Detailed description (English): Industrie Mică Prahova SA, through its weblog called Drumul în siguranta, has recently published a new report focused exclusively on the safety of electric scooters under the name "Electric Scooters, Between Risk and Safety." As a new form of mobility recently introduced worldwide, electric scooters began to be used both in the European Union and in our country less than ten years ago. Thus, their safety has been insufficiently regulated, and the need for common standards regarding the minimum age of their use, the use of helmets, or the limitation of the speed of travel is obvious. As per the new regulations recently adopted in Romania, the age limit for driving an electric scooter on public roads is 16. In addition, the legislation provides that they must be equipped with lighting and reflective-fluorescent devices when moving on public roads. The conclusions of the report show that although electric scooters pose a greater risk than bicycles or cars for their users, there are ways to improve their safety, and they mainly consist of safe infrastructure, limiting their speed to 20km/h or the use of helmets. Solutions such as the ban on alcohol consumption for electric scooter users and a speed limit of 30km/h for vehicles sharing the road with them, as well as the possibility of the widespread introduction of dedicated road markings and signs, can fundamentally contribute to improving the safety of travel with these new means of transport.
Target group(s): The study is addressed, on the one hand, to professionals in the field, but also to local or county authorities. Another target audience is also all those concerned with the field of road safety.
Objectives: One of its purposes is to demonstrate that investing in both vertical and horizontal road signs is inexpensive and contributes to saving lives as the widespread introduction of dedicated road markings and signs, can fundamentally contribute to improving the safety of travel with these new means of transport.
Romania