Drivers on a peripheral road in Thessaloniki couldn’t believe their eyes when they saw a young man riding an electric scooter at nearly 100 km/h as a “road user”.
The video immediately hit the Internet. The footage shows a young man without a helmet or any kind of protective equipment moving along the highway … on a pattini.
The drivers watched how he deftly maneuvers and were given a diva, assigning very unflattering epithets to the “headless extreme” who endangered not only his own life and health, but also all road users.
In a video published by journalist Angelos Angelides, it can be seen that the speed at which the electric scooter is moving is a little less than 100 km / h!
A fashionable form of urban transport, which appeared with pomp in Greece, has taken over the streets of the center of Athens and Thessaloniki, creating chaos and confusion on the roads and in pedestrian areas. No one argues with the convenience and new level of communications that have appeared with the introduction of a modern type of microtransport, but at the same time, many other problems have come to light.
In Athens and Thessaloniki, electric scooters are used on sidewalks, scaring pedestrians and causing inconvenience. After all, an object weighing up to 80 kg, moving at a speed of up to 25 kilometers per hour, in a collision with a pedestrian, can lead to serious injuries (which has already been recorded by the police). The situation is no better on the roads, where dashing scooters periodically taxi out, accelerating to 30 km / h and above, maneuvering between cars and motorcycles, creating an already tense situation on the roads. At the same time, none of the scooter users wears a protective helmet.
The rules of the road for individual electric vehicles such as scooters, bicycles, self-balancing Segways and similar are provided for by a bill from the Hellenic Ministry of Infrastructure and Transport.
The law provides that a driver’s license is not required to drive electric powered personal vehicles with a maximum design speed of up to 25 km/h, but certain restrictions, rules of use and safety are introduced.
The rules of the road are established for small individual electric vehicles (electric scooters, rollers, skateboards, self-balancing vehicles, bicycles, etc.).
Individual vehicles driven by an electric motor are grouped into the category of vehicles, which we call I.T.E.P. (ελ.- Ε.Π.Η.Ο.), i.e. light personal electric transport. The order of their distribution is carried out on the basis of an assessment and a comparative study of other countries, based on the speed of their development.
Vehicles developing low speed up to 6 km/h, i.е. close to the speed of pedestrians, move along sidewalks and pedestrian zones along with pedestrians. I.T.E.P., which develop a speed of 6 to 25 km / h, belong to the category of bicycles and ply where it is allowed. For safety reasons, the movement of these vehicles (I.T.E.P.) is prohibited on roads with high speed (more than 50 km / h). The performance and safe use of these vehicles are regulated with a focus on mandatory equipment that I.T.E.P. must have on board in accordance with the bikes (brakes, parking lights, sound warning).
Distributors of goods and items (for example, “courier” and “delivery”) who use a bicycle, scooter, motorcycle, tricycle and further I.T.E.P. to carry out their work are required to wear reflective clothing (vest, jacket and etc.) when performing their work at night, which makes them visible from all sides. Likewise, all I.T.E.P. at night should wear reflective clothing or stickers on clothing or backpack.
Describes the responsibilities of the vehicle user. Cyclists and drivers of I.T.E.P. it is recommended to wear an approved safety helmet, buttoned up. Also, drivers of bicycles who have not reached the age of 12 and move along the road network intended for the movement of motor vehicles must be accompanied by persons who have reached the age of 16.
Market issues such as the construction, distribution and sharing of I.T.E.P.s, the oversight of this market, and the obligations of suppliers to use vehicles are regulated.
There are measures taken by the local government to regulate or restrict the movement of I.T.E.P. and identifying places for their organized parking.
It is stipulated that driving a motorized vehicle with a maximum design speed of up to 25 km/h does not require a driver’s license.
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