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Personal electric vehicles bring convenience to people, but also easily lead to traffic accidents, such as drivers speeding, driving into the sidewalk and pedestrian collision. With more and more accidents of electric scooters colliding with pedestrians, Singapore will ban electric scooters from entering the sidewalk from November 5. A man rides an electric balancing car. Photo / Vision China according to Asia News, LAN Binming, senior government minister of the Ministry of transport of Singapore, announced the ban in parliament on the 4th. From November 5 to December 31 is the trial stage, during which violators will be warned, but "from January 1, 2020, we will strictly implement the ban, and violators will be subject to a fine of SGD 2000 and / or imprisonment for three months", said LAN Binming. Earlier, Singapore had banned electric scooters from entering the motorway. After the implementation of the latest ban, electric scooters can only run on the bicycle lane and the park link. However, the ban does not include bicycles or electric wheelchairs, electric scooters and other tools. Although the government has been committed to improving the safety of personal electric vehicles, there are still many people who are dangerous to drive such vehicles, LAN said Thursday. According to statistics, an average of 370 drivers of electric scooters who violate the regulations are arrested every month in Singapore. In recent years, more and more injuries have been caused by collisions between Singapore's electric scooters and pedestrians, the Straits Times reported. In September, a 20-year-old young Singaporean on an electric scooter hit a 65 year old woman on a bicycle, killing the woman. This is believed to be the first death of an electric scooter in Singapore. Electric scooters, electric balancing vehicles, and wheelbarrows are collectively known as personal mobility devices (PMDS), which are more and more popular with urban youth. Compared with cars, these personal electric vehicles are cheap and light; compared with bicycles, they are much faster and labor-saving. Therefore, in the normal urban life of traffic jams, it has become a new fashion to use these personal electric vehicles. The emergence of these tools is in step with the development of new technologies. In the past two to three years, the rapid development of personal electric vehicles has spawned a series of start-ups, such as bird and limes in the United States. Shared electric balancing car of lime company in the United States. Photo / Vision China, however, these vehicles are not only convenient for people, but also easy to cause traffic accidents, such as drivers speeding, not wearing protective equipment, driving into the sidewalk and collision with pedestrians, etc. Andy ong, the younger brother of a 65 year old woman who died in an electric scooter accident, said in an interview Thursday that it was "very right" to ban electric scooters from entering the sidewalk, the Straits Times reported. Ong said that the emergence of personal electric vehicles has made people on the sidewalk nervous. "We are not walking on the sidewalk now and walking on the grass because we are afraid of being hit." after the ban, he felt a lot of "reassurance". According to statistics, there are currently 100000 registered electric scooters in Singapore. Some doctors say the number of people injured by personal electric vehicles is rising significantly. Singapore issued a new regulation in October, requiring all electric scooters to be tested every two years to ensure that they meet the standards for driving on public roads. Those who violate the regulation will face a fine of SGD 1000 and imprisonment for up to three months. In addition, the land transport authority of Singapore (LTA) will reject applications for shared personal electric vehicle services (such as shared electric scooters), and will not accept new applications. From the first quarter of 2020, other types of personal electric vehicles, such as balance cars and wheelbarrows, are also expected to be banned from the sidewalks in Singapore, according to Asia News. In fact, before Singapore, many countries had introduced new regulations on personal electric vehicles such as electric scooters. France just a week ago introduced new regulations regulating the use of personal electric vehicles, such as electric scooters, electric balance vehicles and wheelbarrows. The new regulations include that the speed of these vehicles shall not be higher than 25 km / h, and violators will face a fine of 1500 euros; it is forbidden to drive into the sidewalk, and violators will face a fine of 135 euros; these vehicles must be equipped with corresponding protective measures, such as front and rear lights, reflectors, etc.; the age of the driver shall not be lower than 12 years old; etc. France has already had hundreds of accidents, including several deaths. A man on an electric scooter collides with a car in Warsaw, Poland, on October 23, 2019 local time. Photo / Vision China according to European news network, Germany legislated in May this year to allow electric scooters to drive on the road, but it is strictly prohibited to drive into the sidewalk. In addition, it is stipulated that the age of people driving electric scooters shall not be less than 14 years old, and their driving speed shall not exceed 20 km / h. German transport minister Andreas Scheuer said at the time that the decision "paves the way for future transport on the premise of ensuring road safety to the greatest extent". In the UK, driving electric scooters and balance cars in public places has been banned, and violators face a £ 300 fixed penalty and a six point penalty for driving licenses. In the United States, regulations on electric scooters vary from place to place. According to NBC, electric scooters are banned in Beverly Hills, California; Atlanta, Georgia; Nashville, Tennessee; and Portland, Oregon.