On January 13, 2021, the then Councilor for Mobility, Rosa Alarcon, shared the desire of Barcelona City Council that the electric scooter users have to take the helmet mandatory. But in public management, from saying to doing goes a long way, and it will not be until April or May of this year that the circulation ordinance will absorb that desire and give the proposal a formal character. When he posts it Official Gazette of the Province of Barcelona, once the municipal plenary approves it, the regulations will be official and the Urban Police can begin to fine. As a first step, the Commission for Ecology, Urbanism, Infrastructures and Mobility of the consistory has given its approval this Tuesday to the matter with the vote in favor of Barcelona en Comú and the PSC and the abstention of the rest, a way of announcing that they are coming allegations during the public display period.
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The state law already requires this security element for users of personal mobility vehicles (VMP), so all the Catalan capital does is shape a mandate that all municipalities must implement. Penalties can be up to 200 euros. The municipal ordinance includes other novelties for electric scooters, such as a Lighting system front and rear, including a brake light at the back and a Acoustic warning.
more order
The modification of the ordinance provides for several significant changes, or rather, formalize measures that are in fact already in force. For example: the VMP cannot go on the sidewalks or transport two people. The loading and unloading on the backs of VMPs prepared for this purpose is also regulated and the regulatory framework for parking electric scooters is established. Everything, as they usually repeat from the government of Ada Colaufor that mobility is “more orderly”. The fine print and the final wording, however, will not be known until the final approval that is expected to take place in the municipal plenary session in May, the last one before the May 28 elections.