Cyclists usually have themselves to blame in serious road accidents
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Cyclists usually have themselves to blame in serious road accidents
Cyclists usually have themselves to blame in serious road accidents
Channel NewsAsia - Wednesday, January 13
SINGAPORE: More often than not, cyclists are at fault when it comes to fatal or serious road traffic accidents involving them.
This has been the case in more than 50 per cent of such accidents between January and September of the last two years, said Senior Parliamentary Secretary of Home Affairs Masagos Zulkifli in Parliament on Tuesday.
Common causes for the accidents include changing lanes without due care, failing to keep a lookout, and failing to give way to traffic with right of way.
He was replying to Tampines Member of Parliament Irene Ng’s query on how roads could be made safer for cyclists.
Despite the recent spate of news reports about cyclists involved in accidents, Mr Masagos said the number of fatal and serious accidents had gone down.
In the first nine months of last year, there were 420 cases, a decrease of 30 cases from the same period in 2008.
The Traffic Police are also pro—active in taking errant cyclists to task, issuing 471 summons in 2008, and 1,300 summons in the first nine months of last year.
The Traffic Police’s public education efforts include talks and exhibitions in schools, and showing videos to foreign workers. Learner drivers are also taught to keep 1.5m from cyclists and to check their blind spots for cyclists and motorcyclists, Mr Masagos said.
— TODAY/sc
Channel NewsAsia - Wednesday, January 13
SINGAPORE: More often than not, cyclists are at fault when it comes to fatal or serious road traffic accidents involving them.
This has been the case in more than 50 per cent of such accidents between January and September of the last two years, said Senior Parliamentary Secretary of Home Affairs Masagos Zulkifli in Parliament on Tuesday.
Common causes for the accidents include changing lanes without due care, failing to keep a lookout, and failing to give way to traffic with right of way.
He was replying to Tampines Member of Parliament Irene Ng’s query on how roads could be made safer for cyclists.
Despite the recent spate of news reports about cyclists involved in accidents, Mr Masagos said the number of fatal and serious accidents had gone down.
In the first nine months of last year, there were 420 cases, a decrease of 30 cases from the same period in 2008.
The Traffic Police are also pro—active in taking errant cyclists to task, issuing 471 summons in 2008, and 1,300 summons in the first nine months of last year.
The Traffic Police’s public education efforts include talks and exhibitions in schools, and showing videos to foreign workers. Learner drivers are also taught to keep 1.5m from cyclists and to check their blind spots for cyclists and motorcyclists, Mr Masagos said.
— TODAY/sc
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