‘Leniency is over’: hundreds of e-scooter riders fined amid police crackdown in Melbourne

Nearly 300 people on electric scooters caught breaking laws against riding without helmets, on footpaths and ignoring traffic lights

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E-scooter riders have been warned the time for leniency is over" after Victoria police caught hundreds of people riding on footpaths and without helmets.

Officers fined almost 300 riders over a two-day crackdown earlier this month in Melbourne's CBD and at major transport hubs.

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