Important changes affecting electric scooter users in Hungary
Nowadays, electric scooters enjoy enormous popularity. People like them for a set of reasons, they are easy to carry around and they are relatively fast. However, changes will affect electric scooter enthusiasts in Hungary. The range of vehicles that must be covered by compulsory vehicle insurance will be extended from 16 July.
Compulsory insurance for electric scooters
As Telex has reported, the Association of Hungarian Insurance Companies (MABISZ) highlighted today that according to the latest regulations announced on the 30th of April, certain micro-mobility devices, including certain electric scooters, will be covered by compulsory vehicle insurance.
How does it affect you?
Each operator must verify their vehicle’s net mass and design speed. Insurers have until 8 June to establish tariffs for micro-mobility equipment, a new provision. Currently, estimating premiums for compulsory motor liability insurance for these vehicles is not feasible.
Under the Compulsory Motor Insurance Act, an unregistered vehicle, lacking a registration number, is deemed the responsibility of the operator. Therefore, it’s crucial to confirm if the vehicle requires compulsory motor insurance coverage before use.
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These scooters need to be gotten rid of. They make people lazy and contribute to the obesity epidemic. What: We walk and exercise TOO MUCH that we need to cut back on it!?! They litter the sidewalks, creating obstacles for people with reduced mobility. They are not infrequently ridden by inconsiderate imbeciles on sidewalks, recklessly and at high speeds, weaving through pedestrians, even when there are dedicated bicycle tracks right next to them (and those bicycle paths were created by the usual suspects, at massive cost to the taxpayer, but are hardly used by anybody – remember that come June 9th!). The batteries needed to power them contain components that were sourced through African child slave labor. And the electricity needed to recharge them sure as heck doesn’t come from solar or wind or even unicorn farts.
It was a cute little experiment, many people got their kickbacks at taxpayers’ expense, but it’s now time to wind the whole scam down.