With the popularity of the automobile, the mainland has also set off a wave of national driving license tests, starting from people born after 90 or even after 80, as long as the age reaches 18 years old, most of them will choose to obtain a motor vehicle driving license. According to statistics, as of now, the number of drivers in the mainland has reached 456 million, of which 414 million are C-class drivers.
Although the popularity of driver's licenses in the mainland is very high, the number of cars is also very large, and many families with ordinary economic conditions will often choose small and inexpensive electric vehicles when traveling for short distances every day.
Having a driver's license is actually a double-edged sword, in most people's cognition, as long as you have a C1 or motorcycle driver's license, it means that you have the qualification to drive a motor vehicle. But the driver's license is not a panacea, if you only hold a C1 driver's license, there are 3 types of electric vehicles can not be driven at will, otherwise once found, you will face the penalty of deducting the car, fines and demerit points.
Electric moped class
There are three main types of two-wheeled electric vehicles, including "electric bicycles, electric mopeds, and electric motorcycles".
How to distinguish between these three types of models?
Electric motorcycle: speed greater than 50Km/h
Electric moped: speed greater than 25Km/h, within 50Km/h
Electric bicycle: speed less than 25Km/h, voltage less than 48V, motor power less than 400W, with foot pedals.
What are the road conditions for these three types of models?
Electric mopeds: F certificate, E certificate, D certificate;
Electric motorcycle: hold E certificate, D certificate;
Electric bicycle: No driver's license is required, and the driving of an electric bicycle on the road should be at least sixteen years old.
It should be noted that although electric bicycles are non-motorized vehicles and do not require a driver's license, they still need to have a good license plate and wear a good helmet to drive on the road.
Electric lightweight tricycle
According to the "Technical Conditions for the Use of Pure Electric Passenger Vehicles" stipulated by the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, for three-wheeled "electric" drive models, as long as the speed of the vehicle is not higher than 25 kilometers per hour, it belongs to the type of light three-wheeled motorcycle.
Recreational electric tricycles belong to the moped type and require a driver's license F.
Heavy-duty electric tricycle
According to the provisions of the "Technical Conditions for the Safety of Motor Vehicle Operation", for three-wheeled "electric" drive models, which do not meet the non-motor vehicle standards, and the vehicle size is not more than 2000×1000×1100mm, it belongs to the "positive three-wheeled moped".
The carriage of this vehicle is large, mainly used to pull goods, but it should also be noted that this kind of heavy load is generally a handle type, you need to take a D photo to get on the road, if it is a steering wheel type, it belongs to a three-wheeled car, you can drive with C1.
Through the above analysis, it can be seen that these 4 kinds of electric vehicles are "motor vehicles", and the quasi-driving license does not include C1, so if you hold a C1 driving license, to drive these models that are not within the driving license, it is a violation of the road traffic law in the "quasi-driving type does not meet the motor vehicle".
The type of quasi-driving car does not meet the penalty standards
So, what kind of penalties will be imposed on motor vehicles that "do not match the quasi-driving type"? According to the penalties in the Road Traffic Law, a fine of between 200 and 2,000 for non-compliance with the permitted driving type can be combined with detention for up to 15 days, while according to the existing Regulations on the Application and Use of Motor Vehicle Driving Licenses, the non-conformity of the permitted driving type imposes a penalty of 12 points on the driver's license.
However, the good news is that according to the Regulations on the Application and Use of Motor Vehicle Driving Licenses (Decree No. 162 of the Ministry of Public Security), for non-conformity with the type of quasi-driving, the score will be lowered from 12 points to 9 points, and the whole deduction will not be completed at one time, and the subject one will be directly re-examined, and the revised version will be officially implemented on April 1, 2022.
brief summary
The above is about the C1 and motorcycle driver's license, electric two-wheeled, three-wheeled, four-wheeled vehicles can not be opened casually related to the relevant content, in fact, it can be clear that C1 driver's license in addition to non-motorized electric bicycles and legal electric four-wheeled vehicles can be driven, other electric vehicles are not eligible to drive.