Assosharing, 'the scooter permit is a good thing'

"We welcome the decree issued by the Ministry of Infrastructure and Transport which introduces the obligation of an identification mark for electric scooters, as a useful measure to promote a greater safety and traceability in the urban micromobility". This is what Assosharing declares, the association that represents numerous mobility companies shared and has over 5 million registered users in Italy. "The Association has always declared itself in favour of punishability of incorrect and uncivilized behavior, which generate reputational damage to the entire sector sharing - the note continues - The mobility sector shared, subject to constant monitoring by the local administrations, has already achieved results significant on the safety front. In particular, the data of the last four years highlight the total absence of deaths in the context of the sharing service, in compliance with the pre-existing rules. This confirms that the problem is not linked to the lack of legislation, but rather to its actual nature application and control". "It is necessary - he states the association - a corrective intervention on the obligation of the helmet, which is technically inapplicable to the services of sharing, in addition to being in clear contrast with the current regulatory equivalence between scooters and bicycles. These the latter, in fact, are subject to the obligation to wear a helmet only exceeding certain speed and power thresholds. On this anointed Assosharing that trusts "in a revision of the framework legislation that corrects the current technical defect regarding the obligation to use of the helmet and allows full harmonization between scooters and bicycles. In this sense the right context can be represented by the rewriting works of the Code of Road that is underway at the MIT, according to what stated by the Undersecretary of Transport, Tullio Ferrante, in during a recent Question Time at the Chamber". "Assosharing renews its commitment to collaborate with the institutions for to ensure sustainable, safe and regulated development of the shared mobility in Italian cities", concludes the note.