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> Hundreds of Ami rentals line Parisian streets, which you can hire for just €0.26-a-minute (with a subscription fee of €9.90 per month). It's probably nicer -
by instagraham 4y ago
> Hundreds of Ami rentals line Parisian streets, which you can hire for just €0.26-a-minute (with a subscription fee of €9.90 per month). It's probably nicer - and more hygienic - than taking the Metro.
>And you don't need to have any form of licence to drive one in France!
> Anyone as young as 14 with a 'voiture sans permis' - a certificate to show you've passed a basic road safety course - can hit the road. And because a licence isn't required, they're [reportedly] proving popular among the country's fraternity of disqualified motorists. 'The drink-driver's vehicle of choice' probably isn't a slogan you'll see on advertising billboards, though.
Interesting USP. We saw a similar thing in India when rental e-scooters started appearing everywhere. Basically they're the cheapest and best ways to 'drive' drunk from pub to pub. Why would you want to drive drunk just because you can? Because the only legal mode of transport - cabs - cost 3-4x more during drinking hours at night. So these were quite popular for that.
Over time, however, they got completely taken over by delivery agents, who found it cheaper per mile than any other vehicle