Mexico City officials train to enforce new rules for electric bikes and scooters

Mexico City officials are preparing to enforce a new set of rules for electric scooters and bicycles that can exceed 25 kilometers per hour. Staff from the Mobility Secretariat and the Citizen Security Secretariat have begun specialized training ahead of the measures’ planned entry into force in November.

Members of Semovi’s Radar Road Support Group received instruction from the city’s security personnel on the updated Traffic Regulations. The training focuses on the requirements for personal electric mobility vehicles, known as VEMEPEs.

Authorities said riders can be sanctioned for failing to wear a helmet, entering sidewalks, bike lanes or restricted lanes, or lacking documents such as a license plate, driving licence and registration card. The rules are scheduled to begin generating fines on Nov. 20, following mobility-law changes that took effect in July.

The first two infractions carry fines of 10 UMAs, equivalent to 1,175 pesos. The third and fourth infractions carry 15 UMAs, or 1,762 pesos, while repeat offenders with more than five sanctions can receive a 20-UMA fine worth 2,350 pesos. “If the VEMEPE does not meet certain conditions, it will be seized, as motorcycles are,” Citizen Security Secretary Pablo Vázquez Camacho said.

Mobility Secretary Héctor Ulises confirmed the Nov. 20 enforcement date on Aug. 31. The measures come as shops continue selling some of the vehicles without license plates, according to reporting cited in the article.

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If the VEMEPE does not meet certain conditions, it will be seized, as motorcycles are.