Register of Personal Mobility Equipment (IMS)

2024

Ministry of Transport: 420 million rubles are needed to create a register

On September 13, 2024, the Ministry of Transport of Russia announced amendments to the traffic rules of the Russian Federation. We are talking, in particular, about the creation of a state register of micromobility means and regional information systems for controlling the movement of transport.

Innovations suggest that mopeds, e-bikes and SIM (means of individual mobility) will be combined under the single term "means of micromobility": their owners will need to register in the created state register. The state service will be accompanied by the issuance of a "registration mark" for installation on transport (an analogue of a car number) and a "registration mark" (QR code). Regional registers to control movement and violators will be created in Moscow, St. Petersburg, Sevastopol and cities with a population of more than 50 thousand people.

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It is said that the creation of a register of electric scooters will cost a total of 420 million rubles. The basic costs will amount to 294 million rubles. As part of the initiative, large cities will be able to form a regional information system of micromobility tools to control new modes of transport. The creation of such systems will require about 100 million rubles of co-financing from the federal budget. Another 25 million rubles will be required for the maintenance of the register.

The platform operator will be the Agency for Road Transport (Rosavtotrans), subordinate to the Ministry of Transport. The obligation to register micromobility funds will begin to operate approximately in 2026.

The document says that cyclists and persons using means of individual mobility for movement should not move at a speed of more than 10 km/h when ahead of a pedestrian, as well as when crossing with him. At the same time, the owners of these vehicles must maintain such a distance to the pedestrian that would avoid a collision with him.^[1]

Work on creating a registry

The Ministry of Transport of Russia is starting to create a unified register of personal mobility means (SIM), including electric scooters. According to the plan presented by the department in July 2024, each device will be assigned a unique accounting number and radio frequency tag for identification.

According to the Parliamentary Gazette, Artem Sheikin, a member of the Federation Council Committee on State Building and Constitutional Legislation, announced the preparation of relevant amendments to the second reading of the bill on the additional responsibility of SIM users.

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The new accounting system will affect not only rolling electric scooters, but also devices purchased for personal use. Individuals, individual entrepreneurs and legal entities will be required to register their electric scooters, having received an individual registration number and a radio frequency beacon.

The creation of the SIM register is provided for in paragraph 4 of the road map of the Ministry of Transport for regulating the use of personal mobility means. In addition to the registration number and sign, owners will be given a special mark of radio frequency identification. These measures will allow automatic recording of offenses and identification of violators.

In preparation for the second reading of the bill on fines for drivers of electric scooters, proposals for tougher sanctions are being considered. In particular, an increase in the fine for leaving the scene of an accident by a person using SIM or a bicycle from 4-5 thousand rubles to 20-30 thousand rubles is being discussed.

According to the bill adopted in the first reading, riding an electric scooter or bicycle while intoxicated will be punished with a fine of 20 to 30 thousand rubles. For speeding, a fine of 500 to 5 thousand rubles is provided. Causing minor harm to health in an accident will entail a fine of 2 to 5 thousand rubles, and moderate harm - from 10 to 15 thousand rubles.

The need to tighten control over SIM is due to an increase in the number of incidents involving them. According to data, MINISTRY OF INTERNAL AFFAIRS Russia if in 2019 142 such incidents were registered, then in 2023 their number increased to 3,177. At the same time, most of the victims are SIM drivers themselves.^[2]

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