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WE FIND OUT A new Road Traffic Act is coming: Penalties for electric scooters are being introduced, but there is more news We will solve the problem of electric scooters similarly to other EU countries, said Minister Božinović Writes: Krešimir Žabec, Goranka JureškoPosted: September 17, 2020 7:51 am Archive photo Archive photo Dragan Matic / Cropix Facebook Twitter Messenger E-mail - We are going to change the Law on Road Traffic Safety because there is still room for improvements that could reduce the number of accidents on the roads. It turned out, among other things, that we do not have regulated management of electric scooters, so we will soon solve this problem, similarly as other EU countries have done, and this, among other things, refers to the speed limit, where they can be driven, which , of course, it also implies penalties for those who do not adhere to these new rules - the Minister of the Interior Davor Božinović announces the legal changes . Application in practice Namely, the Ministry of the Interior has decided to legally regulate the trade of electric scooters and similar electric products on the market. The Ministry sent the “Preliminary Assessment Form for the Draft Proposal of the Law on Amendments to the Law on Road Traffic Safety” to the public debate. It states that in the case of traffic of electric scooters and similar electrically powered devices, in practice, "there was no possibility of imposing misdemeanor sanctions." The existing Road Safety Act was passed a little over a year ago, but although there were already thousands of scooters and other electric vehicles on city roads at the time, the new law does not regulate the status of these small vehicles, which can reach speeds of more than 30 kilometers per hour. Meanwhile, a new generation of e-scooters has appeared on the streets, developing speeds of up to 70 kilometers per hour. According to current regulations, they should only move in areas intended for pedestrians. Namely, the Ministry of the Interior explained a year ago that e-scooters must move on surfaces where pedestrians also move, and their drivers have the duties and obligations of pedestrians. At the time, they claimed that they did not have data on the participation of drivers of electric scooters in traffic violations and accidents, and that their status would not be specifically regulated in the new law. Unlike a large number of European countries, Croatia then missed the opportunity to legally regulate the issue. For example, Germany, France, Spain and Denmark have limited the maximum speed of e-scooters to 20 kilometers per hour. In some countries, they can only be operated by people over the age of 14 and may not be used on footpaths. How the use of these electric vehicles will be regulated by law will be known when the proposed amendment to the law is presented. Negative points The preliminary assessment form also states that the amendments to the law seek to amend the current provision of the Act, according to which doctors are obliged to refer drivers for emergency medical examinations because, as stated, “there has been an increase in costs for both drivers and local police departments. station". RELATED NEWS 7994071 STUBIČKE TOPLICE A child on an electric scooter, seriously injured in the accident, was transported to the hospital in Zabok MUP REPORT The security situation during the season was favorable, 4.4% more fires than last year, killing two more foreigners The amendment to the Act will also propose the sanctioning of drivers who park for free in places intended only for charging electric vehicles. In addition, the law will regulate the restriction of the use of a driver's license for drivers to whom the document was issued in a foreign country, and collect the prescribed number of negative misdemeanor points, as well as the driver who was issued a driver's license in Croatia. In addition to regulating the status of e-scooters, the amendments to the Act will also include extraordinary examinations of drivers due to changes in their health. - It will be necessary to determine more precisely who really needs an extraordinary examination because the costs of the Ministry of the Interior have significantly increased due to too many specific diagnoses - says Minister Božinović. Namely, it turned out that doctors, since last year's change of the same law came into force, have significantly increased the number of drivers who were sent for extraordinary examinations, so now we have as many extraordinary examinations per month as we used to have annually. In just three months after the law came into force last year, doctors sent as many as 5,000 drivers for an emergency examination. This would mean that annually in circumstances without covid-19 tens of thousands of drivers would have to undergo an extraordinary inspection. image Davor Božinović Ronald Gorsic / Cropix More precise rulebook In the event that it turns out that the driver did not have to undergo an extraordinary inspection, the cost of about 400 kuna is paid by the Ministry of the Interior, and only if it was justified, the bill is paid by the driver. Because doctors pay a fine if a driver with a change in health condition commits an accident without first being sent for an emergency examination, the number of reports has risen sharply. Often these were temporary changes in health due to which an extraordinary examination was not necessary, which in the end proved to be only a great expense for both the citizens and the Ministry of the Interior. - Last year, as family physicians, we asked for more precise provisions of the ordinance that determines the reasons for extraordinary examinations, but this was not realized. We hope that this time we will succeed jointly and interdepartmentally with the implementation of our proposals, according to which part of the responsibility must be taken over by the drivers themselves - says family doctor Dr. Ines Balint . He adds that their suggestion is that drivers, when obtaining a driver's license, sign a statement stating that they will report a change in their health condition that may affect their ability to drive motor vehicles. image Dr. Ines Balint Damir Krajac / Cropix - We are also asking for the ordinance of the Ministry of Health to be changed and for it to be determined more precisely which are the conditions due to which our patients have to undergo an extraordinary examination - says Dr. Balint. - We are convinced that everyone over the age of 65 should have mandatory examinations related to driving at least every four years. For example, in Italy, this mandatory examination after the age of 65 is performed every two years - explains the occupational physician Dr. Tomislav Furlan . By the way, the Ministry of the Interior hopes that these legal changes could enter into force in the first quarter of 2021. 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