The Singapore government has decided to implement rules governing the use of Personal Mobility Devices (PMDs) such as e-scooters due to the various incidents happening from time to time in the country. They have recently implemented another rule where PMDs will be banned from all footpaths except for shared paths where there are separate lanes for pedestrians and bicycles/PMDs.



What the government does not understand is that it is not a matter of banning the usage of these devices as we are supposed to embrace new technology and try to improve on it instead of rejecting the idea completely and try to avoid dealing with the problem entirely by coming up with rules without consulting the PMD community in the first place.



What I suggest is that the Singapore government and its relevant agencies should let PMD riders have a right, a say, a voice to help keep this piece of technology in Singapore.



With the petition, I hope that we can hit a certain amount of signatures so that I would be able to bring this issue up to a Member of Parliament and seek an audience with the relevant agencies so that we can once and for all come up with viable solutions that will benefit the PMD community, pedestrians and also vehicle users in Singapore.