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Phuket police ban electric scooters from public roads in wake of rental crackdown

In the wake of last week’s “scooter-gate” crackdown in Patong, electric scooters have now been officially banned from all public roads in Phuket.

Local police stations received an official notice from Major General Sermphan yesterday clarifying how the stand-up form of scooter transportation, popular among tourists on the island, fits in with existing laws.

He stated that anyone caught riding an electric scooter on a public road could be fined up to 10,000 baht under section 6 of the motor vehicle act for operating an unregistered vehicle on a public road.

“No license exists for electric scooters, so offenders could also be charged with unlicensed operation of a vehicle, That’s because the Department of Land Transport does not recognise the scooters as vehicles, so they can’t be registered and no license given for their operation.”

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