Source: Upstream News - Chongqing Morning News
"I heard others say that you don't need a driver's license to ride an electric bike..." Three days ago, Mr. Chen (pseudonym), who lives in , Beibei District, was handed over to the police while driving his "electric bike." Patrolman stopped. The police said that he was driving without a license. Mr. Chen was a little confused. So, does he need a driver's license to drive an electric car?
html After 10 a.m. on the 12th, policemen from the mobile brigade of the traffic patrol police detachment of the Beibei District Public Security Bureau were carrying out motorcycle rectification work on Beibei Road and stopped a man driving a motorcycle. When the police asked the driver, Mr. Chen, to show his driver's license, Mr. Chen told the police that he did not have a driver's license. "I heard others say that you don't need a driver's license to ride an electric vehicle." After verification by the police, the electric vehicle was a light two-wheeled motorcycle and did not fall into the category of non-motorized vehicles. Therefore, according to paragraph 1 of Article 19 of the "Road Traffic Safety Law of the People's Republic of China", Mr. Chen will be fined 500 yuan for driving a motorcycle without a driver's license.
It seems that there are still many drivers who are confused about which electric vehicles require a driving license. According to the traffic patrol police, what everyone calls "electric vehicles" can be divided into three categories: electric bicycles, electric motorcycles, and electric motorcycles: . Among them, electric bicycles (green brand, small blue brand) belong to Non-motor vehicles do not need to obtain a driver's license; electric mopeds (big blue cards) must hold a D, E, or F class driver's license; driving electric motorcycles (yellow cards) requires a D or E class driver's license.
Therefore, the traffic patrol police reminded drivers that they must obtain a driving license to drive an electric motorcycle. If an illegal act occurs and is caught, they will be treated as illegally driving a motor vehicle.
Upstream News Reporter Tan Yao
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