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IN FOCUS: Why can t cyclists and motorists just get along? With incidents involving cyclists and motorists the subject of regular, intense debates online, CNA explores what it might take for Singapore s road users to be a little more tolerant of one another.
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SINGAPORE: It began on Pasir Ris Drive 4.
In December 2018, an online video of an altercation between a lorry driver and a cyclist along the 4km-long road went viral, getting millions of views within days of being uploaded.
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December 28, 2020
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Tempting as it may be to gawk at accident scenes, it goes without saying that motorists and cyclists should be keeping their eyes on the road.
Unfortunately for one cyclist, those few seconds spent staring at an accident scene along Yishun Dam on Sunday morning (Dec 27) caused him to get into a crash of his own. He rear-ended a parked car and sent his own bike flying in a viral clip shared on Facebook page SG Road Vigilante.
The cyclist then allegedly fled the scene, according to an update by the page that evening.
In the minute-long clip, the cyclist, who remains unidentified, was seen using his phone as he approached the accident site, where a Shalom Movers lorry had mounted a guardrail and was perched there slanted at an alarming angle.