Post returning to Bengaluru from Johannesburg, I have seen a number of Electric Two Wheelers (ETVs) which neither possess number plates nor the riders wearing any protective headgear (helmets).
Incentivising the users by way of exempting them from affixing number plates and not wearing helmets, is an absolutely wrong way. There are better ways to incentivise them.
This just goes to make known our apathy for safety, to the whole world, in the most stupid way. Any sane person (even a child) would ask the question on how the riders' heads are protected by using ETVs? Similarly, riders of articulated two wheelers (to suit differently abled persons) must compulsorily wear helmets as they are more prone to hit their heads to the kerb/roads should they fall from their vehicles.
I know, I will draw flak from such users as they are currently, technically correct in not using helmets. Can you discount the rule of law for your safety? No way!
Currently, there are no statistics available on number of ETVs on the roads of City/State/Country, unless there are alternative sources of information available at once place in the Department of Transport.
Following questions need answers as well.
I am sure there must be answers for these questions. Coming from another country where Insurance Compliance was paramount, I feel there is a lacunae here.
My two cents on ETVs:
Incentivising the users by way of exempting them from affixing number plates and not wearing helmets, is an absolutely wrong way. There are better ways to incentivise them.
This just goes to make known our apathy for safety, to the whole world, in the most stupid way. Any sane person (even a child) would ask the question on how the riders' heads are protected by using ETVs? Similarly, riders of articulated two wheelers (to suit differently abled persons) must compulsorily wear helmets as they are more prone to hit their heads to the kerb/roads should they fall from their vehicles.
I know, I will draw flak from such users as they are currently, technically correct in not using helmets. Can you discount the rule of law for your safety? No way!
Currently, there are no statistics available on number of ETVs on the roads of City/State/Country, unless there are alternative sources of information available at once place in the Department of Transport.
Following questions need answers as well.
- What happens when an ETV meets with an accident?
- How does the Insurance claims work?
- If there is no insurance for ETVs, how is the third party claim viewed?
I am sure there must be answers for these questions. Coming from another country where Insurance Compliance was paramount, I feel there is a lacunae here.
My two cents on ETVs:
- Registration of all ETVs must be made compulsory. This can be a separate license number unique from the regular one. What happens if there is a hit and run by an ETV rider? Without a registration number, who are you identifying as the perpetrator?
- Insurance (if not) must be made compulsory for all Vehicles using our roads. ETVs included.
- Full compliance to the MV Act for all ETVs is a must and no leeway given, for any reason.
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1 comment:
Registration should be made mandatory but can be made free. Even DL should be compulsory for riding an EV which is not the case now,I think.
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