Starting in 2024, new restrictions will apply to some powerful types of electric scooters, requiring them to carry liability insurance and registration plates.
This is in accordance with the European Parliament and Council Motor Directive 2021/2118.
According to a Czech Insurance Association poll, 63% of Czechs would welcome registration plates.
The new law will apply to electric scooters having an electric motor capable of exceeding 25 kilometers per hour, weighing more than 25 kilograms, and traveling faster than 14 kilometers per hour.
“We believe it is very appropriate to define the obligation on powerful electric scooters with performance comparable to small motorcycles,” said Jan Matouek, Executive Director of the Insurance Association.
The goal is to establish compensation procedures in the case of accidents with robust electric scooters, which can have serious effects for property and health.
Paris ban
New rules in Brussels
Last summer, Brussels imposed new rules, including a 20 km/h speed limit on roads, an eight km/h limit on pedestrian areas, as well as a ban on riding on sidewalks.
This latter is a particularly crucial measure to protect the elderly and people with a vision and mobility impairment who choose their itinerary according to how freely they can walk on the sidewalks.
Other cities
Last year, Rome announced new measures to ban riders below 18, bring the maximum speed to 20 km per hour and cap the number of operators from seven to three.
Further north, Riga recently submitted a proposal to the Latvian parliament to allow e-scooter parking only in designated areas, to revoke or suspend the license of sharing services, set speed limits, and impose license plates for e-scooters.
To tackle unruly parking, the city of Helsinki is considering new rules that would impose parking of shared e-scooters on designated locations only, as is now the case for shared e-bikes.
Brno recently enforced new shared e-scooter parking regulations that resulted in fines for operators disobeying the law.
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