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<p>The aim of this article is to create a comparative map of the problems related to light electric vehicles in Estonian and Latvian traffic management and outline some of the planned innovations to their traffic laws. The research problem of the article is to find out the main reasons why accidents involving light electric vehicles are so often and so serious. The main methods used are comparative analysis and interpretation of statistical data. The research results conclude that drivers of light cyclists often have poor driving skills, traffic rules are broken when riding a light cyclist in pairs and there are more drunk drivers among light cyclists compared with other groups of road users. The lack of roads for light electric vehicles and the poor quality of the roads used are also major problems.</p>
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The aim of this article is to create a comparative map of the problems related to light electric vehicles in Estonian and Latvian traffic management and outline some of the planned innovations to their traffic laws. The research problem of the article is to find out the main reasons why accidents involving light electric vehicles are so often and so serious. The main methods used are comparative analysis and interpretation of statistical data. The research results conclude that drivers of light cyclists often have poor driving skills, traffic rules are broken when riding a light cyclist in pairs and there are more drunk drivers among light cyclists compared with other groups of road users. The lack of roads for light electric vehicles and the poor quality of the roads used are also major problems.

Light electric vehicles have come to stay (problems and regulation in Estonia and Latvia)

Socrates. Rīga Stradiņš University Faculty of Law Electronic Scientific Journal of Law.

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The aim of this article is to create a comparative map of the problems related to light electric vehicles in Estonian and Latvian traffic management and...

Follow	2021	2022	2023
Road accidents	223	349	68
Injuries	230	356	70
Fatalities	0	1	0

Light electric vehicles have come to stay (problems and regulation in Estonia and Latvia)

Article Category: Research Article

Online veröffentlicht: 31. Okt. 2023

Seitenbereich: 51 - 57

DOI: https://doi.org/10.25143/socr.26.2023.2.51-57

Schlüsselwörter
climate neutrality, light electric vehicles, LEV, electric scooter, accidents, speed, pavement, pedestrian

© 2023 Silvia Kaugia et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Injuries to electric scooter drivers in Latvia (January–May)

Road traffic accidents with injuries involving light electric vehicle drivers in Estonia (Transpordiamet, 2023)

Light electric vehicles have come to stay (problems and regulation in Estonia and Latvia)

Article Category: Research Article

Online veröffentlicht: 31. Okt. 2023

Seitenbereich: 51 - 57

DOI: https://doi.org/10.25143/socr.26.2023.2.51-57

Schlüsselwörterclimate neutrality, light electric vehicles, LEV, electric scooter, accidents, speed, pavement, pedestrian

© 2023 Silvia Kaugia et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Injuries to electric scooter drivers in Latvia (January–May)

Road traffic accidents with injuries involving light electric vehicle drivers in Estonia (Transpordiamet, 2023)

Schlüsselwörter
climate neutrality, light electric vehicles, LEV, electric scooter, accidents, speed, pavement, pedestrian