LTA detects 111 active mobility offences over Christmas eve

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SINGAPORE - The holiday season does not mean enforcement action is scaled back, with the Land Transport Authority detecting 111 active mobility offences, such as riding motorised devices on footpaths

, in a joint operation with multiple agencies over Christmas eve.

The islandwide operation, which also involved the police, National Parks Board and Urban Redevelopment Authority, lasted from 5.30am on Friday to 5.30am on Saturday. In comparison, about 4,900 offences involving active mobility devices were detected in 2019, before personal mobility devices - such as hoverboards and electric skateboards - were banned on footpaths in April last year.LTA detected 215 vehicle-related offences on Wednesday and Friday, which included exhaust modification, window tinting and licence plate.

Ten devices and six vehicles were impounded, LTA said on Sunday, reminding the public to observe regulations and guidelines.This comes as a new regulation kicks in on Jan 1 next year which caps the size of cycling groups at five cyclists in a single file or 10 when riding abreast.The composition fine will also apply to those who break existing rules, including not stopping at red lights, riding abreast of another cyclist on single lane roads and cycling on expressways.

For more serious cases, a cyclist may be fined up to $1,000 and jailed up to three months for the first offence.#NoHolidayBreak While most were preparing for their Christmas festivities, our enforcement officers pressed on with...

 

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