‘It’s too much’—Young people seen riding a bike and e-bike following a large vehicle and not wearing proper gear

SINGAPORE: A couple of youths riding a bicycle and an e-bike were caught on camera closely following a trailer truck along West Coast Highway. The complainant who took the video shared this news with Stomp and asked: “Where are all the officers and Traffic Police?” 

The woman said the youths were not wearing proper gear while riding and it was obvious that they were chasing the trailer truck. 

The video footage showed that neither of the youths was wearing a helmet, and the person riding the bicycle was cycling with one hand close to the rear of the truck while holding his phone in the other, seemingly recording something. 

“It’s too much,” the woman said.

The woman added that while cycling is allowed along the West Coast Highway because it is not an expressway, the young people did not have protective equipment or lights for their safety. 

“We almost hit one of them after I stopped recording… One of them was dressed all in black and had no rear light or anything,” the woman concluded. 

In similar news, another young man was caught riding recklessly along busy Serangoon Road last March, and he was only wearing a T-shirt, shorts, and slippers.

 Stomp reported a fellow cyclist was alarmed by what he saw and admitted: “As a cyclist myself, I won’t risk my life doing this.” 

“Firstly, he is not wearing a helmet… Then, he was riding recklessly before going behind a lorry during peak hours,” the man declared. 

Under Land Transport Authority regulations, all cyclists must wear helmets when cycling on roads, and they should always ride as close as practicable to the far left edge of roads, and allow traffic to overtake them safely. Furthermore, cyclists are not allowed to use their mobile communication devices while riding.