Electrical scooters have change into an more and more widespread sight on the roads in Kuala Lumpur, however come January 1, 2021, all that’s set to vary. Authorities are placing a cease to their use on metropolis streets, and customers are set to face a high-quality if they don’t comply, Bernama studies.
Leases of those micro-mobility gadgets started earlier this 12 months, and response to those machines, which permit pedestrians to shortly transfer from one place to a different, has been rising. Now, KL police says that their use inside metropolis roads will now not be permissible from subsequent 12 months.
Except for a RM300 high-quality for the primary offence, and a RM1,000 high-quality or three months jail for the second offence, the cops say that authorized motion may also be taken underneath the Highway Transport Act in opposition to people caught using e-scooters on the street from January 1.
Based on KL site visitors enforcement and investigation division chief ACP Zulkefly Yahya, the police has acquired many complaints from the general public over using e-scooters on the street. “E-scooters usually are not allowed for use on the street, and it’s a nuisance for different street customers, moreover being harmful, because it might trigger accidents,” he stated.
“Up to now, the police have recognized three areas within the metropolis the place the scooters are being actively used, specifically round Dataran Merdeka, KLCC and Bukit Bintang,” he stated, including that at current, the police was solely advising customers to cease using these gadgets.
Zulkefly stated that e-scooters can solely be ridden in gazetted areas comparable to playgrounds and permitted areas round purchasing centres. He added that e-scooter riders might want to apply for a particular permission licence from the director-general of the street transport division (JPJ) in the event that they wished to make use of the automobile on the street.
