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Errant cyclists and unsafe behaviour are in the spotlight again after a group of cyclists was caught on dashcam footage riding through a red light in Bukit Merah on Saturday (Nov 14) morning.<\/p>\n
Footage of the incident posted on social media shows a group of five cyclists riding through the Henderson Road and Telok Blangah Drive junction, when the lights were not in their favour.<\/p>\n
They are seen doing so by overtaking a car waiting at the junction from its right, and cutting through the junction using the second of two lanes.<\/p>\n
At this point, cars are seen turning onto Henderson Road from Telok Blangah Drive.<\/p>\n
The cyclists’ actions come on the heels of two fatal accidents involving tipper trucks and cyclists \u2014 on Nov 11 at Amber Gardens<\/a> and on Nov 12 at Tanah Merah Coast Road<\/a> \u2014 claiming two young lives in just two days.\u00a0<\/p>\n Under the Road Traffic Act, cyclists are required to obey all traffic signals.<\/p>\n They are also required to keep to a maximum length of five bicycles when riding in groups, which means a maximum of five cyclists riding in a single file, or 10 cyclists riding two abreast.<\/p>\n They should also not squeeze between the kerb and a bus that has stopped at a bus stop, or a turning vehicle and a kerb.<\/p>\n In an unrelated move, the Land Transport Authority published a timely guide<\/a> on what “every cyclist should keep in mind” when riding near buses, which are considered heavy vehicles with blind spots.<\/p>\n Those caught running a red light while riding can be fined $150 for their first offence, while those who fail to ride in an orderly manner can be fined up to $1,000, jailed for up to three months, or both.<\/p>\n According to polices statistics, there were 772 accidents involving cyclists in 2025, an increase from the 620 cases in 2024 and 581 in 2023.<\/p>\n Meanwhile, the number of fatal accidents involving cyclists rose from 13 cases in 2024, to 17 cases in 2025.<\/p>\n Police said more than half of the accidents involved cyclists riding in a disorderly manner or failing to keep a proper lookout.<\/p>\n [[nid:751146]]<\/span><\/p>\n editor@asiaone.com<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Errant cyclists and unsafe behaviour are in the spotlight again after a group of cyclists was caught on dashcam footage riding through a red light…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":99650,"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-99649","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-buzz-headlines","wpcat-2611-id"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/99649","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=99649"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/99649\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/99650"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=99649"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=99649"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=99649"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Do’s and don’ts for cyclists<\/h2>\n
Rise in accidents involving cyclists in 2025<\/h2>\n
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