Electric scooters go wild in Rome

By Angelo Amante
Updated September 21 2020 - 7:11pm, first published 7:06pm
People ride electric scooters past the Colosseum in Rome.
People ride electric scooters past the Colosseum in Rome.

They're a far cry from the ancient Roman chariots immortalised in the 1959 classic movie Ben-Hur, but critics say they can be just as dangerous in the wrong hands.

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