Motorists should be aware of their responsibilities to other road users, but penalizing electric scooter users for traffic violations is technically difficult. About this in an interview with RT declaration Maxim Kadakov, editor-in-chief of Za Rulem magazine, comments on the relevant proposal of the Ministry of Transport of the Russian Federation.
“We now have a speed limit of 25 km/h. And nothing. If fines were simply introduced, it would be exactly the same story. Because in order to fine a person using an electric scooter, you have to either catch him or identify him. Currently, mostly neither one nor the other is possible, ”said Kadakov.
In his opinion, in addition to fines, it is worth introducing mandatory registration of scooters above a certain power to assign to a certain person or organization.
Russian Ministry of Transport planned imposing fines on electric scooter users under the Administrative Offenses Act (CAO) for violating traffic rules.
the day before in Moscow started An experiment in connecting electric scooters to the “ERA-GLONASS” status information system.