Pedestrian crossings are accessible to those with disabilities who use personal mobility aids.
According to Transport Minister Datuk Seri Wee Ka Siong, people with disabilities and people with health problems who need Personal Mobility Aids (PMA) can utilise pedestrian crossings on public roadways.
Users, he said, should be cautious of their own safety as well as the safety of other pedestrians when crossing the road. The rules for using PMA equipment are causing some misunderstanding among the general public, particularly among the crippled. PMA micromobility vehicles are vehicles that are specifically developed and built for the use of people with mobility issues, particularly the disabled.
It is illegal to use this PMA on the road. This means that they are not permitted to share the road with other motor vehicles such as cars, trucks, or buses.
The use of PMA on roadways, including highways, will pose a considerable danger of traffic accidents and death or injury if it is not prohibited. This is also to avoid the PMA from being abused on the road by healthy people,” he said today in a statement.
He mentioned this to clear up some misunderstandings about the PMA vehicle ban on the road.
Mopeds, Personal Mobility Devices (PMD), and PMA micromobility vehicles were prohibited from the road with immediate effect, according to Wee.
Wee, on the other hand, stated that the use of PMA on surfaces other than roadways is not forbidden because it falls outside the ambit of the Road Transport Act 1987 and its Prohibition Rule.
He explained that use on surfaces or sites such as shopping malls, walkways, and parks was governed by the rules of the relevant authorities or the park or shopping mall owners.
According to Wee, the ministry held an engagement session with representatives of the Social Welfare Department, OKU Sentral, and OKU organisations on April 23, 2021, to gather input on the implementation of the ban on the use of micromobility cars as part of the development of this policy.
