No Pavement, No Grass? No Problem; PMD User Rides On Top Of Shelter To Circumvent Ban

I know what you’re thinking.

Another PMD article?

Yes. It’s the in thing now and so we won’t let it go.

Besides, how else will you get your regular updates on the PMD ban fiasco (and proceed to forget about it for the rest of your day)?

Here’s a little video explaining the ban if you’ve been on a deserted island with no wifi for the last three weeks:

While riders are still furiously voicing their concerns towards the government and hoping for the ban to be repealed, others are trying their very best to circumvent it.

Attempt No.1: Grass Patches

In case you perhaps missed it, when the government announced the new law that banned PMDs on footpaths, the creative riders were quick to come up with an alternative.

Since the ban specified footpaths, the rider cleverly rode on grass patches instead.

Of course, it didn’t take long for NParks to make it clear that it was illegal to do so.

So, what was next?

Attempt No.2: Drain Covers

Since both footpaths and grass patches were specified to be off-limits, the riders then took to… drain covers.

As a wise quote goes – if it looks stupid but it works, then it ain’t stupid.

But it turns out it doesn’t work after all.

Not according to PUB, who could slap you with a $40,000 fine. Also, the fine for riding on grass patches could go up to $5,000.

The fine for riding on footpaths is only up to $2,000 in comparison.

Attempt No.3: Shelters?!

But the riders refuse to give up.

If you look under the definition of ‘perseverance’ in the dictionary, you’d see a picture of PMD riders.

Despite footpaths, grass patches, and drain covers being restricted, they were determined to find an alternative.

With all grounds covered by the government, it was time to take it to the next level.

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Well this takes things to a whole new level @ltasg

A post shared by cycleprogressionfixiecyclery (@fixiesgmemes) on Nov 17, 2019 at 10:09pm PST

As the caption on the image itself goes – “No riding on pavement. No riding on grass. Ride on shelter.”

Indeed, the creativity of these riders is through the roof.

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Hi @ltasg like this how? What's the fine for this?

A post shared by cycleprogressionfixiecyclery (@fixiesgmemes) on Nov 17, 2019 at 10:47pm PST

You may also watch the full video here, as proudly posted by a Singaporean-based meme page, where they also very bravely tagged the Land Transport Authority (LTA) official Instagram account in the caption.

Needless to say, you know that they will only have one thing to say:

Safety First

While all of these attempts are hilarious, there must always be a limit.

The PMD footpath ban was done for safety reasons, it’d be pretty ironic to get injured trying to circumvent the ban by riding on… unorthodox platforms.

Let’s just all play safe until a proper solution for this entire PMD saga surfaces.

Don’t go try riding something funny next.