Beam Mobility, a personal mobility (PM) sharing service corporation, announced on the 18th that it has released research results in collaboration with the Transportation Mobility Research Lab of Chungbuk National University to enhance the safety and sustainable development of electric scooters.
The Transportation Mobility Research Lab of Chungbuk National University highlighted the need for tailored speed policies that match regional characteristics through a paper titled "Empirical Experiment on Speed Control of Electric Scooters" at the 2024 Fall Academic Conference of the Korean ITS Society. The research concluded that uniform speed reductions could hinder safety in certain areas, making the optimal speed settings that reflect road environments and usage behaviors essential.
The research team conducted experiments by setting different speed limits across various road environments in Seoul, confirming the need for tailored speed restrictions considering regional characteristics such as road width and pedestrian density; excessive speed reductions could disrupt driving consistency, increasing the risk of accidents; and that some areas do not require separate speed limits.
Beam Mobility provided second-by-second GPS data for the research, enhancing the effectiveness of data-driven analysis, and noted that this study contributes to establishing a scientific basis for region-specific PM policy formulation.
A Beam Mobility official said, "Designing policies that reflect regional characteristics and usage behaviors is crucial for the sustainable development of the PM industry and for creating a safe driving environment." They added, "We will continue to work through research collaborations to develop safer and more effective PM policies."