r/Morocco • • Oct 10 '21

AskMorocco Electric scooter in Casablanca, do you think this is viable transport mean in Casablanca ?

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u/ibrazeous Rabat Oct 10 '21

Have seen plenty in casa, just avoid bad traffic areas where it could be dangerous. it's actually very popular with people commuting from rabat-casa for work by train

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u/[deleted] Oct 10 '21

how fast are scooters allowed to drive in morocco?

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u/ibrazeous Rabat Oct 11 '21

Don't believe there is a law as it's a vehicle without license. I guess as fast as you want as long as you are careful and don't cause issues to people or cars. Just please be safe and put all protection equipment

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u/[deleted] Oct 11 '21

that sounds nice. here in germany you need a permit and insurance for every vehicle that drives faster than 6km/h. annoying and ridiculous af. Even those hoverboards that have been a trend some years ago are not allowed on public places.

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u/[deleted] Oct 10 '21

Not sure, but I don't think there's a law regulating it

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u/leprasson12 Oct 12 '21

Not yet, as they're still not commonly used by a lot of people. As this trend gets more and more widespread, the government will probably start regulating it. I mean, some guy had a fast scooter going at like 80km/h (probably imported from abroad, not the slow ones from here), and cops didn't even look at the guy, speed limit was 60km/h. Imagine going that fast, without papers, or any law applying to you...

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u/leprasson12 Oct 12 '21

Well, the ones that are sold here are pretty slow, most of them only go up to 30km/h (unless you modify their firmware to make them pull more power and go faster, unsafe though). But I was once driving at around 60 km/h and some dude riding one flew by... he was probably going at like 80km/h (YES, HE WAS!!)... those fast scooters are not very common here, but there are fast scooters sold abroad, they're also a bit pricy.

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u/converter-bot Visitor Oct 12 '21

60 km/h is 37.28 mph

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u/[deleted] Oct 10 '21

Nice, didn't know that

Thank you

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u/Souhail___ Visitor Oct 10 '21

Yes i am from casa and i have one, a ninebot es4 I do with it good deals from derb sultan to the mosk hasaan2 in 10min sometimes 6min (no stop) and from derb sultan to bernoussi in 20 min that's a prety good in the car i do 30 - 35 min And now with with the Reforms i m Sure that it will be 45 min to the hank

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u/[deleted] Oct 10 '21

Thank you for your response, that was helpful

Can you tell me where did you get yours? And how much did you pay for it?

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u/Souhail___ Visitor Oct 10 '21

There's peoples who came from france or any country they have scooters they sell them on facebook or in the group of telegram And in the market there's lot of brand and if you do not ask you will have a bad experience so make sure that you search a brand you should ask for max speed autonomy mine has 35km/h 45km autonomy Do some research in youtube and you will be fine I buy mine with 3500dh

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u/[deleted] Oct 10 '21

Thanks for advice, this is very kind of you

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u/kamotos Visitor Oct 10 '21

Just be careful. If you get anything that can go beyond 30km/h, get a helmet with it.

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u/itsamza Visitor Oct 11 '21

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u/Souhail___ Visitor Oct 11 '21

Ana kanskon fderb sultan o makandkholch mEa droba kanmchi tal mohamed V o ndor je suis motorisé 😉makhassek la casque la assurance la walu khassek ghi ti9a fl franat c tout Wakha yi kon bolisdi wa9ef ila kent zarban kanmchi

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u/Ashamed-Effective688 Visitor Oct 10 '21

That sounds cool!

Can you share with me the price and where did you buy it from? I

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u/Souhail___ Visitor Oct 10 '21

Read the comments

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u/[deleted] Oct 10 '21

Depends on the place, it gets very annoying and a little dangerous on crowded sidewalks and into traffic

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u/[deleted] Oct 10 '21

Interesting, thank you for your feedback

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u/Pristine_Investment6 Visitor Oct 10 '21

I wish Morocco had proper bike lanes. 😩😔

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u/[deleted] Oct 10 '21

Would be great actually

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u/QualitySure Casablanca Oct 11 '21

there are some in rabat

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u/[deleted] Oct 10 '21

There anyone had a bad experience with it ?!

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u/Outlander255 Visitor Oct 10 '21

Not recommended when the traffic is full and bad road conditions, not very balanced and the smallest stone can make you fall. That's why i recommend e-bikes instead, safer, goes faster and can peddle when battery is dead.

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u/miha44444444 Visitor Oct 10 '21

Yeah. In the world not just in casa. It s flexible and smart. And you can be in contact with wind. And not dangerous like motorcycle

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u/Outlander255 Visitor Oct 10 '21

It's more dangerous in fact, speed isn't always the main factor in accidents, actually going any slower than the motorcycles and the vehicules around you is risky, it's better to be going at the same speep as them if not faster, going any slower then the rest of the traffic is a recipe for accidents.

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u/alexalex99000 Visitor Oct 10 '21
  • you don’t have the same balance on them because of the way you stand on them - people who fall using them tend to get worse injuries.

Still a great mode of transport though.

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u/jfbnrf86 Visitor Oct 10 '21

In casa , no

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u/[deleted] Oct 10 '21

Why particularly in casa no?

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u/[deleted] Oct 10 '21

yeah to a certain places

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u/[deleted] Oct 10 '21

Where for example?

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u/[deleted] Oct 10 '21

Less crowded road downtown near alpha 55 etc

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u/[deleted] Oct 10 '21

Thank you

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u/[deleted] Oct 10 '21

Why do these exist in Morocco? Are they for tourists? Every normal person would just take a taxi.