E-scooter Posted Video to Show How ‘Nice’ He is But Netizens Didn’t Agree

E-scooters haven’t been getting a good reputation in Singapore and it’s for good reasons: in the past, walking on the pavement with earphones is as safe as drinking plain water.

Now, it’s different: you’ll have to look around, if not a large-ass e-scooter might just hit you from behind.

It also doesn’t help that they’ve been on the headlines for all the wrong reasons.

So, in comes a hero who decides to show the world that not all riders are the same, and he followed the law.

With a video.

Here, take a look before we continue.

Accompanying the video, which was submitted to Facebook Page Unique SG and reposted in Facebook Page Roads.sg, were these: “The purpose of this video is to show everyone that not all e-scooter riders are black sheep of the community and I do try my best. Unfortunately, there will always be someone who thinks it’s not enough, or even wanting me to dismount 20 meters ahead of pedestrians (I kid you not).”

So basically, an e-scooter with an in-car camera – I mean, on-helmet camera, was riding minding his own business, riding on a very narrow pavement when he saw this.

Well, sucks to be him. The pavement is so narrow and there’s definitely not enough space for even two adults to walk – what more an e-scooter and an adult?

So he’s given five choices:

1. Ring the bell and hope that she would step onto the road so that he can pass
2. Ring the bell and hope that she could jump over him like a rabbit so that she can pass
3. Ring the bell, slow down and squeeze through
4. Ring the bell, slow down, squeeze through and if the lady scold him, post it online to eat some humble pies
5. Dismount, walk past her and smile

Pretty sure he’s thinking of #5 since he’s a nice guy, but stars around the world crossed and that made him opted for #4.

On paper, it would look good: he wasn’t breaking the law, he did alert her and he kept his cool. In fact, even the things he said made sense (e-scooters are supposed to be on pavements and not on the roads).

But in reality, he forgot that the Internet didn’t like self-entitled brats.

And so, netizens had no choice but to strike back.

Actually, if you think about it, it’s a Catch-22 issue: seriously, what could the e-scooter have done? It’s not his e-scooter is a mobile game whereby a tap on his scooter would lead it to jump over the lady.

However, this guy says it all:

Because we can blame the pavement all we want, but it’s the self-entitlement that made this to the headline.

Refresher on e-scooter rules

Since 1 May 2018, the regulations in the Active Mobility Act is active. For e-scooters, it’s supposed to be on footpaths and cycling paths. The speed limit is 25 kmh, with a maximum weight of 20 kg and maximum width of 70 cm.

So yeah. The rider was right to be riding on the pavement, and he doesn’t seem to be travelling beyond 25 kmh.

It’s not about black sheeps, but strawberries.

Now you know what Singaporeans are talking about today; do check back tomorrow for another piece of news of the day!