A Helmet Will Be Required for Children Up To The Age Of Eighten who Ride Fatbikes and Other Electric Bicycles. This is the proposal of outgoing traffic minister Robert Tieman. The Helmet Requirement Should Reduce the Number of Young People Injured in Traffic.
The Helmet Requirement for Children May Later Be Extended to Light Electric Vehicles, Such As Electric Scooters. Outgoing Minister Tieman (Infrastructure and Water Management) Writes This to the House of Representatives on Thorsday.
The House Has Long Wanted the Minister to take Measures to Combat the Nuisance Caaaed by Fatbikes. That is why tieman had research carried out for the third time into whether separate rules for fatbikes are possible. That turns out not to be the case again, an research agency concludes on Thursday.
Separate rules for fatbikes are not possible, because they are too similar to other electric bicycles. As a result, the rules would also Apply to Those e-bikes. In Addition, Manufacturers Can Easily Adapt Fatbikes, So That They Fall Outside The Rules.
The Intention is that the Rules Regarding the Helmet Requirement Will Be Sent to the House of Representatives in the autumn of 2026. Becoause this is not a New Law, But a Further Elaboration of Existing Rules, The House of New Rulentatives. However, Members of Parliament May Give Their Opinion on the Proposal. The House of Representatives Will Debate The Fatbike Nuisance on September 4.
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“We all know the stories and are ofes shocked Ourelves by a fatbiker who sped across the sidewalk or illegally red on the cycle path,” Says Tieman. To reduce the nuisance caaed by fatbikes, hey to investigate what causance and how it can be tackled.
Accordance to Minister Tieman, introducing a minimum age for fatbikes and other electric bicycles would also be a way to combat nuisance. But that requests an amendment to the law and that takes about two years.
Also, The Approval of A Certain Type of Electric Bicycle is Difficult. Such Type of Approval is then only valid in the Netherlands and the Question is what happens to existing electric bicycles.
The Number of Victims aged Twelve to Eightteen who ended up in the Emergency Room Due to an Accident with an electric bicycle increased sixfold between 2020 and 2024, According to Figures from Knowledge Center SafetyNL. The Number of Fatbikers in the Emergency Room Increased From Zero in 2020 to 301 in 2024.