The DGT had been warning of the increase in incidents related to electric scooters, increasing by almost 40% in general terms, and aside from the education campaigns many local police departments are embarking on, enforcement is also playing a part, to which the latest tool in the armoury is a radar speed detector which can be used specifically to monitor e-scooters.
As part of the technical specification to qualify as a Personal Mobility Vehicles (PMV), the vehicle cannot exceed 25 kilometres per hour. Although exceeding this speed is theoretically possible with some of the vehicles for sale in Spain, they must be limited. However, some people have been able to bypass that restriction, and so their vehicles have been adapted to exceed the maximum permitted limit, which is not allowed.
In Malaga, the police have imposed no less than 10,386 fines on electric scooters in the last 5 years, the majority for parking them incorrectly, traveling in pedestrian areas or traveling with 2 or more people, and now the City Council announced that it will also control speed through new mobile radars.
The checks will be carried out at random times and locations, and the driver will be immediately identified and sanctions, with a fine of 200 euro, whether the electric scooter is owned or rented. In addition, in the event that the Local Police verify that the vehicle has been modified, they state that they will immediately seize it for failing to comply with the General Vehicle Regulations.
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