Scooters with a power of more than 250 W are equated with mopeds and are subject to the provisions of the traffic regulations. A collision with such a scooter is considered a full-fledged accident. In this case, you need to contact the traffic police to file an accident and bring to justice the perpetrator of the accident, Efim Kazantsev, a member of the Commission for Legal Support of the Digital Economy of the Moscow Department of the Russian Bar Association (AJUR), RIA Novosti told.
However, it is difficult for affected citizens to determine the power of a scooter by eye, so the lawyer recommends that in the event of a collision with a scooter, you should immediately contact the traffic police and the ordinary police, they will find out whose jurisdiction it is.
If the power of the scooter does not exceed 250 W, it is not considered a vehicle, from the point of view of the law, the driver is equated with a pedestrian. In this case to a fast running person. Therefore, if a citizen has suffered damage as a result of a collision with such a low-power electric scooter, he will be compensated according to the general rules of compensation, that is, it is necessary to file a lawsuit in court .
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