What documents give the right to drive a scooter

Scooters represent a vehicle with an engine capacity of up to fifty cubic centimetres. On the Russian internal classification they belong to mopeds, to control which it is necessary to get the right category "M".

The classification of vehicles and requirements for persons who run them, is given in the law "On road safety". However, the owners of scooters do not find their vehicle in a specified classification that raises numerous questions at the stage of purchase. The main problem is obtaining the right to control the scooter because of this transport to a particular type depends on the category of licence will have to obtain in the prescribed manner. To ride a scooter without a license is prohibited, because even these vehicles at the present time, there is a separate category, which are forced to take the drivers exam.

What category is specified in the driving permit for a scooter?

In accordance with the Russian classification of vehicles scooters are mopeds, since the working volume of the engine does not exceed fifty cubic centimeters. Therefore, to be eligible for driving water scooters should undergo training and get right with the category "M", which was specially introduced in the named Federal law to increase safety on the roads. Note that to obtain a driver's license with this category is open to any person under the age of sixteen and who have fulfilled other statutory requirements for obtaining the necessary knowledge and skills. In some countries, scooters are allowed to operate without any documents, but in Russia such actions are an administrative offence.

What kind of liability would follow for the management of the scooter without papers?

Since the presence of a driver's license category "M" is mandatory for any driver of the scooter in the vehicle when the absence of the appropriate law shall be punished administratively. Special administrative responsibility for the owners of mopeds is not provided, so they are punished on the same basis. So, for driving a scooter without proper documents will have to pay a fine, the amount of which will be from five to fifteen thousand rubles. A more severe punishment will follow if the right to control the vehicle the driver is missing because of his deprivation.