The ERA-GLONASS system is being tested to improve the safety of electric scooters

2023: The beginning of an experiment to connect electric scooters to ERA-GLONASS

An experiment on connecting electric scooters to the ERA-GLONASS state information system has started in Moscow. Testing is carried out with the participation of the Ministry of Industry and Trade of Russia, the Moscow Department of Transport, the Moscow data center, GLONASS JSC, NIIMA Progress JSC and IT Reserve JSC. GLONASS JSC announced this on July 3, 2023.

Every year the popularity of electric scooters is growing, while some owners do not comply with the rules, exceed the speed limit, travel on high-speed highways. To make scooters safer for everyone, we began testing geosoning technology together with colleagues and GLONASS JSC. We are confident that the results of the pilot project for the use of ERA-GLONASS and the equipping of personal electric scooters with such devices, together with changes in traffic rules, will form the basis for the safe movement of personal means of individual mobility, "said Maxim Liksutov, Deputy Mayor of Moscow for Transport.

On March 1, 2023, updated traffic rules came into force, which limited the maximum speed of personal mobility equipment to 25 km/h. The changes are designed to reduce the risks of severe accidents and make this type of transport safer.

When entering certain sections of Moscow, scooters will automatically reduce speed, ensuring compliance with the established rules, the safety of pedestrians and all road users. For this, electric scooters are equipped with special Russian-made trackers connected to ERA-GLONASS. The territories where the experiment takes place are divided into several zones with maximum speed restrictions - 10 km/h, 15 km/h or 20 km/h (sidewalks, pedestrian crossings, parks, etc.) The experiment will take place before the end of the season, "said Vasily Shpak, Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade of the Russian Federation.

Connecting to ERA-GLONASS creates equal conditions for users of electric scooters, allows both online and offline modes to install geozones with specific speed restrictions. At the same time, the Department of Transport of the capital will be able to quickly adjust and update these parameters, which will be automatically updated for connected scooters. This is an example of how ERA-GLONASS becomes a solution to the most acute problems, a universal digital tool for improving transport safety, "concluded the head of GLONASS JSC.