Experts criticized the draft law on the penalty of driving a scooter while drunk 13:31

Anton Shaparin, vice president of the National Automobile Association, says that it is too early to impose penalties on those who use electric scooters while drunk in Russia. Such a law would be difficult to implement because it would first require scooter owners to register their equipment, explained He is in conversation with 360 TV channel.

“The state should only enact legislation that it can implement. “We can ban electric scooters whatever we want, but we cannot control them in any way,” said Shaparin, emphasizing that the regulation should start with the registration of the scooters.

The expert noted that nowadays scooter owners often do not stop at the request of the police and, as a rule, it is almost impossible to catch them, since they go to courtyards where it is impossible to follow them in the car. He emphasized that it is especially difficult to detect if the violator is a private scooter and not a rental one.

In this context, the State Duma has prepared two bills, one of which involves amendments to the vehicle registration law. It is recommended that electric scooters be numbered through “Government Services”, which must be installed on the vehicle.

“Only then will it be possible to establish order in this area. And certain things – the ban on driving a scooter while drunk – how can we control those? No way,” Shaparin was convinced.

Let us remind that the government supported A bill regulating the movement of electric scooters and other personal mobility devices (PIMs). Among other things, it includes the imposition of fines of up to 30 thousand rubles, as well as other penalties for the use of electric scooters under alcohol.

Last week in Moscow stated about the need to limit the speed of movement on electric scooters and other SIMs to 20 km/h. They also called for a ban on children and young people under 18 from using electric scooters at a meeting in the Mogor Duma.