Incidents involving scooters in Ruse are increasing
Driving instructors from ruse offer changesrelated to electrical scootersbecause lawhas not expressly prohibited alcoholand in their management. A incidentsthey with scooters are increasing in the city, reports BNT. In a week, the Traffic Police issued 13 acts for violations of drivers of these vehicles.
Ordinance 18 on public order when using vehicles on the territory of the Municipality ruse prohibits the movement of individual electric vehicles and bicycles in pedestrian areas. The leaders of scooters they cannot go more than 25 km/h on the street. The fine for speeding is BGN 50. But prohibitions are constantly violated.
Michaela Detkova: “And they don’t know, and they don’t comply, even if they do. Because it’s easier not to follow any rules.“
Denitsa Demirova: “They drive extremely fast. No matter how maneuverable you are, your reaction time is too short. If by chance someone accidentally pushes them or something happens, it’s a prerequisite, in my opinion, for a very serious accident.”
At the same time, the sanctioned are counted on the fingers, and the disaffected are increasing.
Denitsa Demirova: “Even the relevant authorities who are supposed to control them fail to exercise their function because the drivers of these vehicles are extremely impudent and do not stop.”
And the electric ones scooters they can be even more dangerous if the operator has been drinking alcohol. They can reach speeds of over 50 kilometers per hour.
Atanas Nikolov – driving instructor: “The use of alcohol can be too dangerous for the scooter driver himself, because you know that with the use of alcohol the reactions themselves are slowed down.“
Neither the ordinance nor lawHowever, they provide for a penalty for this, the electric ones scooters are not subject to registration.
Teodora Georgieva: “For me, it is unacceptable for a person to drink alcohol and drive anything, even a bicycle… 4.00 As far as I read on the Internet abroad, there will already be such a registration of scootersthey. I hope he will come to us as well.“
According to the driving instructor Atanas Nikolov, in addition to the municipal ordinances, prohibitions and sanctions for the drivers of scooters should also be provided for in Lawand for movement along roadsso that it has a greater effect.
