Do e-scooters have an alcohol problem?

FILED - After a few beers with friends, you don't really feel like walking home, waiting on a train or paying for a cab. But then you spot an e-scooter that's rentable by the hour - the perfect solution? Photo: Henning Kaiser/dpa

After a few beers with friends, you don't really feel like walking home, waiting on a train or paying for a cab. But then you spot an e-scooter that's rentable by the hour – the perfect solution?

Using e-scooters while under the influence of alcohol has become an increasingly fraught subject under the sceptical eye of police and politicians. It's not uncommon for drunken e-scooter riders to seriously injure themselves and those around them on the weekends.