València Local Police Impounds 129 Electric Scooters in One Week

Intensified controls in various city neighborhoods have resulted in 219 fines for non-compliance with personal mobility regulations.

Generic image of an electric scooter wheel on a cobblestone street, with warm evening light.
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Generic image of an electric scooter wheel on a cobblestone street, with warm evening light.

The València Local Police has reinforced controls on electric scooters in various parts of the city, impounding 129 vehicles and issuing 219 fines in the first week of operations.

This initiative, explained by the Councillor for Mobility and Local Police, was designed to improve road safety and regulate the use of these vehicles. It responds to demands from neighborhood associations in areas where problems of coexistence and orderly use of public space between personal mobility vehicles (PMVs) and other residents have been detected.
The USAP (Security, Support, and Prevention Unit) and the PMV Group of the València Local Police's Road Safety Unit are intensifying controls in neighborhoods such as Saïdia, Orriols, Malva-rosa, Roqueta, and Beteró. The operational balance for the first week, which includes April 23, 24, 27, and 28, and May 4 and 5, shows 161 vehicles controlled, 219 fines, and 129 PMV impoundments.

"The reinforcement of these controls allows combining preventive surveillance, technical inspection, and sanctioning action when necessary, prioritizing areas with neighborhood complaints, repeated infringing behavior, or specific risks for vulnerable people."

the Councillor for Mobility and Local Police
Approximately 80.1% of the inspected vehicles were impounded, highlighting the significance of the detected non-compliance. The Local Police will maintain this operation in all neighborhoods where detected conflict makes specific police presence necessary, and will continue to evaluate campaign results to guide future actions in 'micromobility' and urban road safety.
One of the novelties of these actions is the requirement of three conditions related to vehicle identification, control, and traceability: civil liability insurance, vehicle registration with the DGT, and the vehicle's identification label. These measures aim to enhance road safety and facilitate the identification of electric scooters.
Among the most common infractions detected are riding with helmets or headphones (49 fines), lack of civil liability insurance (55 fines), and non-compliance with regulatory technical characteristics (29 fines), which includes tampering with PMVs to disable speed limits or installing external batteries to modify the electrical system. There were also 8 infractions for positive drug tests and 2 fines for refusing alcohol or drug tests.