Compusalry road insurance must be purchased for heavier and faster electric scooters from December, but the final details are yet to be agreed upon.Registering vehicles has not been ruled out.
The new policy stems from a European Union directive which will be adopted by the end of the year.It will apply to vehicles that weigh at least 25 kilograms and have a top speed above 14 kilometers per hour.
“If a person is the owner of such a scooter, he or she will have to find an insurance company, just as he or she would find an insurer for his or her vehicle, and take out motor insurance,” Siiri Tõniste, head of the financial services policy department of the Ministry of Finance, told Tuesday’s “Aktuaalne kaamera” (AK).
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