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Vehicle administration sued in landmark motorcycle case
     2014-August-28  08:53    Shenzhen Daily

    A MAN is suing the local vehicle administration office after it rejected his request for motorcycle registration and a license plate, the Southern Metropolis Daily reported yesterday.

    The case, which is considered a turning point for the city’s ban on motorcycles because of the strength of the claims made by the man, Ke Nan, will be tried at Nanshan District People’s Court today.

    Ke, a 35-year-old who is fond of motorcycles, had his request for a license plate to be used on his new motorcycle rejected by the city’s vehicle administration office in March. A rejection notice from the office said the reason was Shenzhen has banned motorcycles from roads, although no explanation was given to support this claim. Ke then took the office to court, pleading that his motorcycle be registered within five days.

    He said in his plea that his motorcycle is eligible for motor vehicle registration since it’s in compliance with the city’s road safety laws and traffic regulations. He said it was a violation of related laws and regulations that the vehicle administration office rejected his request by using the excuse that the city has banned motorcycles from roads.

    The vehicle administration office defended itself by citing a regulation that bans motorcycles from roads starting Jan. 1, 2008. It said the city suspended registration for all motorcycles since the law’s inception.

    Mao Peng, a lawyer from Guangdong Junyan Law Firm, said the law, which bans motorcycles from roads, doesn’t ban motorcycles from being registered or from receiving a license plate, and the vehicle administration office is obliged to issue a license plate for all eligible vehicles.

    Public opinion is divided on the motorcycle ban. Some netizens, in an online poll, said people would resort to motorcycles as a convenient means of transportation in places where public transportation is lacking.

    The city’s traffic bureau has made several unsuccessful attempts to ban motorcycles from roads.

    In 2003, an amendment to the city’s road traffic management regulation requested the ban be written into law, but it wasn’t approved by the Standing Committee of Shenzhen Municipal People’s Congress.

    In June this year, the bureau proposed to write into law that motorcycles and electric bikes won’t be allowed to register or ride on the city’s roads, but the proposal was again not approved because of strong public opposition.

    (Anna Zhao)

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