Cyclist fined $5k after leaving bike on road for nearly 30 minutes, obstructing traffic

SPO Chng added: “The accused looked at the driver and gestured to indicate that this was a zebra crossing… The accused dismounted from his bicycle and placed it in front of the motor car at the zebra crossing to prevent it from moving forward.

“As the accused felt that the driver showed no sign of being apologetic, the accused called the police for assistance. While waiting for the police to arrive, he continued to leave his bicycle at the zebra crossing.”

Tan, who left his bicycle on the road for nearly 30 minutes, then made three calls to the police about the situation.

Officers also received three calls from others about the traffic obstruction he had caused.

Several members of the public and an SBS bus driver asked him to move his bicycle, but he refused to comply.

As a result, 10 passengers had to alight from the public bus to find other ways to get to their destinations.

The bus was stopped for nearly 20 minutes, and Tan finally moved his bicycle after police officers arrived at the scene shortly after 7.20pm that day.

On March 5, defence lawyer Mark Cheng told the court that his client had called the police three times and was told to wait for officers to arrive.

Mr Cheng also said that Tan had been told to “preserve the scene”.

But before handing down the sentence, District Judge Tan Jen Tse said that a deterrence sentence was needed in this case, stressing that the offender had taken matters into his own hands.