From January 1, 2024, electric vehicles (electric motorcycles, electric scooters, etc.) with an engine capacity of 25 cubic centimeters or more or a design speed of 25 kilometers per hour or more, an electric motor with a power of 0.25 kW or more or a speed of 25 kilometers per hour or more, as well as trailers and semi-trailers will be registered by the State Traffic Safety Inspectorate.
Driving vehicles with state registration is allowed only to persons who have a driver’s license of the appropriate category.
The Ministry of Internal Affairs, within three months, having studied the best foreign experience, submit to the Cabinet of Ministers proposals to ban the rental of electric scooters, register them in the units of the State Traffic Safety Service in a simplified manner and assign them separate state license plates.
A draft resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers “On amendments and additions to traffic rules” has been published.
The draft document states that during raids carried out in Tashkent since June 14 of this year, 190 violations of traffic rules by electric scooter operators were identified.
The draft resolution introduces procedures to ensure the safety of road users on the roads, ensuring compliance with traffic rules when using personal mobility devices (PMDs) and scooters.
According to the project:
• the concepts of “scooter” and “individual means of transportation” are defined, and it is also clarified what type of vehicle they refer to;
• appendix 1 to the traffic rules – road signs are supplemented with signs 3.5.1 (driving scooters is prohibited) and 3.34 (driving personal vehicles is prohibited);
• the traffic rules are supplemented with new paragraphs 12-1 and 12-2, defining actions that are prohibited and mandatory for persons driving individual vehicles.
In addition, the relevant paragraphs of the traffic rules are supplemented with the words “scooter” and “personal means of transportation”.
The following have been prohibited:
• management of private enterprises by persons under 14 years of age (except for management in enclosed spaces);
