Man Riding E-Bike Against Traffic On Road In Serangoon North Slams Into Oncoming Car

Did you really think we’d let you escape another PMD article?

Tsk, tsk, tsk. Not so fast, my naive reader.

But, but, this is E-bike and not PMD-

But oh, this is related. It’s almost as if e-bikes are the natural transition after PMD users are encouraged to switch to e-bikes.

If you don’t know what I’m talking about, it’s that following the PMD ban, LTA came up with a new scheme with food delivery companies called Trade-in-Grant (eTG). This is a S$7 million grant for food delivery riders who are still working as a food delivery rider as of 7 Nov 2019 with a PMD. They can trade-in their PMDs for grants of S$600 or S$1,000 to buy a new bicycle or e-bicycle.

Relevant meme:

Regardless of the grant, it is likely that there will be PMD users to swap over to e-bike for various reasons.

Watch: E-bike Slams Into Car

You can find their original post on Roads.sg Facebook page or their website uploaded on 19 Nov 2019. The footage was captured on 13 November 21019 at 21:44 pm.

The car with the dashcam was going from a side road onto a major road by turning to the left while looking for incoming traffic from the right.

But an e-bike then suddenly appears and slams into his car and drops out of sight.

This happened at the on-coming lane in front of Masjid Istiqamah, at Serangoon North Ave 2.

Mohama Fadil Ibn Nordin, the driver of the car, can be seen coming out of the car and then arguing with someone who is out of frame later.

According to the post, the e-bike rider not only refused to pay for the damages, but his e-bike was also equipped with a throttle.

Basically, a throttle allows riders to move without pedalling and is a start-up assistance. It’s been banned by the LTA since 2005. Some people still use the modification especially since some say the feature allows finer control, which actually improves safety, like for the elderly.

Reactions Point Out Various Problems

As you’d expect, much of the reactions talk about the transition from PMD to e-bike.

Some talked about solutions like insurance and licensing.

Or more problems coming with e-bikers that don’t follow traffic rules.

As for the actual incident itself, one commenter pointed out why the driver isn’t to blame.

This is still just one incident thus far, but we have to wait and see if this is just transferring the problem from accidents with pedestrians to accidents with vehicles.