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Draft rule on e-tricycles debated at hearing
    2018-07-25  08:53    Shenzhen Daily

LAWMAKERS, representatives from businesses and police had a heated debate over whether electric tricycles should be allowed on Shenzhen’s roads at an online hearing Monday.


The hearing, organized by Shenzhen Legislative Affairs Office, which invited 100 participants including 30 enterprises and 70 individuals, was aimed at seeking suggestions on the management of electric bikes and tricycles on roads.


According to the draft rule, the city will designate banned, restricted and nonrestricted roads for e-bikes including e-tricycles. The couriers will be allowed to use e-tricycles in the restricted and banned areas after they registered with the police authority and received business permits.


The traffic police authority suggested not lifting the ban on e-tricycles as there were no national technical standards for tricycles. The tricycles on Shenzhen roads have all been illegally refitted and are operated without a license. Shenzhen police had been planning to enforce the tricycle ban Aug. 1. Tricycle drivers would face a fine of 2,000 yuan (US$294) and  detention of up to 15 days, and the vehicles would be impounded.


The police said that e-tricycles should be treated as vehicles.


If tricycles are allowed on roads, they will disrupt traffic, whether they are running on motorist lanes or the pavement, police said. If the delivery service industry is allowed to use tricycles, it will be unfair to other industries such as urban cleaners who also use e-bikes and e-tricycles.


At the hearing, a representative of the city’s postal service said tricycles should be allowed to be used with a license due to their convenience and capacity in handling door-to-door services. The postal service suggested 20,000 to 40,000 tricycles be licensed, saying that the number wouldn’t cause congestion in the city. Representatives from the delivery service industry suggested that authorities unify technical standards, install GPS in the tricycles, and implement a credit rating system on tricycle drivers and delivery enterprises.


At the hearing, an expatriate representative identified as Eric who works for an airline company in Shenzhen, suggested unifying the technical standards for e-bikes.


However, Yang Qin, a deputy to Shenzhen Municipal People’s Congress, said the ban on e-tricycles shouldn’t be lifted as the management on tricycles could cause high administrative costs, adding that delivery companies should not only consider their costs, but also the requirements of modern traffic.


Dong Wei, vice president with Shenzhen Urban Traffic Planning and Design Institute, said it would be appropriate to allow e-tricycles in designated areas for courier services.  (Han Ximin)

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