The issue of wearing helmets on electric vehicles has been a topic of great concern in the past month or two. Some support and some oppose the issue. The main support is that wearing helmets on electric vehicles can ensure safety, but the opposition is that wearing helmets on electric vehicles is very uncomfortable. It has been argued for a long time. However, this argument may become meaningless because, Electric vehicle helmet A national standard has been proposed, which will be the same as motorcycles. In the future, it will be a foregone conclusion that electric vehicles will be forced to wear helmets;
On June 19, the National Standards Committee issued a notice to publicly solicit opinions on the proposed project of Motorcycle and Electric Bicycle Passenger Helmets, and clearly stipulated that this standard is a mandatory national standard!
It can be seen from the national standard information public service platform that this helmet standard is not in the charge of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, but directly under the charge of the Ministry of Public Security, which shows the importance of this mandatory standard!
In addition, the notice further emphasized the statement that "motorcycles must be equipped with safety helmets when leaving the factory".
Ministry of Industry and Information Technology In October 2014, the Ministry of Public Security jointly issued the Notice on Strengthening the Management of the Production and Registration of Small and Micro vans and Motorcycles (MIBLY [2014] No. 453), which stipulates that "from November 1, 2014, all new two wheeled motorcycle products should be equipped with safety helmets that meet the national standards. Those not equipped with safety helmets as required should not be sold out of the factory."
Therefore, from the perspective of motorcycle standards, if the compulsory national standard for electric bicycle is successfully established, and the new national standard for electric bicycle and electric motorcycle is formally implemented, the electric motorcycle and electric bicycle will also be equipped with hard standard helmets when they leave the factory!
Moreover, the notice has emphasized the importance of electric bicycle helmets as never before, and clearly stated that it is necessary to enforce helmet wearing nationwide!
Since it is clearly required that electric vehicles should be equipped with helmets when leaving the factory, the intention is obvious, which is to implement the meaning of electric vehicles and current motorcycles. Helmets must be worn when riding. If the project is approved and helmets are equipped when leaving the factory, it is also good news for consumers;
Because the safety quality of helmets on the market is also uneven. If you buy electric vehicles with helmets, the safety performance of helmets is basically guaranteed, especially for brand electric vehicles;
Although the future of mandatory helmet wearing is a fact, mandatory helmet wearing for electric vehicles should not come so soon, because the longest formulation cycle from project approval to standard introduction is 24 months, and even if it is formulated, it will be delayed for a while, that is, in a quite long period of time, the nationwide mandatory will not be implemented, However, some places have provisions that are not within the scope, such as Zhejiang and Jiangsu, which may force them to wear helmets in advance;
