Scooter riders guilty of an accident are fined from 340 UAH to 17 thousand UAH and deprived of their driver’s license
At least 130 cases of accidents involving electric scooters have been considered in courts over the past 5 years, according to the court register search engine Babusya. 34% of them were considered in 2023. Scooter drivers can be fined from UAH 340 to UAH 17,000 for violations and lose their driver’s license for a year.
111 administrative and 22 criminal cases related to accidents with electric scooters were found in the court register as of July 2024.
The largest number of accidents involving scooters was recorded last year: 36 administrative and 10 criminal cases. However, the number of such proceedings is only increasing from year to year: more criminal cases have already been opened this year than in the entire year of 2021. Since the beginning of this year, the courts have already heard at least 16 administrative and 3 criminal cases involving scooters.
The most common types of accidents where scooter drivers are to blame are pedestrian collisions or property damage. In such cases, drivers mostly get off with a fine of UAH 340 to 850.
At the same time, the number of cases when scooter drivers are caught driving while intoxicated is increasing. For example, last year, a driver of a rented scooter hit a woman on the sidewalk. During the test, he was found to have 0.9 ppm of alcohol, which is about the same as after drinking 250 ml of vodka. The offender was fined UAH 17 thousand and deprived of his driver’s license for a year.
However, violators cannot always be fully prosecuted: drivers may not have a driver’s license and simply do not know the traffic rules. For example, a courier on an electric scooter rushing to deliver an order with 0.33 ppm in his bloodstream argued in court that he was sober and that the scooter was not a vehicle. However, these arguments did not help him avoid a fine of UAH 17 thousand. The driver’s license could not be confiscated, as required by law, because the offender never had one.
Our editorial team asked how the scooter rental business reacts to such statistics. Bolt and Jet companies said that the law does not require scooter riders to have a driver’s license, but according to the rules of their services, the driver must be an adult. It is worth noting that the services do not require documentary proof of age: users must enter their date of birth during registration.
Both companies noted that all trips are insured against damage to life or property of third parties. At the same time, if a minor is involved in an accident and pretends to be older when registering (as in the case of a teenager who rammed a car in Kyiv), the consequences of the accident are either not covered by insurance at all (Jet) or, depending on the circumstances, the service reserves the right to make a final decision (Bolt).
“At themoment, it is very important to develop clear and understandable traffic rules for electric scooters and liability for their violation at the legislative level. We don’t track all incidents with electric scooters, but we do monitor insurance claims – this year it is less than 0.001% of all trips,” comments Anton Milka, Head of Sharing Services Development at Bolt in Ukraine.
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As a reminder, in 2023, scooter drivers were legally recognized as full-fledged road users – but special rules for them have not yet been approved. Drivers of electric scooters, monowheels, etc. must move as far to the right of the roadway as possible, use reflective elements and helmets. At the same time, such vehicles are prohibited from driving on sidewalks and pedestrian paths.
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Ukrainian companies increased imports of tin and tin products by 7.8% in January-July – up to $1.536 mln (in July – $185 thousand),
According to customs statistics released by the State Customs Service of Ukraine, exports of tin and products amounted to $331 thousand (in July – $150 thousand) against $53 thousand in the same period a year earlier.
In 2023, exports of tin and products totaled $159 thousand vs. $424 thousand for 2022.
Tin is used primarily as a safe, non-toxic, corrosion-resistant coating in pure form or in alloys with other metals. The main industrial uses of tin are in white tinplate for food containers, in solder for electronics, in house piping, in bearing alloys, and in coatings made from tin and its alloys. The most important tin alloy is bronze (with copper). Another well-known alloy – pewter – is used for the manufacture of tableware.
Ukrainian enterprises in January-July decreased imports of lead and lead products by 14.4% to $610 thousand ($50 thousand in July).
According to customs statistics released by the State Customs Service of Ukraine, exports of lead and lead products decreased by 27.8% to $6.492 million (in July – $1.089 million).
Ukraine’s imports of lead and lead products decreased by 65.2% to $989 thousand in 2023.
Lead is currently mainly used in the production of lead-acid batteries for the automotive industry. In addition, lead is used to make bullets and some alloys.
The amount of electricity generated in China in July rose 2.5% year-on-year to a record 883.1 billion kWh, according to the State Statistics Office.
Including generation at hydroelectric power plants jumped 36.2% (to 166.4 billion kWh), at solar power plants – 16.4%, at nuclear power plants – 4.3%. Meanwhile, electricity production at thermal power plants fell by 4.9% (to 574.9 billion kWh).
In January-July, the country generated 5.32 trillion kWh, which is 4.8% higher than in the same period of 2023. At the same time, production at thermal power plants increased by 0.5% (to 3.58 trillion kWh). As reported, China’s power generation in 2023 increased by 5.2% to 8.9 trillion kWh.
India imported $3.13 billion worth of gold in July 2024, the country’s Ministry of Commerce and Industry said. This is 11% less than in July last year, but 2% more than in June this year.
Demand for gold in India both this year (the season of purchases – August-December), and in the long term can grow significantly due to the reduction of customs duties, says World Gold Council analyst Kavita Chako. Duties on gold have been reduced from 15% to 6%, on gold doré – from 14.35% to 5.35% – such a sharp decline has never been. Moreover, for almost 11 years the duties have never fallen below 10%. The changes came into force on July 24.
In total for 7 months of the year gold imports to India amounted to $22.234 billion, which is 12% more than the result of the corresponding period last year. India is one of the largest consumers of gold in the world, practically not producing it itself.
According to customs statistics released by the State Customs Service of Ukraine, zinc exports for seven months of this year amounted to $120 thousand (and in July – $21 thousand), while in January-July last year it amounted to $86 thousand.
Zinc exports abroad in 2023 amounted to $130 thousand against $1.331 million in 2022.
Pure metallic zinc is used to restore noble metals, used to protect steel from corrosion and for other purposes.
