From January 2024, illegal electric three- and four-wheeled vehicles are not allowed to drive on the road. Beijing Municipal Traffic Management Bureau stressed that the vast majority of "old-age walking cars" are illegal electric 3- and 4-wheels vehicles.

Many elderly people said that they had known that the illegal "old era walking car" would be banned from driving on theRoad. In 2022, there were 131 illegal electricThree and Four-wheeler traffic accidents in Beijing, with more than 131 deaths.