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Electric scooters can no longer be used to make food deliveries, but one man did just that, while carrying his girlfriend, in the early hours of Monday.
While driving his e-scooter down a trail, which is also illegal today, he collided with a bicyclist, who fell heavily on the pavement in front of Block 769 at Woodlands Drive 60.
The 58-year-old woman was later consciously transferred to Khoo Teck Puat Hospital.
A police spokesman said they were alerted to the incident around 12.10 a.m. Monday.
A resident, who wanted to be known only as Ms. Yana, 21, said she saw the injured cyclist on the pavement.
The woman’s bicycle, which was near her, appeared to be damaged with a bent front wheel.
ASSISTANCE
Ms Yana told the Chinese newspaper Shin Min Daily News: “The delivery boy’s girlfriend was scared and stood there crying. She was not sure if the cyclist’s injuries were serious, but she was conscious.”
He added that several passers-by came to help the cyclist and prevented her from trying to get up in case it aggravated her injuries.
Paramedics arrived shortly after and treated her.
The delivery man also offered his help, and his delivery friends came to the scene to help him make his deliveries.
Police said they are investigating the incident as a case of reckless act that caused injury.
Ms. Yana told Shin Min that she often sees food delivery men on electric scooters or electric bikes, also known as electric bikes, in the area after picking up food orders at nearby Woodlands Mart.
Some of them would be speeding up and playing loud music in the early hours. Some e-scooter users were also riding on the road, which is also illegal.
Personal mobility devices (PMDs), including e-scooters, were allowed on public roads when the Active Mobility Act was passed in 2017.
But the erratic behavior of electric scooter users and a series of accidents involving pedestrians, including the elderly and children, led to new rules, such as limiting the speed of electric scooters on pedestrian paths to 15 km / h.
But rule-breaking and incidents continued, and the death of a 65-year-old cyclist four days after a collision with an electric scooter in Bedok North last September sparked strong reactions from the public and MPs.
The issue was hotly debated in Parliament and resulted in a ban on electric scooters on all roads since last November. The ban was extended to all motorized PMDs in April this year.
NEW RULES
Under the new rules, motorized PMDs can only be used on designated shared paths, such as bike lanes and park connectors.
Anyone caught driving on pedestrian paths can be fined up to $ 1,000 and / or jailed for up to three months.
Those caught traveling on trails or highways can be fined up to $ 2,000 and / or jailed for up to three months.
PMDs, which must not be greater than 70 cm wide, weighing more than 20 kg and speed greater than 25 km / h, must be approved and registered by the Land Transportation Authority (LTA).
The LTA also worked with food delivery companies to phase out the use of electric scooters by offering passengers financial incentives to switch to other modes of transportation, such as bicycles or electric bikes.
Now there are fewer reported incidents involving e-scooters, but some users are still breaking the law.
In an operation just a week ago, the LTA captured several roaming PMD users, including a man who was captured twice in one night, first for walking on a trail and then on the highway.
At least four PMDs were seized and found to be non-compliant.
A 20-year-old man has been charged with recklessly causing death and setting up an unregistered PMD for the Bedok North incident.
If convicted of causing death by reckless act, you can be jailed for up to five years and / or fined.
The penalty for causing harm by reckless act is a fine of up to $ 5,000 and / or one year in jail.
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