On December 17, Hibei Provincial People's Congress Standing Committee held a press conference on the "Hebei Province Electric Bicycle Management Regulations". Shi Guizhong, member of the Party Committee and deputy director of the Provincial Public Security Department, gave a detailed interpretation and report on the related work and issues such as electric bicycle management and registration and registration that the masses are closely concerned about.
Why does it implement legislative management for electric bicycles?
In recent years, people have been traveling more and more widely by riding electric bicycles. It is estimated that the current number of electric bicycles in our province is about 25 million, with an annual sales volume of nearly 2 million. Among the existing electric bicycles that do not meet the national standards (referred to as non-standard electric bicycles) account for about 70%. While electric bicycles bring convenience to people's travel, they also lead to a series of safety problems, and hidden dangers are very prominent.
1. Traffic accidents involving electric bicycles occur frequently. Compared with ordinary bicycles , electric bicycles are faster and have greater power, and the quality of the bicycles are uneven. In addition, some non-standard electric bicycles are close to or meet the standards of electric motorcycles , which poses greater safety threats to other non-motor vehicles and pedestrians. Drivers do not need to undergo special driving skills training or take exams to obtain a driver's license. Traffic violations occur from time to time and traffic accidents occur frequently. Since 2018, there have been more than 4,000 road traffic accidents involving electric bicycles, more than 1,600 deaths and more than 3,500 injuries in the province, accounting for more than 20% of the total traffic accidents, and are showing an upward trend year by year. More than 600 electric bicycle accidents occurred in the first half of this year alone, and more than 260 people died.
2. The impact of electric bicycles on fire safety is increasing. In recent years, the explosion accident of electric bicycles during parking, charging and use seriously threatens the safety of people's lives and property. You may have seen many such cases in media reports. For example, on September 4, 2020, Wang, a resident of Chaoyang District, Beijing, took the electric bicycle battery home, and spontaneous combustion occurred while charging on the balcony, causing his son to be seriously injured; on August 7 of the same year, an electric bicycle suddenly exploded and caught fire in the corridor of a residential building in Jinling Village Community, Gulou District, Nanjing City, Jiangsu Province, causing three deaths; on July 18 this year, an electric bicycle suddenly caught fire near in Hangzhou Yuhuang Mountain Villa, Hangzhou, an electric bicycle suddenly caught fire while driving, and a father and daughter on the electric bicycle were seriously burned, and the girl eventually died ineffective treatment. Although the above-mentioned serious accidents occurred outside the province, the fire safety hazards of electric bicycles in our province cannot be ignored. From 2016 to 2020, a total of 364 electric bicycle fires occurred in the province, with 4 deaths and 3 injured, and the number of fires increased by 35.1% compared with the previous five years. Since the beginning of this year, 118 electric bicycle fires have occurred in our province, with property losses of 651,000 yuan.
3. The impact of electric bicycle waste batteries on the environment is becoming increasingly prominent. The main sources of power from electric bicycles are lithium batteries and lead-acid batteries . Among them, waste lead-acid batteries are produced in large quantities and distributed widely, and are difficult to collect and process, and environmental safety hazards are becoming more and more prominent.
In recent years, more than 20 NPC deputies and CPPCC members have put forward legislative suggestions and proposals for electric bicycle management every year, calling for strengthening the management of electric bicycles. In addition, the mandatory national standard " Electric Bicycle Safety Technical Specification " implemented in 2019 provides technical support for the legislation of electric bicycles. At present, a total of 16 provinces across the country have issued local regulations or government regulations on the management of electric bicycles. Strengthen the management of electric bicycles, the people have voices, national standards are supported, and experience in other provinces can be learned from. The legislative work of electric bicycle management in our province is imperative and feasible. On December 9, the "Electric Bicycle Management Regulations" was officially released. This law mainly regulates the production, sales, and use of electric bicycles. The electric bicycle referred to in the "Regulations" is a two-wheeled bicycle that uses on-board batteries as auxiliary energy, has the ability to ride on foot, and can realize the functions of electric assist and electric drive. electric tricycle . The management of four-wheeled vehicles is not within the scope of the regulations of these "Regulations".
Why is it necessary to register and register electric bicycles?
Currently, the traffic of electric bicycles is relatively chaotic. A large number of non-standard electric bicycles and standard electric bicycles look similar and are not easy to distinguish, resulting in a series of traffic order and safety issues. Through registration and management, license plates with different appearances are issued to standardized vehicles and non-standard vehicles. Electric bicycles that meet mandatory national standards and do not meet mandatory national standards can be distinguished, classified management and standardized management can be realized, and then through the three-year transition period, non-standard electric bicycles in use can be steadily eliminated and gradually purified the road traffic environment. At the same time, the binding of human and vehicle information through registration and registration is also of great help for solving electric bicycle traffic accidents, theft cases and returning property, and preventing the excessive placement of shared electric bicycles .
1. Is it charged for registration of electric bicycles? The electric bicycle license plate style is unified across the province, and there is no fee for registration and registration. The required funds are guaranteed by the financial support of the prefecture-level cities and counties (cities). The registration authority for electric bicycles is the traffic management department of the municipal and county (city) public security organs, and the traffic police detachment and brigade are specifically responsible for the registration and registration business. Registration and registration shall start from the date of implementation of the Regulations, that is, on May 1 next year. Electric bicycles purchased before the implementation of the regulations must be registered and registered within six months after the implementation of the regulations. The newly purchased electric bicycles shall be registered within 30 days from the date of purchase.
2. What information is needed to register for electric bicycles. : Use the owner’s identity certificate, car purchase certificate or other proof of origin and factory certificate of conformity when registering electric bicycles. Considering that some people are using electric bicycles, because the invoice is lost for a long time, or the invoice or receipt has not been issued, when registering with electric bicycles, everyone will be used to solve this problem.
3. Do you need a driver's license to drive an electric bicycle registered and registered? According to the " Road Traffic Safety Law ", electric bicycles are non-motor vehicles. The electric bicycles after registration and registration are still non-motor vehicles. They do not need to obtain a driver's license or purchase a third-party compulsory insurance, and they are still driving in non-motor vehicle lanes. If a non-standard electric bicycle with a temporary license plate is on the road within a three-year transition period, referring to the non-motor vehicle management, non-motor vehicles will be given the right to pass, and there is no need to obtain a driver's license or purchase a third-party compulsory insurance.
4. Will the registration process of electric bicycles be very cumbersome? To facilitate the people, the Hebei public security organs have built a unified electric bicycle registration and management system in the province. The system relies on the mobile APP to realize the registration and registration of license plates. The service personnel take photos and collect and enter relevant information through mobile phones. After review, the electric bicycle license plate will be issued and installed immediately. The entire operation process will not exceed 6 minutes. Considering the huge stock of electric bicycles, during the six-month centralized registration stage, the police station, the government service points of township or street offices, the postal outlets, insurance outlets, bank outlets, etc. will be entrusted to register and register electric bicycles during the six-month centralized registration stage. If necessary, go to the village to register and register the license plate, and go to the village to handle the door, and handle it for free to improve the service experience. The newly purchased electric bicycles will be entrusted to the sales outlets to handle registration services to achieve "licensed sales". While consumers purchase bicycles, they will register and install license plates.
Why do we specify a three-year transition period for non-standard electric bicycles?
The Regulations stipulate that the transition period of non-standard electric bicycles will be from May 1, 2022 to April 30, 2025. After the transition period expires, they are not allowed to drive on the road. The main basis and consideration of the reason why
sets up a three-year transition period is to implement the new national standard and protect the property rights and interests of the people. The new national standard for electric bicycles has been implemented on April 15, 2019. Electric bicycles that do not meet the new national standard after the implementation of the new national standard will not be allowed to be re-produced and sold. The non-standard electric bicycles purchased before the implementation of the new national standard have been used for at least three years until the date of implementation of the regulations (May 1, 2022). A three-year transition period will be set up. The service life of each non-standard car has reached at least six years. The average life span of an electric bicycle is about five years. Setting up a three-year transition period can better protect the property rights and interests of the people.At the same time, consider that the longer the transition period is set, the greater the safety hazards and the greater the threat to the public. In combination with the requirements of national ministries and commissions, referring to the experience and practices of other provinces, after multiple arguments and comprehensive considerations, the Regulations set the transition period for non-standard electric bicycles to three years.
At the same time, the Regulations encourage electric bicycle producers and sellers to recycle non-standard electric bicycles by means of old-for-new, discounted repurchase, etc.; and encourage electric bicycle owners to replace or eliminate non-standard electric bicycles.
Why is it stipulated that you should wear a safety helmet when driving or riding an electric bicycle?
Since Traffic Management Bureau of the Ministry of Public Security deployed the national public security traffic management department to carry out the "One Helmet, One Belt" safety protection operation , as of now, the average wearing rate of electric bicycle safety helmets nationwide has increased from less than 20% before the operation to more than 50%, and the mortality rate of electric bicycle drivers and passengers in traffic accidents decreased by 11.7% year-on-year. At present, the wearing rate of safety helmets on riding electric bicycles in our province is still relatively low. In the first half of this year, about 75.76% of the death accidents of electric bicycle drivers and passengers in the province were killed due to craniocerebral injury, and the risk of death of drivers and passengers without wearing safety helmets is 3.9 times that of wearers. Wearing a safety helmet is an important means to ensure the safety of riders and is very necessary. At present, 20 provinces and prefecture-level cities across the country have already legislated to mandate the wear of safety helmets, and the mortality rate of accidents has dropped significantly.
Since July this year, Hengshui City and Cangzhou City Public Security Traffic Management Department have carried out all-round, high-frequency and large-scale education and publicity activities for wearing safety helmets and cherishing life. Currently, the helmet wearing rate in the main urban area of Hengshui City has reached 90%, and the helmet wearing rate in the main urban area of Cangzhou City has reached 80%. People often see carrying helmets shopping and dining in shopping and dining in shopping malls and restaurants in the two places. Wearing helmets has become a landscape on the streets of the two places. It can be seen that wearing a safety helmet is a behavioral habit like wearing a seat belt. Between safety and convenience, priority should be given.
Why is it stipulated that adults can only carry one person when driving an electric bicycle?
Judging from the technical parameters of electric bicycles, the curb weight of the electric bicycle cannot exceed 55 kilograms and the motor power cannot exceed 400 watts, so the load capacity is limited; if two people are equipped, the driver's helmets, backpacks, luggage, protective equipment, etc. will occupy a lot of space, which is crowded and extremely inconvenient to drive, which seriously affects the driver's control of the electric bicycle. Once an emergency occurs, it is difficult to take timely and effective response measures, which is very easy to cause accidents. Judging from the actual situation of the public's travel, when two electric bicycles are carried, because the saddle and rear hanger are not long enough, a child often needs to stand or ride on the pedal. In the moment of a traffic accident, the body of the driver and the rear passengers move forward due to inertia, which is very easy to squeeze the child onto the handlebar standpipe. Before the vehicle falls to the ground, it will cause serious collision and damage to the child. Therefore, it is necessary to give restrictive regulations on the carrying of the person. Judging from the legislation of other provinces, since 2018, seven of the eight provinces and cities that have legislated electric bicycles have limited one person to carry, and the age of the people being carried is restricted. Taking into account the safety and needs of electric bicycles in our province, the "Regulations" stipulate that adults can only carry one person when driving an electric bicycle, and there is no limit on the age of the person being carried.
Source: Hebei Public Security
Editor: Fang Shujing Su Haojun Chen Zhaoyue
Editor: Ma Jianwen
