PMD Rider Who Rode E-scooter On Walkway Shelter Arrested

With the PMD ban, there are many who are unhappy with the ruling.

So much so that they’ve decided to create their own roads to travel on

To varying degrees of success.

Unfortunately, one dude saw their attempts and, seeing as there are no serious consequences, decided to do it himself.

After all, warning only mah. Scared what? Famous last words.

Man Rode On Shelter Because of PMD Ban

On 19 Nov 2019, one dude decided that since the footpaths can’t be used, he’ll take the higher ground and obey the ban.

Literally.

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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.”

A famous Singapore meme page that uploaded this post even tagged LTA’s Instagram account.

Consequences

And so, he was told that he could be fined $60,000- Kidding, he was arrested. Our friendly handsome men in blue were alerted to the incident and jumped straight into action.

Based on their preliminary investigation, they established that the incident happened along Lompang Road in Bukit Panjang on Monday.

They managed to identify the 19-year-old man with the help of CCTV footage and extensive ground enquiries and arrested him shortly after.

If convicted, he could be jailed for up to six months, fined up to S$2,500, or both.

Investigations against the man are ongoing.

Why He So Suay?

I mean, the first guy who did this rode on the grass. In response, NParks told people they could be fined $5,000.

Then, the second guy decided to challenge the authorities and rode on the drain covers. Back then, LTA simply told people that offenders could be fined $40,000.

Because the first two acts are safer in comparison.

I mean, if you look at the pavements today, people occasionally ride on drain covers and across grass patches.

But to ride on a shelter? You’ll hurt yourself if you fall from it. Worse, if you fall from it while another person happens to be passing by, you could’ve killed that person.

Plus, this is a dangerous act which, if emulated by young, impressionable kids who are still looking for the “cool” rep on IG, could injure or kill them.

So the best way to make it clear that such acts are unacceptable? Take the first guy and make an example out of him.

Anyway, it’s good to make a statement against something you don’t like; just, you know, do it in a safer manner, yeah?

Like the NUS students.