Singapore is not a place for bicycle riding

idwar SG

This afternoon..........old man on bicycle kena langar

Singapore is not a place for bicycle riding........

On the other hand, I've seen Banglas/PRCs riding bicycles like they own the road, zooming across zebra crossing ......very dangerously....they think that they are X-men, stronger than the cars......

Singapore is not a place for bicycle riding........
Motor-bike also cannot.......sure die also......

sunny3510 SG

v simple. Coz bicycle no pay ERP

FireIce SG

bo bian mah
car so asspensive, carpark so asspensive, ERP so asspensive(though raymond lim say ERP help sgreans own cars??) and public trpt oso forever increasing fare (but forever need to wait so long and so squeezy)
bicycle cheap and good, no need pak yew oso
can exercise.... give u shapely butt and thigh somemore neh!

Darkness_hacker99 SG

The cycler never obey the bicycle road safety ar. No helment, no knee guard, no nothing.

Partly is the cycler fault.

Somemore why is he cycling on the road? Confused

FireIce SG

old men cycle not good lah
not i saying old ppl not fit but i think their reflexes slow.... if got thing happen their reaction time is slower loh...
plus weather condition leh....?

de_middle SG

helmet, knee guard what ever also cannot protect u from a car.....these safety guards only protect if u go off-road riding or park riding & happen to fall.

everytime i ride, i know the dangers & am prepared for the worse....that's life Neutral

de_middle SG

just a little up from this road towards kallang mrt is know as death road.....most cyclist got knocked down along that road just beside the old kallang gas works, i saw 2 with my own eyes.

One i had to cycle past as the blood was flowing from the middle lane towads the side & my bicycle wheels went over the blood......mercedes S class with old lady driving was involved Sad

HyperFocal SG

In my opinion, & I dare say through much observations, accidents involving cyclists are usually caused by the combination of two idiots;

>> a complacent cyclist with wreckless ignorance of road safety as a cyclist,
>> & an equally ignorant plus either overly confident or inexperienced motorist with a twist of wrecklessness in his or her driving habits.

... often, the equation of this combination is always fatal.

Although clearly the cyclist may be at fault, but being a motorist that pilots a machine well over a tonne in weight, the responsibility weighs heavier in keeping a Proper Look Out for both Pedestrians & Cyclists... as well as school children who tend to dash across roads.

If anyone is to pinpoint a fault, it would surely have to be sheer lack of Common Courtesy of the people in Singapore, or, Basic Road Courtesy.

Meilin86 SG

Hope everything goes well for the old man. Crying or Very sad

hloc SG

Agree.....

Most time it takes 2 hand to clap.

Hope the Old Man is Ok too..... Sad

reddressman SG

I am just going to say this.

bicyclists in sg is a very dangerous activity, when you cycle on the road.
The roads are small and no dedicated lanes for cyclists.

Thus, its only a matter of time, more will be dead cycling on the road.

One can even say that its guaranteed that more will die as time passes by.

CHINA on the other hand, though not a 1st world, is already 1st world in cycling traffic management.

China's new cities are having dedicated cycling lanes for cyclists and these run side by side with the car lanes delimited by a fence.

Even china, having roads that are so long that they dwarf sg roads, is able to think, implement and proven successful a solution that makes cycling more safe than roads without dedicated cycling lanes, so why cannot a so-called 1st world nation with comparatively tiny short roads do this?

I can say since beatles time, the roads do not have dedicated cycling lanes.
correct me if i wrong.

caleb_chiang SG

Cos the cyclists ride like they own the road mah... nearly lanka one today also... Rolling Eyes

sunny3510 SG

coz china started wif bicycles as the most common mode of transport lo. Cars are only getting common these 5 yrs....

if u wan those dedicated cycling lanes.... not say cannot... u must be aware tat there are costs involve. and since u r using it, gov is not gonna pay for u... therefore, u pay more tax to hv tat lo.

Comprain more -> gov listen -> plans and implement -> got results -> pay more tax

and the cycle juz go round and roung non-stop....

so can u stop compraining? NO rite?

so can the gov stop raising tax? NO loh.

simple logic

reddressman SG

Your logic is wrong.

The People can influence virtually all decisions, if they believe that is the right thing to do.

seow SG

I don't think bikes contribute to traffic congestion, or much at all. Laughing

ndmmxiaomayi SG

Riding on pavement is still not legal yet, only in testing area this is legal, but they also have patrol officers to see who break rules...

Lin Yu SG

worse still, you may meet someone who might want to debate with you and cause a riot Laughing

WinnieThePooh SG

Ah.. That time I crash my bicycle, the drivers very nice. They never take photo and post on forum de. They give medical assistance.

vIn.Warrior SG

Road is not a place for bicycle riding.

If someone rides a bicycle in Msia on the road, such accidents will happen too. And i mean accidents.

maurizio13 SG

Hahaha........