In 2017, shared e-bikes entered Taizhou, and in the past three years, people's travel has become more convenient. "Convenient, very convenient! Especially in hot weather, I want to ride an electric bike 500 meters away. Who would want to sweat riding a bike? And there is no traffic jam, it's really convenient." Guo Muzi, a 26 year old citizen of Luqiao, said in a high voice.
On July 1, the Regulations of Zhejiang Province on the Administration of Electric Bicycles (hereinafter referred to as the Regulations) came into force. Since then, the production, sales, registration, passage, parking and related management of electric bicycles in Zhejiang Province have laws to follow. Among them, the issue of wearing helmets when riding electric vehicles has attracted public attention. The Regulations stipulate that: "Internet e-bike rental enterprises should perform their main responsibilities, equip necessary management personnel, set up electronic fences as required, provide safety helmets with the vehicles, strengthen the management of vehicle detection, maintenance and parking order, and access information such as vehicle delivery and rental to the Internet e-bike industry supervision service platform as required... e-bike drivers and passengers Personnel shall wear safety helmets. "
"If an Internet e-bike rental enterprise fails to provide safety helmets as required, the traffic management department of the public security organ shall order it to correct, give a warning, and may also impose a fine of not less than 2000 yuan but not more than 20000 yuan... If the driver or the carrier does not wear safety helmets, or carries minors under the age of six who do not use child seats, the traffic management department of the public security organ shall give a warning Or a fine of not less than 20 yuan but not more than 50 yuan. "
This means that when riding a shared e-bike, pedestrians should wear the helmet provided with the vehicle.
However, more than a month after the implementation of the Regulations, only a few people wearing helmets in the flow of people riding shared electric bikes on the streets of Taizhou. Even if the shared e-bikes of the same Internet e-bike rental enterprise are parked together, some are equipped with helmets, and some are not. For example, there are five Harrow mopeds parked side by side in front of Fangyuan International Hotel. Only the black baskets of the middle two have blue helmets printed with "Harrow mopeds". One of them is brand new and wrapped in a transparent packaging bag.
This has also been confirmed by the traffic police department of our city. "The Regulations stipulate that Internet e-bike rental enterprises should provide safety helmets with their cars. We also interviewed the enterprises of sharing e-bikes stationed in Taizhou and asked them to wear helmets on each car. But at present, the progress of each enterprise is different, so some enterprises provide helmets and some do not."
"In the early stage, we provided helmets on a trial basis, but the loss rate was high... Next, we will provide helmets and solve the loss problem according to the company's regulations." The relevant person in charge of "Daha Travel" told reporters.
After scanning the code on Meituan APP and using Meituan e-bike, there will be a questionnaire, one of which is "What problems do you think there are in the accessories and materials of Meituan e-bike (including the car basket, bell, lights, mudguard, reflective signs, vehicle materials, etc.)?" Only the helmet option is not available. At the gate of the Modern World Square, dozens of yellow Meituan e-bikes were parked among the numerous shared e-bikes, none of which provided helmets.
"If I ride a shared electric bicycle without a helmet, I will be fined if I don't wear a helmet. Who's the money?" Guo Muzi said, "I can't go out with a helmet on my back, can I?"
Why don't you wear a helmet for sharing electric bikes?
"The national standards for electric bicycle helmets are lacking at present, resulting in Electric vehicle helmet The quality is uneven, and some helmets are even beautiful in style, with poor safety. " He said, "The material of the helmet is very important. If it is a soft material that can be directly pierced by hard objects, the helmet is equivalent to not protecting the head."
It is understood that in 2019, the Wenzhou Yueqing Helmet Industry Association formulated the "first group standard for electric bicycle riders' helmets in China" and the "Group Standard for Electric Bicycle Members' Helmets", which stipulates that helmets are composed of shells, buffer layers, wearing devices, etc., use tough and durable new ABS materials, and the helmet quality (including accessories) is not more than 800g. Wang Xiangdong said, "This standard is only the standard of local industry groups. I still look forward to the national standard of electric bicycle helmets being issued as soon as possible."
Finally: "I think the helmets of shared electric bikes should be the same standard configuration as tires and handles, and they can't be put on the street without helmets. As for how to prevent theft, enterprises should think carefully. When sharing electric bikes go on the road, it is the responsibility of riders not wearing helmets, but it is the responsibility of enterprises that the helmets are poor in quality and not provided."
