Singapore legislation

Regulation 5

of Road Traffic (Car-Free Weekend — Exemption) Order 2019

Regulation 5

Exemption for mobility scooter or motorised wheelchair drivers

Amended byS 214/2024 wef 16/03/2024

Sections 5A and 5B of the Act do not apply to an individual who drives a mobility scooter or motorised wheelchair on any road or part of any road that is closed to traffic under a police order issued under section 143(2) of the Act, in connection with Car‑Free Weekend and in accordance with all of the following conditions:

(a)

the mobility scooter or motorised wheelchair is not driven at a speed exceeding 10 km/h;

(b)

the mobility scooter or motorised wheelchair is —

(i)

not a non‑compliant mobility vehicle; or

(ii)

a non-compliant mobility vehicle that —

(A)

is procured by a specified agency and approved by the Authority for use during Car-Free Weekend; or

(B)

is procured by the Authority;

(c)

during hours of darkness, the individual wears or the mobility scooter or motorised wheelchair displays —

(i)

a white light that is clearly visible for a reasonable distance from the front of the individual or mobility scooter or motorised wheelchair, as the case may be; and

(ii)

a red light that is clearly visible for a reasonable distance from the back of the individual or mobility scooter or motorised wheelchair, as the case may be;

(d)

if owing to the presence of the mobility scooter or motorised wheelchair on a road an accident occurs by which another individual is injured or any property (including any animal) is damaged or destroyed, the individual who drives the mobility scooter or motorised wheelchair (called the relevant person) complies as far as the circumstances permit with the following requirements:

(i)

must immediately stop the mobility scooter or motorised wheelchair;

(ii)

must immediately render such assistance as the relevant person can;

(iii)

must at the scene of the accident as soon as possible give the relevant person’s name and residential address, and also the name and address of the owner of the mobility scooter or motorised wheelchair —

(A)

to the individual who has been injured or to the owner of any property that has been damaged or destroyed; or

(B)

to an individual representing the injured individual or the owner of the property;

(iv)

must as soon as possible give those names and addresses to any police officer or employee of the Authority who is present at the scene of the accident;

(v)

must as soon as possible report in person full particulars of the accident at the police station that is closest to the scene of the accident if —

(A)

another individual is injured and neither a police officer nor an employee of the Authority is present at the scene of the accident; or

(B)

any property is damaged or destroyed and neither the owner of the property, any individual representing the owner, any police officer nor any employee of the Authority is present at the scene of the accident;

(e)

if the mobility scooter or motorised wheelchair, which has been left standing on a road, moves of its own accord from the position in which it was left and is involved in an accident by which another individual is injured or any property (including any animal) is damaged or destroyed, the individual who drives the mobility scooter or motorised wheelchair must, as soon as possible after becoming aware of the accident, comply as far as the circumstances permit with the requirements of sub‑paragraph (d).