{"id":17190,"date":"2025-12-06T00:29:35","date_gmt":"2025-12-05T16:29:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=17190"},"modified":"2025-12-06T00:29:35","modified_gmt":"2025-12-05T16:29:35","slug":"lta-deploys-new-gadget-to-target-illegally-modified-active-mobility-devices-singapore-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=17190","title":{"rendered":"LTA deploys new gadget to target illegally modified active mobility devices, Singapore News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p data-start=\"90\" data-end=\"251\">The Land Transport Authority (LTA) has a new tool to nab errant users who have modified their active mobility devices to exceed the maximum speed limits.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"90\" data-end=\"251\">Of the 91 such devices which were impounded by LTA last month, 18 were detected using the new speed measurement device, which was developed in partnership with Temasek Polytechnic.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"90\" data-end=\"251\">In a Facebook post on Thursday (Dec 4), LTA said its new gadget &#8220;is able to detect devices that have been modified to to exceed the maximum speed limits \u2014 25 km\/h for power-assisted bicycles and personal mobility devices, and 10 km\/h for personal mobility aids&#8221;.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"253\" data-end=\"433\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"476\" width=\"267\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/video.php?height=476&amp;href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Freel%2F883366011320487%2F&amp;show_text=false&amp;width=267&amp;t=0\" allowfullscreen=\"\" allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; picture-in-picture; web-share\">\u00a0<\/iframe><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"90\" data-end=\"251\">Last month, the authority detected 246 active mobility offences, such as riding or keeping non-compliant devices.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"90\" data-end=\"251\">Responding to AsiaOne&#8217;s queries, LTA said there were 44 off-road accidents involving active mobility devices in the first half of 2025, compared with 104 for the whole of 2024.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"253\" data-end=\"433\">According to the Active Mobility Act, those who modify their own or others&#8217; active mobility devices face a fine of up to $20,000 and\/or up to 2 years&#8217; jail.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"253\" data-end=\"433\">Repeat offenders face a fine of up to $40,000 and\/or up to 4 years&#8217; jail.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>[[nid:726007]]<\/p>\n<p>xingying.koh@asiaone.com<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.asiaone.com\/singapore\/lta-speed-measurement-device-illegally-modified-active-mobility-PMD-PAB\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article At Source <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Land Transport Authority (LTA) has a new tool to nab errant users who have modified their active mobility devices to exceed the maximum speed&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":17191,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2611],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17190","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-buzz-headlines","wpcat-2611-id"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17190","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=17190"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17190\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/17191"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=17190"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=17190"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=17190"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}