Navitime Japan has expanded the “Navigation System for Electric Kickboards,” which is being tested in cooperation with ADI, to provide a route search function for specified small motorized bicycles (such as so-called electric kickboards) in compliance with the revision of the Road Traffic Law that will come into effect on July 1. The new system is designed to provide a route search function for specified small motorized bicycles (such as so-called electric kickboards) in compliance with the revision of the Road Traffic Law that will take effect on July 1.
The revised Road Traffic Act defines electric small mobility vehicles, including electric kickboards, as “specified small motorized bicycles. The “Navigation System for Electric Kickboards” automatically searches and navigates routes to destinations in accordance with the revised law, taking into account regulations and other factors.
Specifically, the system will avoid areas where specified small mopeds are prohibited (such as large elevated structures, underpasses, tunnels, etc.), and will guide pedestrians and bicycles to areas where only pedestrians and bicycles are allowed to drive or push their way through (such as ramps on pedestrian bridges).
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