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As powered vehicles have replaced manpower, the commonly used travel tools for ordinary people are mainly driven by "oil" and "electricity", especially "electric" vehicles. Its two-wheeled vehicles, three-wheeled vehicles, and elderly scooters have become the most common models on the road. So, do you know what conditions must be met to ride electric bicycles, tricycles, and elderly scooters? The little expert will tell you everything today.
Even though 2022 is coming to an end, 2023 is about to come. Now that standardized management has been formed for electric vehicles, tricycles, and elderly scooters, the conditions for being on the road are actually clear. Among them, there are four basic conditions for being on the road. As a car owner, you must meet them, so as to avoid being inspected and punished. Let’s take a detailed look below.
The first condition: the vehicle being ridden has been registered and has a license plate.
For a long time, electric vehicles, electric tricycles, and scooters for the elderly were driven on the road without license plates, which gave them little restraint on the road. Therefore, the number of accidents related to these vehicles continued to increase, and the new national standards were implemented in 2019. All vehicles must start to be registered and have license plates. Unregistered or unlicensed vehicles on the road will be punished. The benefits of
licensing are obvious. It allows the traffic control department to have a better understanding of the vehicle and owner information. This not only provides better restraint for cyclists, but also reduces the risk of losing the vehicle. It can be said to kill two birds with one stone.
Of course, what needs to be reminded here is that scooters for the elderly do not have a clear "status" at present, and they cannot apply for a formal motor vehicle license plate. They can only apply for a temporary license plate for registration. Moreover, this license plate is not available in all places. In places where it is not supported, car owners are not recommended to buy a scooter for the elderly.
The second condition: Cycling vehicles must meet basic protection requirements when riding on the road.
Electric vehicles, electric tricycles, and scooters for the elderly are all relatively cheap means of transportation. The price of cheapness is poor safety protection performance of the vehicles. Especially electric vehicles and electric tricycles do not have a fully enclosed space. In the event of a collision, the cyclist will be directly injured. In many cases, nowadays, all places are strengthening the requirement to wear helmets and controlling the behavior of not wearing a helmet.
Whether you wear a helmet or fasten your seat belt, behind it is to protect travel safety. For the benefit of car owners, car owners should not ignore it. In addition, a helmet with good protection is definitely not a "coping helmet" that costs a few yuan or more than ten yuan. When you choose a helmet, you should also choose one with 3C certification, so as to achieve the protective effect.
The third condition: Vehicles that meet motor vehicle standards must be licensed on the road
Just like licensing, electric vehicles, electric tricycles, and elderly scooters have not required a driver's license for a long time, which has made them popular in a short period of time. However, with the standardized management of electric vehicles, the certification standards for vehicles that meet motor vehicle standards are now clear. So, which vehicles need to be licensed and what kind of driving license they need, experts will tell you one by one.
Electric vehicles, including electric bicycles, do not require a license. The light electric motorcycles included require an F certificate, and the electric motorcycles require an E certificate.
Electric tricycles are three-wheeled motorcycles. They need to hold a D certificate. Whether it is a passenger electric tricycle or a freight electric tricycle, a D certificate is required.
It is worth noting that the permitted driving range of D certificate is greater than that of E certificate, and E certificate is greater than F certificate. Therefore, if you already have a higher level driver's license, you do not need to retake it.
As for the scooter for the elderly, experts should introduce it separately. As mentioned above, it is an "untitled" model. For this type of scooter, the license requirements are different.
1. If the vehicle is an "untitled" model, you can only obtain a temporary license plate through registration. However, this kind of license plate during the short transition period is not managed as a motor vehicle and does not require a driver's license;
2. The other is a "registered" model. This type of vehicle is not strictly an elderly scooter, but an electric vehicle. , you need to hold a C2 or C1 driver's license , and buy insurance before you can go on the road.
The fourth condition: Cycling vehicles must abide by the traffic rules of the road.
Low-speed vehicles such as electric bicycles, electric tricycles, and elderly scooters are theoretically very safe. However, in the early years, it was revealed that they pose serious safety risks. A very important reason is that there are many chaos, and some models are even called "road killers." Therefore, obeying traffic rules and riding on the road is the key to reducing safety risks and not being punished.
In addition to not running red lights, not driving in the wrong direction, etc., we must also ensure that there is no overloading, no additional equipment or modifications to the vehicle, and all hidden dangers at the source are avoided. If the vehicle is safe, it will naturally not be inspected or fined on the road.
Expert summary
In 2022, the standards for electric vehicles, electric tricycles, and elderly scooters on the road have been clarified. In the coming 2023, car owners should not relax. They must meet the conditions of "registering and hanging license plates, taking safety precautions, holding a driver's license, and abiding by traffic rules" when driving on the road. These are not only civilized driving, but also the basic guarantee for safe driving. Car owners should not ignore them.
So, what else do you think you should pay attention to when using electric vehicles, electric tricycles, and elderly scooters on the road? You are welcome to add.
