Scooters and bicycles will require a license.

More than two people riding on an electric bike... without helmets on sidewalks and bike paths... ignoring red traffic lights and even risking the physical safety of minors – this is how a large number of Personal Electric Motor Vehicles (VEMEPs) move through the avenues, sidewalks, and streets of Mexico City. To reduce these practices and thereby decrease traffic accidents, electric scooters and bicycles will be required to have license plates, and their use will require a driver's license, as announced by the Mexico City government on May 5th. "I think it's good because as citizens, we lack a lot of traffic education, especially here in Mexico City, and these measures will help us, above all, to reduce accidents." Also read: Morena has become a "narco party," accuses Jorge Romero in the Rocha Moya case; warns of a pattern of criminal infiltration. Electric scooters and bicycles will be required to have license plates, and their use will require a driver's license, authorities announced. Photo: Alberto González / EL UNIVERSAL. "Once, when I was leaving school, one of those electric bikes entered the bike path in the wrong direction, and I ended up falling to avoid it; fortunately, nothing serious happened, but there was no need for something like that to happen and risk the lives of both of us. Some people may think that the requirements they are now asking for are to punish or something like that, but I think that they have been told in many ways, and stricter measures were necessary," commented Fernanda, a young student who uses a bicycle as a means of transportation. Due to the exponential increase in this type of vehicle and the lack of regulations for them, the Mexico City authorities presented the regulations for low-speed vehicles in the Traffic Regulations, which is added to the reforms to the Mobility Law of last year. According to the Secretariat of Mobility (Semovi), VEMEPs are electric vehicles that travel at more than 25 kilometers per hour, with motors of 250 watts of power, up to 1.34 horsepower, and are classified as: type A, which weigh less than 35 kilograms, and type B, with a weight of 35 to 350 kilograms. Also read: Pilot plan for scooter rentals. These means of transportation must have a license plate and an Electric Mobility Distinguishing Mark (DME), and they must be operated with license types A1 and A2, the process for which will begin on July 1st, according to Semovi, because they exceed the conditions for traveling on confined roads and, therefore, they must generate additional safety conditions. Their drivers must wear a helmet, they are prohibited from driving on sidewalks, bike paths, in confined lanes of public transportation, or in central lanes of controlled access roads; they must refrain from driving on roads where the maximum speed exceeds 50 kilometers per hour, and minors are prohibited from operating them. "As a user, I think it's very good that they now have to be licensed, mainly to have some control because there are already so many of us. "The city is already saturated with electric bikes, scooters, and electric motorcycles, and then they are left parked on the sidewalks, especially here in the Historic Center, so I think it's much better this way," said Joshua, a young electric bicycle user. Join our channel! EL UNIVERSAL is now on Whatsapp! From your mobile device, find out about the most relevant news of the day, opinion articles, entertainment, trends, and more.