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SINGAPORE \u2013 A group of cyclists who were seen in a viral video being chased by the Traffic Police (TP) in the early hours of Aug 15 were among 18 people caught flouting various traffic rules.<\/p>\n
In a statement on Aug 23, the police said it had on Aug 14 conducted a joint enforcement operation with the Land Transport Authority (LTA) against errant cyclists and personal mobility device (PMD) users in the vicinity of Jalan Anak Bukit and West Coast Highway.<\/p>\n
A total of 17 cyclists and one PMD user were nabbed and issued composition fines, with 26 offences detected.<\/p>\n
The police said 13 cyclists were caught on the road during the hours of darkness without displaying the required white light at the front and\/or red light or red reflector at the rear.<\/p>\n
Ten of the cyclists nabbed were also caught riding a bicycle on a road without wearing a protective helmet.<\/p>\n
Summon action were taken against them.<\/p>\n
A bicycle was also seized after a cyclist was caught riding a fixed-gear bicycle on a public path without a working handbrake, while a PMD was seized after a person was caught riding a non-compliant PMD on a public path.<\/p>\n
Investigations for both cases are ongoing.<\/p>\n
The police said the authorities take a serious view of such offences that endanger public safety<\/span><\/a> and contravene the law.<\/p>\n They added that they will continue to conduct regular enforcement operations with LTA to ensure greater compliance.<\/p>\n \u201cCyclists and PMD users are strongly advised to comply with all regulations and practise safe riding habits,\u201d said the police.<\/p>\n During the enforcement operation on Aug 14, TP and LTA officers also engaged cyclists and PMD users to raise awareness on relevant rules and guidelines.<\/p>\n In a video posted to Facebook page Beh Chia Lor on Aug 15, around seven cyclists are seen being chased by two TP officers.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n SINGAPORE \u2013 A group of cyclists who were seen in a viral video being chased by the Traffic Police (TP) in the early hours of…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1864,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2611],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-78874","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-buzz-headlines","wpcat-2611-id"],"brizy_media":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78874","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=78874"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78874\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=78874"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=78874"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=78874"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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