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SINGAPORE – E-scooter users should not ride their devices on drain gratings as they try to find a loophole around the ban on personal mobility devices (PMDs) on footpaths.
That is the recommendation of the national water agency PUB, which is responsible for drains, in response to queries by The Straits Times.
“PUB does not recommend riding PMDs on drain gratings, which are an essential part of the drainage system that ensure effective stormwater management,” the agency said on Friday (Nov 8).
“Damaging any drain or stormwater drainage system is considered an offence under the Sewerage and Drainage Act. Those convicted may be fined up to $40,000 or jailed up to three months, or both,” it added.
A 23-second-long video posted on Facebook by user Leonardo Clyde Alfonso following the ban’s implementation on Tuesday (Nov 5) shows a PMD rider riding on the drain gratings that line the footpath.
When the rider is stopped for riding on a footpath by the person filming him, he says: “Government never say drain cannot”.
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