Scooters, from 14 December compulsory helmet, insurance, brakes and arrows: here are all the new rules
The implementation decrees are missing for the licence plate obligation. The novelties and sanctions explained by Chief Commissioner of the State Police Renzo Lenti
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What changes for those who ride an electric scooter? The new law on road safety amending the Highway Code introduces a number of important innovations concerning electric scooters, a means of micro electric mobility that is increasingly present in our cities. A green way of getting around independently that contributes to the ecological transition of cities, but which must now take into account a series of new obligations. In the video-interview dedicated to the changes in the Highway Code, we talk about this with Chief Commissioner of the State Police Renzo Lenti.
What becomes necessary? And since when?
The new provisions are aimed at improving the safety of scooter traffic and undoubtedly also serve to encourage a more correct use of scooters. The main changes are that the scooter must be fitted with an identification mark, a sort of number plate. Scooters will also have to be covered by third-party liability insurance. And there is also, for instance, the requirement to wear a helmet, which has been extended to all drivers, regardless of age. Until now, the obligation persisted only for minors. Also introduced, for example, is the obligation to equip the scooter with brakes on both wheels and also with indicators. These new provisions will be in force as of 14 December 2024, but not all of them, because, for instance, the identification mark is conditional on the issuing of regulations that will have to regulate its characteristics.
Let's talk about speed in Switzerland, in the canton of Ticino, specifically in Cles, a speed camera by Swiss agents pinched a young man on a scooter going 120 kilometres per hour. Now, of course without reaching these excesses. But how fast can scooters go in Italy, which we sometimes see whizzing past us?
Scooters in Italy, in addition to their many features, must also be equipped with a speed limiter. And in fact, scooters can circulate at a speed not exceeding six kilometres per hour when circulating in pedestrian areas and twenty kilometres per hour when circulating on other roads. This speed limiter, of course, must be adapted to the circumstances in which the scooter is travelling.
