New rules could make 5,000 Vienna “pizza mopeds” practically unusable overnight
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- New rules in Austria will classify pizza mopeds, fat bikes and seated e-scooters as motor vehicles from Oct. 1.
- The vehicles will have to move from bike paths onto roads, while the required registration is reportedly difficult to obtain.
- Around 5,000 delivery vehicles in Vienna could become practically unusable under the change.
Around 5,000 delivery vehicles in Vienna could become practically unusable overnight under new rules taking effect on Oct. 1.
The regulation will classify “pizza mopeds,” fat bikes and e-scooters with seats as motor vehicles. They will no longer be allowed to use bike paths and will have to move onto the road.
The central problem, according to the report, is registration. Although the vehicles are widely used for deliveries, obtaining the registration they will need is said to be barely possible. Vienna has around 5,000 delivery vehicles of this kind, in addition to numerous privately owned electric mopeds.
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Originally published by Der Standard in German. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.
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