MODERN ASPECTS OF RELATIONSHIP REGULATION IN THE FIELD OF ROAD SAFETY

Abstract

Purpose: is to study the current position of the domestic legislator on the regulation of public relations in the field of road safety in connection with the widespread use of personal light electric vehicles and the prospects for the development of legislation in this area. Methods: general scientific and special scientific methods were used, namely - formal-logical, comparative, system-structural, documentary, method of analysis, etc. Results: the need for legislative security of citizens is emphasized: both users of personal light electric vehicles and those around them. Solving this problem is the key to developing the legal framework in accordance with scientific and technological progress. Discussion: the article highlights the lack of normative regulation of the movement of vehicles, including those with electric motors, among the modern complex of determinants of road accidents. The development of technology requires society to respond quickly and clearly to new threats.

Ensuring road safety has always been and remains an urgent and important task facing every state. Analysis of the current set of causes and conditions of road accidents for successful preventive work shows that it is important in solving this problem to regulate the distribution of a large number of modern vehicles, including electric motors: electric scooters, electric self-balancing unicycles located along footrests (monocles), motorboats, etc. In addition, during the quarantine period due to the spread of COVID-19 coronavirus and restrictions on the use of public transport, the number of users of new equipment to facilitate movement increased significantly.

In Ukraine, the number of people who choose to travel in the city with electric motors is growing every year: electric self-balancing unicycles with longitudinal footrests (mono-wheels), etc. The use of the above means has many advantages, including environmental friendliness, mobility, economy, speed of movement and so on. However, despite the obvious advantages of their use, there is another side: in recent years, due to the widespread use of such vehicles, new determinants of road accidents have emerged. The most important factor in determining the accident involving new vehicles with electric motors is the lack of legal regulation of their movement. The need to know and comply with the Rules of the Road today for persons traveling by such means is not established by law, and they can be driven by minors of any age.

The experience of different countries shows that the basic requirements of almost every legislator for traffic regulation in modern realities are to equate persons driving electric traction vehicles to cyclists or drivers of mopeds / scooters, as well as to equate persons who use other means of transportation (roller skates, regular scooter, skateboard, etc.) to pedestrians. The main direction of eliminating the negative impact of this cause of accidents is the legal regulation of the movement of these vehicles, namely - making changes and additions to the legislation that would establish the rules of their operation and liability for violation of these rules. Explanatory work among the population, in particular among minors, on the safety of movement with the help of portable electric vehicles is also considered effective.