Community Service, Fines, and Driving Bans for Users of Speeding E-Scooters: "Sending a Social Signal, because the Problem Is Increasing"

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Ten speeding e-scooter users have been sentenced by the police court in Vilvoorde to 46 hours of community service, fines ranging from €1,600 to €4,000, and driving bans of one to three months. Police courts in Belgium are seeing an increasing number of cases involving e-scooter users traveling faster than the legal limit, whether or not they were deliberately speeded up. "People don't always realize the potential consequences."