-Plankton-9879 on

      When will the government make it a parental responsibility to enforce this? Will there be any accountability for parents here?? Well no obviously…

    21. TraditionalAppeal23 on

      Previous ban: under 16
      New ban: under 18
      Change in situation: none

    24. Electronic_Ad_6535 on

      There are fines for not picking up after your dog, the number of fines issued is <5 every single year.
      Laws and rules are irrelevant if not enforced.

    27. Imperial_Tiramisu on

      Idiots aren’t just limited to kids tho. I’ve seen adults using these on the national road. Almost caused an accident because people have to literally stop to make their exit.

    28. FesterAndAilin on

      A 16 year old is allowed to get a license for a motorcycle, but is not allowed to get a license for an e-scooter

    29. Ill_Celebration_4215 on

      Making policies based on newspaper articles is really poor form in general.

    30. YoIronFistBro on

      How much of the problem has been 16-17 year olds anyway? Isn’t it overwhlemingly people who are already too young.

    32. iDJH on

      Just like they banned scramblers in public places.
      That’s going well.

      Seriously though, the issue is enforcement. If current laws were enforced (and if people were not >insert explitive<), we wouldn’t be spending weeks talking about new laws that won’t practically make a difference.

    33. Spurioun on

      Improve public transport. If our longterm goal is to move further away from our dependency on cars, and if we’re going to make it more difficult for people to legally use things like e-scooters (e-scooters that have already been purchased due to being told that they’re a good alternative to cars), then we need to improve our public transport a wee bit more imo.

    34. Furyio on

      I don’t own one or use one of these so I have zero skin in the game. I am always interested in like, reducing traffic and our congestion on roads and especially Dublin city.

      Kinda feels like the Government are just reacting here, as opposed to being proactive to a possilbe, genuine alternative for folks to commute and travel.

      I kinda see why they would be banned for kids, wouldn’t ever considering buying one for my kids, but think its probably important here this doesn’t bleed over to impacting responsible adults.

      A bit like the Vape stuff, the genuine and useful purpose, just gets somewhat overshadowed entirely.

      Feel like if there was a total ban on these, Government are just signalling they arn’t overly concerned with alternative travel or doing anything meaningful in this space

    35. Yasimear on

      So they’re gonna better invest in public transport so people dont need them as much, right?

    36. opposite_underwear on

      Brilliant, just like how strictly they enforce the existing rules then.

    38. Accomplished-Low2131 on

      Won’t make much of a difference unless it comes with serious enforcement . Unfortunate for the young people who genuinely use it as their transport getting to/from part time jobs ect getting caught up in it

    39. bpunlimited on

      They were already banned for under 16s but you still see 12 year olds on them.

    40. SpiritualCaramel7601 on

      This is stupid.

      Make a new law that won’t piss off anyone that votes, don’t put in any enforcement mechanism, Clap yourself on the back for doing nothing, but you can still talk the arse off in soundbites for the media.

      bunch of useless cunts.

    42. DM_me_ur_PPSN on

      Seems like instead of building a few jails and youth detention centres, the state is determined to punish the rest of us for the root cause of problem it refuses to tackle.

      The issue is not e-scooters, the issue is the state letting people who break the law treat the country like a lawless playground.

    43. Suncroft56 on

      Yeah, because banning them for under 16s has worked *so* well. 🙄 Jesus wept.

    44. dazziola on

      I’m amazed at how they’ve managed to do this so quickly, but banning the open advertisement of vapes is difficult to do?

    45. noelewd on

      Ok, sounds great. And the Gardai will be given special powers to actually enforce these laws, right?

      …right?

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