Seoul City moved to improve the system to mandate driver's license checks during the lending process for electric scooters.
According to Seoul City on the 18th, the "Partial Amendment to the Seoul City Personal Mobility Safety Promotion local government ordinance" was pre-announced on the 15th and entered the public comment process.
The amended local government ordinance specifies an obligation for operators to check users' driver's licenses when lending electric scooters. If they fail to fulfill the license-check obligation, the mayor can ask the police and other relevant agencies to take corrective action.
Under current law, personal mobility (PM) devices such as electric scooters require a driver's license equal to or higher than a moped license to operate. However, there were 570 accidents involving unlicensed personal mobility operation over the past five years. Of these, 393 cases (68.9%) involved youths age 19 or younger, Seoul City said.
Seoul City plans to promulgate the amended local government ordinance after collecting public comments through the 23rd.