The legislation on scooters, which was discussed on Thursday at the meeting of the Parliamentary Transport Committee, will be put to vote before the plenary of the Parliament on July 14.
Marinos Mousiuttas, chairman of the committee and DPA MP, said that so far scooters have been circulating in Cyprus without any regulation. He further explained that the legislation to be put before the Plenary is about regulating where they will be moved, how they will be moved, the maximum speed which will be 20 km, the compulsory use of helmets on scooters, their movement on cycle paths and not on the road pavement. Local authorities will be entitled to issue permits for the use of scooters in squares or pedestrian streets within the boundaries of municipalities and communities, as well as on roads where the maximum speed is 30 km, He added.
"We believe that with this regulation the uncontrolled use of these vehicles will be stopped and order will be brought," Moussiuttas said, adding that there will also be an out-of-court regulation for the offence of using scooters either at a higher speed or in places where it is not allowed and that the police and traffic officers in local authorities are responsible for this. "The use of scooters will be allowed to persons over 14 years of age," he clarified.
Yannakis Gavriel, AKEL MP, said that "road safety, the development of road awareness and the education of the public, so that drivers can respect the drivers of these devices, with the ultimate aim of developing micro-mobility and the use of such devices, which are environmentally friendly and will contribute to the reduction of pollutants and urban mobility, is the primary concern of all of us."
Today, he pointed out, some of the serious questions raised in previous sessions of the Commission had been answered, but the question of who would be responsible for implementing the legislation remained unanswered, as the representative of the Union of Municipalities informed that municipalities were unable to implement the legislation. Besides, she continued, there are other issues, such as the coexistence of pedestrians and scooter drivers on public roads, as well as the question of the implementation of the legislation.
"As a parliamentary group of AKEL, we have once again declared our intention to cooperate with the competent bodies to create a legislative framework that is useful and usable for the public," she concluded.
Source: CNA
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