SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. – On the heels of the banning of electric scooters in many cities, Governor Jerry Brown of California has signed a bill that mandates helmets for users only if they are under the age of 18 and if the scooter goes above 15 miles per hour.
The bill, authored by Republican Assemblyman Heath Flora of Ripon, was written to encourage scooter use to alleviate congestion on the state’s roads and meet climate change goals of reducing car emissions.
The law takes effect Jan. 1, 2019.
