TFR proposed to introduce rights to control electric scooter // TFR proposed to ban children under 16 years old to ride on electric scooters

The Investigative Committee of Russia considers it necessary to attribute means of individual mobility (for example, electric scooters) to vehicles for which a special right is required to drive. Those who use SIM, the Agency proposes to give the status of the driver. This was reported by the senior inspector of the seventh department of control over the investigative bodies of the TFR Dmitry Astashkin.

Changes are proposed to be made to the Federal Law “On Road Safety”. Mr. Astashkin believes that they will allow to apply to drivers of electric scooters already established by law requirements: for example, obtaining rights from 16 years. Now you can use such vehicles from seven years.

“There will be no obstacles to bringing SIM drivers to administrative and criminal liability in case of harm to the health of the victims as a result of a violation of traffic rules,” said Dmitry Astashkin. In addition, the TFR proposes to work out a ban on the movement of SIM on sidewalks and pedestrian areas.

Mr. Astashkin made the initiative during the discussion of further regulation of SIM at a round table in the Federation Council. The representative of the Ministry of Transport recalled that the department is preparing changes to traffic rules, in which it plans to prescribe the minimum permissible age for using electric scooters - 16 years. In parallel, the traffic police prepares the rules for registration of SIM - by analogy with the registration of cars with the issuance of numbers. The state Duma plans to adopt amendments to the administrative code, prescribing them increased fines for skaters. The exact timing of all these innovations is not — they are discussed over the past two years.