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Personal mobility vehicles, as established by the General Vehicle Regulations, are vehicles with one or more wheels equipped with a single seat and propelled exclusively by electric motors that can provide the vehicle with a maximum design speed of between 6 and 25 km. /h. They can only be equipped with a seat or saddle if they are equipped with a self-balancing system. This definition excludes vehicles for people with reduced mobility.
And to know the rules they have to follow users of this type of vehicle in their urban journeys and to do so safely, the General Directorate of Traffic (DGT) has created a video. In 2020, 8 deaths were recorded traveling in this type of vehicle, 7 of them on urban roads and 1 on interurban roads, roads where their use is prohibited.
Specific, they cannot circulate on the sidewalks and they are prohibited from circulating on interurban roads, crossings, motorways, dual carriageways or urban tunnels. Nor can they wear headphones, or use a mobile phone or any other device while driving.
Its drivers are subject to same maximum alcohol rates permitted by the Road Safety Law, as well as the prohibition of driving with the presence of drugs in the body.
The recent Traffic Law establishes the obligation for VMP drivers to use a protective helmet, in the terms determined by regulation. The DGT is already working on this regulatory development together with the municipalities and with the actors involved.
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