The revolution begins, insurance is required to be able to ride electric scooters, to have greater safety on the road.
Electric scooter new city mobility (Allaguida.it)
They could arrive soon new rules regarding electric scooters. These could be equipped with a license plate and could be protected from road insuranceto offer greater security. The rules are therefore changing for the owners of these means of transport, which are increasingly present in our territory, so much so that they represent one of the vehicles of the future.
Between electric scooters and electric bicyclesmore and more people live in cities and they put cars asidetoo expensive, and involving huge expenses. E-bikes and scooters have revolutionized city mobility, and so, in the Senate, they are thinking about modify the Highway Codeespecially when it comes to driving these sustainable vehicles.
Highway Code, the new regulations for driving scooters arrive: license plate and insurance to be able to drive them
Scooter on the side of the road (Allaguida.it)
There is still one last step missing to confirm the new regulation regarding electric scooters. The next November 21stat Palazzo Madama, the new legislation regulating the will be discussed circulation of e-bikes and scootersand the new rules that may even be applied starting next December.
Among the provisions that will be introduced we find the new rules for scooterswhich they predict the obligation to wear a helmetthe application of a license plate, to register the vehicle, and obviously insurance to protect the driver in case of accident. But not only that, because measures are also envisaged for the managers of sharing services.
The growth of the so-called micromobility forces the authorities to adopt new measures to protect everyone, drivers, motorists and pedestrians. The reform of the Highway Code seeks to control the uncontrolled occupation of public land and to also provide greater responsibility to users who use scooters to travel around the city.
Obligation to wear a helmet, insurance and adhesive plate for scooters: what will change with the new rules
The helmet will become mandatorywhile you will have to apply a plaquewhich will probably be in the form of a non-removable plasticized sticker which identifies the vehicle. The sticker will be printed by the Printing Institute and the State Mint. Finally, I will trigger the obligation of insurance coverage. Furthermore, scooters must also follow the road signs valid for cars and motorbikes.
It means that they will not be able to drive against traffic, they will have to respect the traffic lights, and they will also have to respect the speed limits. Will be Traffic on sidewalks is prohibitedexcept for exceptions made by individual municipalities, which do not have cycle paths or wide carriageways. However, the use of the sidewalk must be indicated by appropriate signs.
And again, they will be special parking areas will be provided for scooters, to combat wild parking. The managers of service is shared they will be asked to monitor more carefully the vehicles made available to users, to check their correct functioning, where they are left and where they can circulate.
