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Paris votes to ban rental e-scooters

Parisians have voted to ban rental electric scooters in their city, dealing a blow to scooter operators and a triumph for road safety campaigners. Almost 90% of votes cast on Sunday favoured a ban the battery-powered devices. The referendum was called in response to a rising number of people being injured and killed on e-scooters in the French capital. Paris was one of the first cities to adopt the electric vehicles - but critics argue they were causing more harm than good.