The yellow tactile tiles found at pedestrian crossings across Singapore are meant to make public spaces safer and more accessible for visually impaired pedestrians.
But in recent weeks, they have also become the subject of renewed public concern after a former Singapore Airlines stewardess died following an ankle injury sustained in a fall on wet tactile paving.
While her death was later linked to blood clots that developed after surgery, the incident prompted many members of the public to share their own experiences of slipping on the yellow tiles.
According to many who commented on Stomp’s social media posts following the woman’s death, the issue is not new.
Scroll to continue reading
‘One moment I was walking, next thing I flew into the air’
Gauri Bee, 57, said she slipped on tactile paving near Great World City on a sunny day in December 2023. The housewife fell heavily on her knee and later discovered that she had fractured her left big toe.
Housewife Gauri Bee alleged that she slipped and fell at this specific part of the yellow tactile paving near Great World City in 2023.
PHOTOS COURTESY OF GAURI BEE
It took her more than six months to recover.
“After that awful experience, I just try to avoid those tiles completely,” she said.
The 57-year-old suffered from a fractured left big toe and abrasions following her fall.
PHOTOS COURTESY OF GAURI BEE
Civil servant Jerome Yao said his daughter slipped and fell on the markings at the junction of Jalan Seh Chuan and Lorong Kilat on June 24.
He clarified that it had been raining heavily earlier in the day, though it had thinned to a light drizzle when his daughter fell.
She was not seriously injured, but Yao said he had also nearly slipped on the tiles several times himself, after rain near Bukit Batok Central.
Read Full Article At Source
