>>They could only be allowed there but I can't see, once thet are ok' d, that people will restrict them to there. They'll be used all over, whether allowed or not.
Chile doesn't get much about law enforcement right, but they do well at this kind of thing.
To ride a scooter you must wear a helmet, hi-vis, cycle path or road, and have lights.
There's a gazillion wardens who all get a share of any fines that will give you a Fixed Penalty ticket for about £90 should they catch you breaking the rules.
And they don't wear uniforms, though they do have IDs and they can whistle up the police pretty damned fast.
Of course, it doesn't stop the determinedly lawless, they just run and try to escape. But it generally keeps things under control in the nicer areas.
In the less nice areas scooters are no issue anyway; Nobody can afford scooters but they'd be only too willing to steal yours. So the rental companies won't let them cross over (GPS controlled which switches them off if you try) and nobody who owns one would be stupid enough.
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