In recent years, electric bicycles have become an important means of transportation for residents' daily travel. According to data released by industry associations and the Ministry of Public Security, the current number of electric bicycles in China is 350 million, with an average annual production of 35 million. However, traffic accidents caused by electric bicycles are also showing an increasing trend, among which injuries and fatalities caused by speeding are not uncommon. Electric bicycles with a maximum speed of 25 kilometers per hour can easily catch up with motorcycles; The screen displays a speed of only "25", but the actual speed has doubled; The speed limit that should not have been adjustable has become "controllable"... Recently, People's Daily reporters visited multiple cities including Beijing, Zhengzhou, Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Nanjing, Liaoyang, etc. to investigate the phenomenon of electric bicycles "lifting speed limits". Can the speed limit be lifted in less than 1 minute? Electric bicycles speeding wildly on the motor vehicle lane. Photo by Dong Zhaorui, a reporter from People's Daily Online: "I have already reached the maximum speed, but I have been overtaken by electric bicycles around me one by one." Beijing resident Xue Tongyu bought a new electric bicycle to pick up and drop off her child from school. On the first day of riding, she discovered the problem. "The merchant told me that it was other electric bicycles that lifted the speed limit." Considering safety issues, Xue Tongyu does not plan to lift the speed limit. Similarly used to pick up and drop off children, Zhengzhou citizen Liu Yulei chose to learn about speed limits. The kindergarten opens at 8 o'clock, and I have to show up at the office to clock in before 8:30. Every morning is like rushing to battle, I find it slow even when the speed limit is lifted, "he said. How did People's Daily reporter Dong Zhaorui solve the speed limit? In order to investigate, the reporter visited multiple electric bicycle sales stores as a consumer. At a store in Yangzhou, a consumer happened to purchase a new car and requested to lift the speed limit. A staff member took out a remote key shaped decoder, while another staff member was responsible for tightening the accelerator. The two of them unlocked the speed limit in less than a minute. Beijing resident Xiao Li also told reporters about the process of the merchant breaking the speed limit: "Just swipe a small card on the screen and it's amazing! The merchant said, 'As long as it's an electric bicycle with NFC function from this brand, it can be broken with this one.' Who paved the way for speeding? The reporter learned during the interview that speed limits can be divided into "soft solutions" and "hard solutions". Some manufacturers have 'backdoors' that allow them to design specific programs that can modify the speed limit parameters of electric bicycles and solve the speed limit, which is called' soft solution ', "an industry insider who declined to be named told reporters. 'Soft solution' is just the first step in speeding up, and those who are not satisfied with it may choose to modify their electric bicycles, which is known as' hard solution '. Using a decoder to solve speed limits has limited speed improvement. If you want to be faster, you need to replace the motor, "a staff member at a store in Zhengzhou told reporters." Generally, customers who request modification need to replace the motor with a higher power or increase the number of batteries to meet their pursuit of higher speed. "Based on this situation, the reporter conducted another investigation. When talking with takeaway riders near Xintiandi Square in Nanjing, the reporter found that most riders rented or bought second-hand electric bicycles that had been modified. A delivery rider showed the reporter his rented "Black Knight", and the reporter witnessed it firsthand. With the rear wheels not touching the ground, the rider continued to accelerate by twisting the handle, reaching a speed of 95 kilometers per hour. Electric bicycles neatly arranged in modified car sales stores. Photo by Zhang Hantian from People's Daily Online. Through the introduction of the rider, the reporter found the store where he rented the car. This store is hidden in Yao'an New Village Community, Qixia District. It is an electric bicycle swapping station and also sells or leases modified electric bicycles. This batch of cars has just arrived and has already been reserved by many people, "the shop owner pointed to the latest batch of modified electric vehicles from a certain brand and said. The reporter noticed that these modified electric bicycles are not visually different from the unmodified ones. The shop owner said, "This car can reach a speed of 70 to 80 kilometers per hour and can also support larger capacity batteries." Why can't the hand that "locks" the speed limit be released? In recent years, various regions have increased inspections and penalties for the illegal lifting of speed limits on electric bicycles. However, there are also many cases of "stopping at the sound of the wind and returning to its original state once the wind passes". Not long ago, the Fire Brigade of Liaoyang City, Liaoning Province, in conjunction with the Market Supervision Bureau of the city, carried out a joint inspection of electric bicycles. However, the reporter found in this investigation that the inspection was not small in scale, but the effect was average. Some stores still regarded lifting the speed limit as a promotional gimmick. If you want to buy a car at my house, I'll help you understand. You don't have to worry about how to operate it, "a store staff member told reporters. The staff of another brand's store directly stated, "Our car has a large motor, which can reach 35 kilometers per hour without dismantling, and some can reach 45 kilometers per hour." In order to "tie" the hands of lifting the speed limit, the Beijing Municipal Administration for Market Regulation has held several warning talks with electric bicycle production and sales units since the beginning of this year, interviewing the leaders of production enterprises and sales agents in Beijing. Under high pressure, do businesses still dare to lift speed limits for consumers? The reporter visited several sales stores in Beijing, and when asked if the speed limit could be lifted, they were all turned down: "Now the inspection is strict and cannot be lifted. If you want to lift it, you can find a solution yourself." Under the reporter's questioning, a salesperson said, "You can go online and see if there are tutorials, you can study it yourself. It's not difficult." After searching online, the reporter found that there are really many related tutorials, not only detailed explanations with pictures and text, but also videos. On e-commerce platforms, there are also loopholes in regulation. The reporter searched for many businesses related to speed limits on a certain platform, and the words "specializing in slow driving", "speeding up", "doing whatever you want" and other words on the promotional pictures of the products were very prominent. The reporter also found that decoding products that belong to illegal tools are disguised as anti-theft or alarm devices when sold online to evade supervision. After the consumer places an order, the merchant will send the user manual for decoding the product to the consumer. How to stop electric bicycles from racing wildly? Removing speed limits is also a modification of electric bicycles, which is illegal Guangzhou traffic police told reporters that electric bicycles undergo strict whole machine testing during production, and unauthorized speed limits or modifications will damage their overall performance and bring great hidden dangers to driving. After the speed limit is lifted, due to the lack of strengthened braking, the braking distance of the vehicle will increase, which will directly increase the probability of traffic accidents. In addition, electric bicycles are relatively light in weight and can easily lose balance when driving at high speeds, causing skidding, overturning, etc. Behind the phenomenon of speed limit lifting, there is actually a chain of interests: some manufacturers, in order to increase sales and revenue, ignore the safety of consumers and leave a "backdoor" for speed limit lifting, while sales stores use the ability to lift speed limits as a promotional gimmick to attract consumers and are responsible for lifting speed limits. To solve the problem of illegal modifications being repeatedly banned, we need to find ways to conduct strict investigations, such as strengthening online supervision, enhancing registration management, and strengthening road enforcement. More importantly, we need to start from the source of production and sales enterprises, requiring them to strictly comply with relevant national regulations, while strengthening supervision and management of sales enterprises, so that electric bicycles that can be tampered with 'dare not show their heads' and' cannot be driven on the road ' Professor Zhang Aimin from the School of Politics and Public Administration at Guangxi University for Nationalities said. Guangzhou strengthens the full chain management of electric bicycles through legislation. The Guangzhou Electric Bicycle Management Regulations (hereinafter referred to as the "Regulations") will officially come into effect on December 30th of this year. Among them, the Regulation specifies the anti tampering requirements for electric bicycles, stipulating that the software and hardware of electric bicycles produced and sold must have anti tampering design, and no space shall be reserved for increasing the maximum design speed. At the same time, it is proposed to establish a responsibility investigation mechanism, and the traffic police department will strictly investigate the illegal modification and speeding of electric bicycles on the road, and transfer relevant information clues to the market supervision department for responsibility investigation. In specific practice, Zhang Aimin suggested: "Various regions can promote and strengthen the certification management of 'one vehicle, one pool, one code' to block illegal modification." At the end of June this year, the Nanjing Market Supervision Bureau took the lead in implementing coding management for newly sold electric bicycles in Jiangsu Province, and established a unified electric bicycle coding management system called 'Ning'anxing', which has been registered and used in more than 2000 sales stores throughout the city. The system collects core component information to generate a unique and recognizable QR code, thereby achieving traceability management of "one car, one pool, one code". Various regions can learn from the experience of Nanjing and implement digital management of coding for newly registered electric bicycles Lu Jinlong, the president of Jiangsu Electric Bicycle Association, stated that in the production or sales process of electric bicycles, "QR code+chip" labels should be affixed to assign codes; During the registration process, QR code registration is implemented; Implement QR code management during the passage, parking, and maintenance processes; In the recycling process, implement QR code recycling and closed-loop management. Lu Jinlong also mentioned that there are currently over 20 million non-standard electric bicycles in Jiangsu Province alone, and how to phase out and replace these electric bicycles is a complex project. In terms of elimination and replacement, various regions can implement an integrated reward and subsidy elimination policy for non national standard electric bicycles, which includes' government subsidies, enterprise concessions, recycling offsets, and dealer benefits', to ensure a steady and orderly promotion of elimination. "Lu Jinlong suggested. In response to the demand for electric bicycles from special groups, Lu Jinlong also called on relevant departments and food delivery companies to refer to the practice of "postal dedicated vehicles" and formulate relevant regulations for "dedicated vehicles". The enterprise will coordinate the bidding and procurement of "electric delivery vehicles" that meet the standards, with a unified appearance and license plate, and purchase insurance for delivery drivers who have obtained a driver's license. (New Society)