Pending the gazetting of the Road Transport (Amendment) Bill 2020, the Malaysian Transport Ministry will soon be regulating the operation of micromobility vehicles. Falling under the definition of micro mobility vehicles are low electric powered vehicles such as e-scooters and e-bicycles, which typically have a governed top speed of below 50 km/h.
Transport Minister Datuk Seri Wee Ka Siong said this in a Facebook post on his page, illustrated by a video of a person riding an electric powered unicycle on the highway with other road traffic passing on the right and left. Wee said operating micromobility vehicles on public roads poses a serious safety risk and should be regulated before a serious incident occurs.
Micromobility vehicles that fall under the definition of the amended Bill will have registration and require a licence to operate, if appropriate. A ban on the use of such vehicles on public roads will also be imposed.
According to the wording of the Bill, currently passed by the lower house of Parliament and awaiting Senate approval later this month, the definition of “micromobility vehicle” means “any vehicle that is propelled by electrical means, an internal-combustion engine or a combination of electrical means, an internal-combustion engine or human power, and having a maximum speed of 50 km/h.”
Another clause in the Bill states that “the definition of “traffic”, by substituting for the words “bicycles, electric bicycles, tricycles” the words “micro mobility vehicles””. In Singapore, regulations on Personal Mobility Devices were issued after several accidents.
In the island nation, e-scooters are banned from footpaths and public roads. However, use of such is allowed on park connector network and cycling paths.
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So traditional bicycles is to be considered a “micromobility vehlicles” too?
So we cannot cycle to our neighborhood mini market, or childrens cannot cycle to school??
Aiyo its stated in the article e-bicycle only subjected to it, not your normal bicycle lah.
Syukur kerajaan PN bijak dan prihatin, terbaek!
“any vehicle that is propelled by electrical means, an internal-combustion engine or a combination” Meaning anything that has a type of engine.
Gahmen catch bikers running red lights, so np.
Moto rempit & basikal lajak takdak tangkap, heh3
Btl pun. Yg tu ada kes2 kamalangan yg lebih tinggi.
I ain’t gonna registered my hoverboard for sure! time traveling license covers all.
Minister macem ni. Kanak-kanak lelaki umur 9tahun memandu kereta Proton Saga dengan ‘Handa orang Rombau haa’. Habislaa kita
Porsche encourages such acts
https://paultan.org/2020/09/07/porsche-718-spyder-driven-by-16-year-old-chloe-chambers-sets-a-new-vehicle-slalom-world-record/
now i need to scrap the intention to buy a e-road bike.
As far as I know E-Bicycles are regulated already?
The Malaysia Law states that any electric bicycle with operating pedals, limited to 25km/h and with 250w of power (or less) is classified as a bicycle.
Malaysia follow the regulations of Japan, the EU, the UK and the US (in the US the max. speed is 20mph) for this type of vehicle.
The big difference to the vehicles mentioned in the article: E-Bicyles are not “electric powered”, but “electric assisted”, a throttle is not allowed! The popular “Kampung E-Bikes” from China are illegal in Malaysia! Electric vehicles with a throttle, entirely electric powered or faster than 25km/h need an JPJ approval, a registration, a driving license and insurance.
And as your talking about a road-bike: It’s allowed to go faster than 25km/h, but only without electric assistance. At speeds >25km/h the electric motor is automatically decoupled from the drive train and you are on your own.
satu cara, mau saman atau mau setel kikiki, mot kaki rasuah
so slow in the highway…
so to implement, rakyat kena bayar tak?
My scooter capable of reaching 65km/h, my friend’s scooter 110km/h