Kicksharing clients began to personally reduce their speed
Russian kicksharing companies introduce ratings for their clients that affect the speed at which they are allowed to drive electric scooters. This was reported to Izvestia by representatives of these companies.
For example, the Whoosh operator started using scoring for customers back in late May. According to a company representative, 89% of customers currently have a rating that allows them to develop a full speed of 25 km/h on personal mobility equipment (SIM). But for 11% of users, the "Sport" mode, which allows you to accelerate to these values, is closed because there is not enough data to assign them a rating: they are beginners or drive too little. Less than 1% of them had their rating lowered and, consequently, their speed was limited due to aggressive driving style or parking violations to 18-20 km/h.
"In case of proven violations of the rules, the service still applies sanctions: fines or blockages," the company added.
An industry source noted that due to insufficient information for rating, the speed is limited to about 6%: however, the necessary information usually accumulates over several weeks.
"We are currently testing it on a part of our user base, but in the near future it will appear on all accounts in the service's application. Violators will lose rating points, and the maximum speed of the electric scooter for them will decrease to 18-20 km/h," MTS Yuret noted.
According to Whoosh, in the first half of 2025, compared to the same period last year, accidents involving SIM decreased by 35%. The increased awareness of users is also confirmed by official data from the Ministry of Internal Affairs, according to which accidents involving SIM decreased by 20% in the first half of the year, MTS Yuret added.
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Apply the brake: electric scooter users began to personally slow down their speed
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