Electric scooters, who pushes and who brakes on helmet, license plate and insurance
Electric scooters: regulatory changes in the pipeline. The parliamentary news that cause more discussion (helmet and insurance). And the positions on the pitch. Facts and insights
New regulations for the use of electric scooters are coming. Parliament is working on a series of measures that will change the use of electric micro-mobility vehicles. The Road Infrastructure Law Decree has seen 434 amendments , most of these are addressed to the use of scooters in the city . The Infrastructure Decree should be converted into law on 10 November next . By that date, Parliament will decide whether insurance, helmet and license plate will be mandatory for electric scooters.
Stop at the wild stop
Among the proposals under consideration by the Environment and Transport committees of the Chamber is the introduction of stalls dedicated to scooters in order to avoid the "wild stop" on the sidewalk. If the amendment were to pass, the managers will have to agree on the parking areas with the municipalities.
Speed limits
The maximum speed will be reduced from 25 to 20 km / h , the double brake will be made mandatory and it will be absolutely forbidden to travel against the traffic . The new scooters must have the indicators and the rear brake light instead. "Thanks to our battle we get some important results of civility and common sense such as the ban on transit and parking on the sidewalks which in recent months has created severe inconvenience especially for the most fragile subjects, the reduction of speed from 25 to 20 kilometers per hour – which it remains at 6 kilometers per hour in pedestrian areas – and the provision for confiscation in the event of changes that increase its performance ”, write the deputies of the League in the Transport Commission of the Chamber.
Compulsory helmet: between for and against
There has been a lot of discussion about the rule that keeps the helmet obligation only up to 14 years . A measure is being studied that will also extend it to older drivers. On this aspect, the Lega has been very critical , considering it essential for road safety. “With the rejection of our amendment to the Infrastructure dl on, helmet and insurance, M5s, Renziani and Pd targa not to take any step forward in the face of road safety – the deputies write again in the note -. Perhaps someone did not realize that the electric scooter is not a toy and that, unfortunately, there are more and more road accidents, even serious ones ”.
Confarca: "The case obligation will pass"
Confarca, the Confederation of United Driving Schools and Automotive Consultants, is convinced that the obligation to wear a helmet for everyone will pass . There is some more doubt about compulsory insurance "because of a cost problem".
Renzo Rosso: "Forza Italia won the battle"
Satisfaction at home Forza Italia , one of the most exposed political forces on the issue. “Forza Italia has won the battle to put hand to the rules on electric mobility”, writes in a note the vice president of the Forza Italia Group in Montecitorio Roberto Rosso , author of a law on this matter and member of the Transport Commission. "Thanks to our work – said the blue exponent – the scooters will be precluded from driving and parking on their feet , half an hour after sunset and throughout the night there will be an obligation to circulate with a reflective vest or retroreflective shoulder straps. more visible at night, the speed limit is lowered to 20km / h from the current 25km / h, they will not be able to proceed side by side, arrive, be equipped with luminous turning anchors to allow you to never take your hands off the handlebars and brakes and rear ". For Rosso “it is a revolution that brings order to the jungle and chaos that has been experienced in Italian cities up to now. The battle on the obligation to wear a helmet for adults still remains open , a battle of civilization to defend the lives of scooters who all statistics say are highly at risk, given the amount of injuries and deaths on the road ”.
Assosharing's position: no helmet for rental scooters
Assosharing is the association that brings together all the companies in the sustainable mobility sector in sharing . Mobility sharing is registering excellent results and contributing to the zero-emission transport complex; in 2020 alone there were 7.4 million rentals with a net saving for the community of two million kg of CO2 compared to those emitted to travel the same kilometers with a car. In recent days it has sided against the introduction of the mandatory helmet for adults who use sharing scooters. “The obligation to wear a helmet for adults who use scooter sharing would be a dramatic choice for the sustainable mobility industry, not based on objective data relating to accidents”, writes in the Assosharing press release.
The incidence of accidents from sharing scooters
According to Assosharing chaired by Matteo Tanzilli , Helbiz Director of Public Affairs, the obligation to wear a helmet on sharing scooters would make Italy an anomaly on a European scale and, moreover, would weaken a constantly growing market that boasts many investors, including international ones. . In support of its thesis, Assosharing recalls that according to the Sharing Mobility Observatory at the Ministry of the Environment in Italy there are 44 accidents per 10,000 sharing scooters : an incidence that is only 0.004%. The fear is that the introduction of the mandatory helmet will negatively affect the entire sector. Based on data from the Assosharing Observatory, he argues that in Italy there is no emergency that can justify the obligation to wear a helmet for adults who use sharing scooters since, as stated in his press release, almost all serious accidents involved private individuals and the means of sharing mobility.
The requests for Assosharing to the Government
The request to the Government is, therefore, to "save" the sharing companies from the obligation to wear a helmet , even though they are immediately available to comply with all the other regulatory provisions regarding speed limits and the fight against wild parking.
This is a machine translation from Italian language of a post published on Start Magazine at the URL https://www.startmag.it/smartcity/monopattini-elettrici-chi-spinge-e-chi-frena-su-casco-targa-e-assicurazione/ on Tue, 26 Oct 2021 14:15:43 +0000.