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To use your Power-Assisted Bicycle (PAB) in Singapore, you must ensure that it is type-approved, sealed and registered with a registration number plate. Technical Requirements You must be 16 years old to use a PAB. For your safety and the safety of other road users, your PAB must meet the following technical requirements: The construction of a PAB must be similar to that of...

After a discussion in Parliament, the deadline for all PMDs to meet safety standards has been brought forward to July 2020. It was originally December 2020, but a recent rise in PMD-related fires, including one casualty, has heightened urgency to tackle the matter. Senior Minister of State for Transport Lam Pin Min announced the deadline change, and said it will still “give retailers time to...

WHY IS THE ADOPTION OF A DEVICE SAFETY STANDARD NECESSARY? The number of fires caused by motorised PMDs has increased in the past few years, with more than 90 fire incidents involving PMDs since 2016. As PMDs only started gaining popularity in recent years, many of the motorised PMDs used do not conform to any reliable safety standards. The adoption of a safety device...