The necessity and importance of the electric bicycle license plate, in addition to the traffic control department convenient management, in the event of traffic accidents can be timely tracked to the person responsible for the accident.

Recently, a middle-aged Chinese man who was driving an electric bicycle in the opposite direction on a section of Weiyecheng industrial park on Guanjing Road in Longhua District of Shenzhen City collided with an electric bicycle driven by an old man who was driving normally, after the incident, the man fled the scene driving a vehicle, the accident caused injuries to the elderly.

The Shenzhen Traffic Police received a report and set up a case-handling team to investigate the case. The case-handling police then took the scene surveillance video and, after comparing the license plate number of the electric bicycle several times, preliminarily determined that the license plate of the electric bicycle involved in the accident was HJ5X7X, however, it was not possible to identify the vehicle and the identity of the perpetrator and the direction of escape because of the blurred figures. This makes the case investigation into a moment of deadlock, but the case team is still persistent, do not miss any clues. After the investigation and analysis by means of the incident surveillance video, the police finally confirmed the suspect's activity track and further determined the residential area.After the video tracking, the police further locked down the suspect's location, confirmed the license plate number of the electric bicycle the suspect was driving, and initially learned where he lived, through personnel comparison and tracking, police further determined that the suspect is the man gong, will be arrested.

In accordance with the relevant provisions of the Road Traffic Safety Law of the People's Republic of China law, the criminal law of the People's Republic of China and the provisions on the procedures for handling traffic accidents, if a person escapes after a traffic accident, if it has not already constituted a crime, the Public Security Bureau Traffic Management Department may impose an administrative penalty of between 200 yuan and 2,000 yuan. Traffic accident escape, and has constituted a traffic accident crime, will be subject to more than 3 years, less than 7 years of fixed-term imprisonment of criminal punishment. If a person dies as a result of escape, he shall be punished with a fixed-term imprisonment of not less than 7 years.

If it is said that the escape man's electric bicycle did not have a license plate, whether this accident can be traced to him is unknown. From this, it can be seen that the necessity and importance of the electric bicycle's license plate hanging, in addition to the traffic management department convenient management, in the event of a traffic accident can be traced to the accident responsible person in a timely manner.