Following the recent spat of personal mobility device (PMD) tragedies, the Land Transport Authority (LTA) is prohibiting all electric scooters (e-scooters) from public footpaths.

This ban will take effect from Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2019, meaning that from tomorrow onwards, they will only be allowed on cycling and park connector network paths.

Perhaps it was this ban that prompted quite a jump in the number of listings on e-scooters.

In fact here's a rough snapshot of how often e-scooters get put on sale in Carousell.

So not non-existent, but not exactly frequent.

Here's a snapshot of the listings we found over the last fifteen minutes while writing this article.

22 listings in under 15 minutes.

Fire sale.

Advisory period from Nov. 5, 2019 to Dec. 31, 2019

To allow e-scooter users time to adjust to said ban, LTA is giving an advisory period from Nov. 5 to Dec. 31. During this period, people caught riding e-scooters on public footpaths will be issued warnings.

From Jan. 1, 2020, all users caught riding e-scooters on public footpaths will face fines of up to S$2,000 and/or imprisonment of up to three months.

The ban only covers e-scooters. Bicycles and personal mobility aids such as motorised wheelchairs will continue to be allowed on public footpaths.

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Image from LTA and Carousell

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