{"id":93536,"date":"2026-10-16T23:15:01","date_gmt":"2026-10-16T15:15:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=93536"},"modified":"2026-10-16T23:15:01","modified_gmt":"2026-10-16T15:15:01","slug":"up-lorry-what-happens-after-a-non-compliant-mobility-device-is-impounded-singapore-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=93536","title":{"rendered":"Up lorry: What happens after a non-compliant mobility device is impounded, Singapore News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>The Land Transport Authority&#8217;s (LTA) active mobility enforcement officers are known to conduct frequent and route enforcement operations across Singapore, with the most recent round in September resulting in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.asiaone.com\/singapore\/lta-officer-assaulted-ang-mo-kio\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">70 non-compliant devices being impounded<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>But what actually happens after such devices are sent &#8220;up the lorry&#8221;?<\/p>\n<p>In a social media explainer posted on Thursday (Oct 15), LTA shared that such devices are stored securely while investigations are ongoing.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Its video shows rows of non-compliant devices, each labelled with tags and alphanumeric characters.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.asiaone.com\/sites\/default\/files\/inline-images\/LTA%20impounded%20devices%20-%20tagging.png\" data-entity-uuid=\"688a7d7c-b339-444f-a065-ba626abc351c\" data-entity-type=\"file\" alt=\"Non-compliant devices stored at the pound are identified by the alphanumeric serial numbers.\" height=\"2000\" width=\"3000\" data-caption=\"Non-compliant devices stored at the pound are identified by the alphanumeric serial numbers. PHOTO: Land Transport Authority\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Upon the completion of investigations, the devices will be marked with a label that reads &#8220;Gazette for disposal&#8221;.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.asiaone.com\/sites\/default\/files\/inline-images\/LTA%20impounded%20devices%20-%20disposal.png\" data-entity-uuid=\"9b47c615-7380-426b-aa3e-f313e72728ae\" data-entity-type=\"file\" alt=\"&quot;Gazette for disposal&quot; tags placed on devices which are cleared for disposal after the completion of investigations.\" height=\"2000\" width=\"3000\" data-caption=\"&quot;Gazette for disposal&quot; tags placed on devices which are cleared for disposal after the completion of investigations. PHOTO: Land Transport Authority\"\/><\/p>\n<p>According to LTA, its contractors then bring such devices to the scrape yard, where each device is taken apart so that their materials can be disposed of properly.<\/p>\n<p>For example, batteries will need to be removed and placed in salt water to safely discharge its energy.<\/p>\n<p>This process is known to short-circuit the battery, causing it to discharge rapidly.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.asiaone.com\/sites\/default\/files\/inline-images\/LTA%20impounded%20devices%20-%20battery%20saltwater.png\" data-entity-uuid=\"2e671e49-9931-441c-8e8e-d22c1b75f397\" data-entity-type=\"file\" alt=\"Removed batteries are placed in saltwater to discharge its stored energy before safe disposal.\" height=\"2000\" width=\"3000\" data-caption=\"Removed batteries are placed in saltwater to discharge its stored energy before safe disposal. PHOTO: Land Transport Authority\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, the different types of metals used on the devices are taken apart and separated, while connecting cables are removed.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>During this process, rubber parts, plastics and waste materials are also removed and sorted accordingly.<\/p>\n<p>The metal frames of such devices are then sent for crushing, LTA said.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.asiaone.com\/sites\/default\/files\/inline-images\/LTA%20impounded%20devices%20-%20crushing.png\" data-entity-uuid=\"dcb5e0f8-5195-4f6f-8f09-403a94390a7d\" data-entity-type=\"file\" alt=\"A stripped down non-compliant device being crushed at the scrape yard.\" height=\"2000\" width=\"3000\" data-caption=\"A stripped down non-compliant device being crushed at the scrape yard. PHOTO: Land Transport Authority\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Rounding off its sharing, the authority reminded active mobility device users to only use compliant devices or their devices could risk getting a one-way ticket \u2014 from pound to scrape yard.<\/p>\n<p>[[nid:747420]]<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.asiaone.com\/singapore\/mailto:editor@asiaone.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">editor@asiaone.com<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<center><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.asiaone.com\/singapore\/lta-non-compliant-mobility-devices-impounded\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article At Source <\/a><br \/>\n<center\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Land Transport Authority&#8217;s (LTA) active mobility enforcement officers are known to conduct frequent and route enforcement operations across Singapore, with the most recent round&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":93537,"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-93536","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-buzz-headlines","wpcat-2611-id"],"brizy_media":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/93536","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=93536"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/93536\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/93537"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=93536"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=93536"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=93536"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}