E-scooter and e-bike users may soon require registration and licence in Malaysia | Malaysia

KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 7 — Transport Minister Datuk Seri Wee Ka Siong has revealed that his ministry will quickly regulate the usage of micromobility automobiles in Malaysia as soon as the Highway Transport (Modification) Invoice 2020 takes into impact. The Invoice has been handed within the decrease home of Parliament and it is going to be offered to the senate later this month for approval.

The minister stated micromobility automobiles that are also referred to as private mobility gadgets should not the identical as bicycles. He stated that it’s harmful for highway use and it should be regulated earlier than an accident occurs.

From a security standpoint, there’s at present no insurance coverage safety for micromobility automobiles. Within the occasion of an accident, the events concerned must fork out their very own cash for medical prices for accidents and restore prices for his or her automobiles.

As soon as the amended Highway Transport Invoice is handed and turns into legislation, the Ministry of Transport Malaysia will regulate micromobility automobiles which embody necessary registration and driving licence if applicable. The Ministry will even impose a ban of such automobiles from public roads.

Wee added that the Ministry of Transport will clarify the kind of automobiles that fall below the micromobility class in addition to licence and registration required. The ministry will even spotlight what automobiles are prohibited from roads to make sure security and precedence for different highway customers.

In his Fb put up, he hooked up a video of a person that rode an electrical unicycle on the freeway. He warned such behaviour is harmful and places different customers in danger.

In line with the Bill modification, a micromobility car is outlined as any car that’s propelled by electrical means, an internal-combustion engine or human energy or a mix {of electrical} means, an internal-combustion engine or human energy, and having a most velocity of 50km/h.

The identical Highway Transport (Modification) Invoice 2020 additionally consists of the rise in penalties for driving inebriated, medicine and reckless driving.

PMD Regulation in Singapore

Singapore has just lately launched its personal regulation on Private Mobility Gadgets comparable to e-scooters after several accidents have been reported. Since final yr, e-scooters are banned from footpath and public roads however they’re permitted on the park connector community and biking paths. Violators might be fined as much as SGD 1,000 and/or three months’ jail time.

Beneath Singapore’s Active Mobility Act (AMA), PMDs bought should be UL2272 certified, and e-scooters and energy assisted bicycles should be registered with the Land Transport Authority. All e-scooters are additionally required to bear a compulsory inspection each 2 years and meals supply corporations should get hold of a third-party legal responsibility insurance coverage for his or her riders. To journey on biking path, e-scooter riders should be at the least 16 years outdated and cross a theory test. — SoyaCincau