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From the digital driving license valid in Europe to super fines for scooters: what's new in the Highway Code

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The new Highway Code introduces the digital driving license on It-Wallet, also valid abroad, and proposes raising the age limit for professional driving of heavy vehicles from 68 to 70 years.
Furthermore, new rules are defined for micromobility, including the obligation to wear a helmet and license plate for 'super-bikes' and a warning flag for the transport of minors on e-bikes.

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The new Highway Code, made up of 291 articles, is the result of a consultation launched by the Ministry of Infrastructure and Transport with over one hundred operators and associations. It arrives at the Council of Ministers on 13 October.

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Traveling around Europe without a physical driving license in my wallet. It is one of the innovations contained in the new Highway Code (consisting of 291 articles) which arrives at the Council of Ministers on 13 October at the end of the consultation launched by the Ministry of Infrastructure and Transport with over one hundred operators and associations: the digital driving license on It-Wallet (available within the IO app), valid in the event of checks by the police, already had the same legal value as the physical document but only on national territory. From now on it will become to all intents and purposes a "European mobile driving licence" which will allow the digital document to be used even abroad.

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Road haulage, driving up to 70 years of age

The revision of the Highway Code should also include the possibility of increasing the age limit for professional driving of heavy goods vehicles with a mass exceeding 20 tonnes from 68 to 70 years (C and CE licences). A hypothesis on which the unions immediately said they were against: "For us - Filt Cgil clarified - the drivers of heavy vehicles are workers who should be included in the rules of strenuous work which should provide for an early exit".

The rule serves to address the shortage of drivers and is combined with another hypothesis: heavy vehicles, without trailers, which require a C1 and C license, driven even at 17 years of age with a B license and Cqc (driver qualification card).

Micromobility: safety and fines

The road rules updated by the Government will introduce an organic regulation of micromobility vehicles: the new category of "propelled cycles" is introduced, i.e. the "super-bikes" with an auxiliary electric motor used by riders for home deliveries and are differentiated from normal e-bikes, pedal-assisted electric bicycles. Helmet and license plate will be mandatory.

On e-bikes there will be an obligation to visually signal (a flag) for the transport of minors.

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The proposal to raise the age limit for professional driving to 70 will be the subject of negotiations between the government and unions in the coming months.
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Open Questions

When will the digital driving license valid throughout Europe actually come into force?
What will be the penalties for those who do not comply with the new rules on micromobility?
How will road hauliers be checked for their suitability to drive over the age of 68?