SINGAPORE – A shop suspected of selling non-compliant active mobility devices (AMDs) in an industrial area in Woodlands was raided by Land Transport Authority (LTA) officers on Feb 23.
At the same time, a separate team of officers stopped AMD users on a footpath in Admiralty to conduct checks on their devices.
By the end of the operations – which The Straits Times was invited to observe – 19 illegal AMDs were seized, and LTA said it had detected 36 offences at both locations.
The offences included the display of non-compliant power-assisted bicycles (PABs), or e-bikes, for sale at the shop. On the footpath, officers confiscated AMDs that were non-compliant or unregistered, and those that had no or missing number plates.
LTA enforcement officers weighing a power-assisted bicycle during an enforcement operation in Admiralty on Feb 23. The e-bike was found to be 96.4kg, over the allowed maximum of 20kg.
ST PHOTO: LIM YAOHUI
In Singapore, AMDs governed under the Active Mobility Act include PABs, personal mobility devices (PMDs) such as kick-scooters and electric scooters, and personal mobility aids (PMAs) like motorised wheelchairs and mobility scooters for people with walking difficulties.
Of the 19 AMDs impounded on Feb 23, five were detected with the help of
LTA’s new speed measurement device
. The device, which LTA worked with Temasek Polytechnic to design, can test an AMD’s top speed when it is stationary.
Previously, enforcement action against speeding AMDs could be taken only when they were caught in the act, but not when they were stationary.
