Why can't you buy a four-wheeled electric mobility scooter for seniors? What are the safety risks?

Because the four-wheeled elderly electric scooter belongs to the oversized car, does not meet the registration conditions, can not hang non-motorized license plate. The city's government has also been working on the development of a new vehicle, which can be used on the road, not to be bought.

Most of the unlicensed scooters on the market are illegal vehicles that do not meet the registration requirements for motor vehicles and cannot obtain a motor vehicle license plate. At the same time, most drivers have not been through traffic safety training, and did not obtain the appropriate motor vehicle license.

Without a driver's license, vehicle owners do not follow traffic signal instructions, there is a great safety hazard. In addition, no license can not be insured, once the traffic accident, the damage compensation can not be guaranteed.

Expanded information:

Mobility scooter is a medical device, the speed of which is basically controlled in the 5~10 kilometers per hour or less to low speed, brakes, safe, reliable and convenient as the standard, is not allowed to drive on the road.

Named mobility scooter, but the internal brakes, gas pedal, gears but all, the body is the configuration of the motor vehicle, 40 ~ 50 km / h speed and motor vehicles are no difference.

The mobility scooter is mainly battery or fuel-driven illegal assembly, assembled three-wheeled or four-wheeled vehicles, is not a standardized name, is a seller or manufacturer of a commercial call, is to meet the needs of elderly consumers to extend their own products.

The mobility scooter does not have any insurance, claims and other relief protection in case of an accident. Therefore, it brings great safety hazards and social instability to the person himself as well as other transportation participants and even the society.

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