Rio De Janeiro Launches Telematics Rules for App Motorcyclists, Opens First Support Base

Overview

• Published on Oct. 16, the decree requires platforms to register only riders with clean criminal records and licensed vehicles, with a 45-day window to adapt.
• Companies must use telemetry to flag speeding, abrupt lane changes, dangerous maneuvers, riding on sidewalks or against traffic, and maintain a daily-updated 30-day score with at least 60% safe trips.
• Speed monitoring must be active within 45 days and other infraction tracking within 90 days, and platforms may not use incentives that encourage faster riding.
• Sanctions escalate from a safety-awareness course to 5-, 10- and 30-day access suspensions and possible delisting, with mandatory monthly reports to CET-Rio.
• The city opened the first of 12 climate-controlled support bases in Botafogo; 99 is the only platform to adhere so far and will install sites at Maracanã and Barra as the city signals strict enforcement and requires at least 45 days’ notice to riders before rollout.