E-scooters banned from Singapore footpaths in addition to roads

Singapore

ELECTRIC scooters will be banned from footpaths from Nov 5, in the latest and toughest measure yet to address public safety concerns surrounding their use.

Those caught flouting the rules can be fined up to S$2,000 and/or jailed for up to three months if convicted.

Until the end of the year, the authorities will mainly issue warnings to errant riders, but a zero-tolerance approach will be taken from 2020.

The ban means that e-scooters will be confined to 440km of cycling paths island-wide, instead of the 5,500km of footpaths riders could use before.

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