Overview
- Traffic controls were conducted across Nuremberg from December 13 to 15 by several precincts, checking road users including e-scooter riders.
- Police reported that some stopped riders were significantly over the permissible blood‑alcohol limit.
- People under 21 and drivers in their probationary period must follow a 0.0‰ limit when riding e‑scooters.
- For other riders, 0.5–1.09‰ is an administrative offense, with criminal liability possible from 0.3‰ if impairment is observed and always from 1.1‰.
- Authorities urged those who have been drinking to use public transport, a taxi, or get a ride from friends or family and to consider the consequences for their driving licence.