hey bro, to be honest, this is really not a small matter.
it's a very real ticking time bomb and already there are cases
where people really got knocked down by cyclists in pathways meant
for non-cyclists.
i mean, look. For my case, that guy on a bicycle should be
approx 58 KG judging from his size. The bicycle....let's give it 18
KG. Total weight = 76 KG.
imagine a 76 KG object with a speed of 25 - 30 kmp/h slamming
into the right side of a 50 KG guy. Imagine what will happen. I'm
very sure i will end up with concussion and internal brain
hamoharge.
if it's an old woman or a pri school child, i think their family
will need to arrange funeral wake for them!
i applaude those cyclists who actually slow down their speed
when they past me, or those who ring bells to warn you.....but this
guy, and others like him, swoosh past me without realizing
that if i turn left to cross that zebra-crossing.....$#^&%@
i phewed a sign of relief when i realized he missed me by 1 inch
cos' his shirt actually touched me a bit.
and that pedistrain pathway is meant for humans to walk,
otherwise how to go to chinese garden mrt? fly?
now i learnt a lesson: next time in such areas, before turning
left / right, take 1 step back, the entire pathway no bikes, then
turn.
and in case some of you guys didn't know, some time earlier this
year, one lady wrote to ST Forum section about this problem and i
don't remember any action done by the authorities to rectify this
problem.
and btw, it's always those foreigners (PRC and banglah)
that always invovled in this because a lot of them cycle to
industrial area in Tuas / Joo Koon etc.
it's not i don't welcome them to Singapore, but i can't accept
this kind of dangerous problems they're causing.
Mr. Lee Kill You, i suppose u want another shipload of
foreigners to come to SG?
This is not a small matter? Ok lets look at this through a
cyclist's point of view. Lets say you are right, pathways are only
meant for people walking and not cyclists and that cyclists should
stick to the roads.
You mentioned 76kgs hitting a 50kg body at 30kmph. Lets see, I
am cycling on road, using your approximation, my total body and
cycle weight is 76kgs. A simple car like vios or altis weighs
980kgs, plus the passenger(s) inside, it will be clost to 1,100kgs.
It will be travelling at about 80kmph.
So.. 1,100kgs hitting 76kgs with 80kmph is acceptable? While
yours is not? Isn't that unfair? =( Besides, if its a lorry, just
fantastic, because the weight will be over 11 tonnes.
I cycle on road and face this constant danger because of people
like you. I wear protective gear fully knowing that its of
absolutely no use. I follow proper rules fully knowing that its of
no use.
I am sorry to say but because of this kind of selfish mentality,
there are honest and good cyclists who lose their lives on the road
while trying to follow the stupid rules.
I knew one of them.
