Mobility scooters in Italy: the reason of a “missed revolution”. A potential resource for individual mobility in the Covid-19 era needs legislation
Mobility scooters have evolved up to modern cabin versions and to application of still futuristic solutions in the automotive sector: they could even be a resource for individual mobility in the Covid-19 era, but in Italy they seem unable to establish, mainly because of lacking and approximate legis...
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| author | Giuseppe Cannata Marialisa Nigro Concetta Ljoka Mihaela Murè Guerino Coluccia Laura Giordani Umberto Crisalli Calogero Foti |
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| description | Mobility scooters have evolved up to modern cabin versions and to application of still futuristic solutions in the automotive sector: they could even be a resource for individual mobility in the Covid-19 era, but in Italy they seem unable to establish, mainly because of lacking and approximate legislation. Article 46 of the Italian Highway Code generically delegates the definition of “machines for disabled persons” (not considered vehicles) to “current Community provisions”, but the explanatory note of heading 8713 of EU Combined Nomenclature of goods and EU Regulations 718/2009 and 2021/1367 equate mobility scooters to motor vehicles: as such they are an unknown entity for the Highway Code, therefore they should be considered unregulated atypical vehicles, which are forbidden in public areas. We propose the classification of mobility scooters as “motor vehicles” for both able and disabled persons and a specific regulation of their characteristics and circulation. Our legislative proposal could be useful even outside Italy, since some disputes at the European and National Courts and the absence of mobility scooters among the three-wheel vehicles and quadricycles categorized by EU Regulation 168/2013 are a symptom that they are still a controversial topic even abroad and need a clear-cut national and international legislation. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-fd40444dc0f64ef7a71fd283564bdcd92024-04-02T11:03:59ZengUniversità di Napoli Federico IITeMA: Journal of Land Use, Mobility and Environment1970-98891970-98702021-12-0114334336610.6093/1970-9870/82578257Mobility scooters in Italy: the reason of a “missed revolution”. A potential resource for individual mobility in the Covid-19 era needs legislationGiuseppe Cannata0Marialisa Nigro1Concetta Ljoka2Mihaela Murè3Guerino Coluccia4Laura Giordani5Umberto Crisalli6Calogero Foti7Università degli Studi di Roma "Tor Vergata"Department of Engineering Roma Tre University, Rome, ItalyPhysical and Rehabilitation Medicine Clinical Sciences and Translational Medicine Department Tor Vergata University, Rome, ItalyPhysical and Rehabilitation Medicine Clinical Sciences and Translational Medicine Department Tor Vergata University, Rome, ItalyOfficine Ortopediche S.r.l. via Casale Ricci 3, 03100 Frosinone, ItalyPhysical and Rehabilitation Medicine Clinical Sciences and Translational Medicine Department Tor Vergata University, Rome, ItalyDepartment of Enterprise Engineering “Mario Lucertini” Tor Vergata University, Rome, ItalyPhysical and Rehabilitation Medicine Clinical Sciences and Translational Medicine Department Tor Vergata University, Rome, ItalyMobility scooters have evolved up to modern cabin versions and to application of still futuristic solutions in the automotive sector: they could even be a resource for individual mobility in the Covid-19 era, but in Italy they seem unable to establish, mainly because of lacking and approximate legislation. Article 46 of the Italian Highway Code generically delegates the definition of “machines for disabled persons” (not considered vehicles) to “current Community provisions”, but the explanatory note of heading 8713 of EU Combined Nomenclature of goods and EU Regulations 718/2009 and 2021/1367 equate mobility scooters to motor vehicles: as such they are an unknown entity for the Highway Code, therefore they should be considered unregulated atypical vehicles, which are forbidden in public areas. We propose the classification of mobility scooters as “motor vehicles” for both able and disabled persons and a specific regulation of their characteristics and circulation. Our legislative proposal could be useful even outside Italy, since some disputes at the European and National Courts and the absence of mobility scooters among the three-wheel vehicles and quadricycles categorized by EU Regulation 168/2013 are a symptom that they are still a controversial topic even abroad and need a clear-cut national and international legislation.http://www.tema.unina.it/index.php/tema/article/view/8257mobility scooterselectric wheelchairselectric micromobilityurban mobilitylegislation |
| spellingShingle | Giuseppe Cannata Marialisa Nigro Concetta Ljoka Mihaela Murè Guerino Coluccia Laura Giordani Umberto Crisalli Calogero Foti Mobility scooters in Italy: the reason of a “missed revolution”. A potential resource for individual mobility in the Covid-19 era needs legislation TeMA: Journal of Land Use, Mobility and Environment mobility scooters electric wheelchairs electric micromobility urban mobility legislation |
| title | Mobility scooters in Italy: the reason of a “missed revolution”. A potential resource for individual mobility in the Covid-19 era needs legislation |
| title_full | Mobility scooters in Italy: the reason of a “missed revolution”. A potential resource for individual mobility in the Covid-19 era needs legislation |
| title_fullStr | Mobility scooters in Italy: the reason of a “missed revolution”. A potential resource for individual mobility in the Covid-19 era needs legislation |
| title_full_unstemmed | Mobility scooters in Italy: the reason of a “missed revolution”. A potential resource for individual mobility in the Covid-19 era needs legislation |
| title_short | Mobility scooters in Italy: the reason of a “missed revolution”. A potential resource for individual mobility in the Covid-19 era needs legislation |
| title_sort | mobility scooters in italy the reason of a missed revolution a potential resource for individual mobility in the covid 19 era needs legislation |
| topic | mobility scooters electric wheelchairs electric micromobility urban mobility legislation |
| url | http://www.tema.unina.it/index.php/tema/article/view/8257 |
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