Shenzhen police will unveil new measures to register and issue license plates for e-bikes that meet technical specifications.
The license plates can be recognized by electronic devices. This practice will initially be tried on e-bikes that are used by courier and delivery businesses, police said at a meeting Tuesday.
Detailed policies will be announced later.
By the end of November, the city reported 508 cases involving e-bikes and motorcycles that resulted in 100 deaths and 549 injuries, accounting for 40 percent of traffic accident fatalities.
Police will launch intensive actions against violations by e-bike riders, such as using motorist lanes, going through red lights, going in the wrong direction, entering restricted roads or areas, carrying cargo or passengers or not wearing helmets.
Violators won’t qualify for licenses unless their violations are exempted or canceled after they complete online training.
According to the city’s traffic rules, e-bike riders will be fined 300 yuan (US$42) for running a red light, or riding against the flow of traffic. The fine is 500 yuan for using a motorist lane. DUI drivers will be fined 500 to 2,000 yuan.
Starting from Tuesday, police will designate 10 road sections as demonstration roads for strictly implementing the rules on e-bikes and motorcycles. The road sections include Shennan Boulevard, Shennan Road, Binhe Boulevard, Binhe Road, Huanggang Road, Caitian Road, Lianhua Road, Luosha Road, the Nigang Road section between Honghu Flyover and Hongling Road, Wenjin North Road, the Beihuan Boulevard section between Shenyun Flyover and Nanhai Flyover, the Yueliangwan Boulevard section between Bao’an Flyover and Dongbin Flyover and the Shahe West Road section between Binhai Flyover and Dongbin Flyover.
In the month since the new traffic rules took effect Nov. 1, traffic violations decreased by 30.17 percent. In November, police received 11,187 congestion reports, a 23.16-percent decrease year on year. The number of fatalities also dropped by 33 percent to 18.