Sam Leong's band of brothers - PMD riders

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They don't seem to be causing any danger perhaps the focus should be on car drivers especially ones that try to run down innocent bystanders.

 

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PAB rider taken to hospital after colliding with car in Punggol​

In a video posted on Facebook, the car and PAB can be seen colliding at a traffic light junction.PHOTO: SG ROAD VIGILANTE/ FACEBOOK

Fatimah Mujibah
May 13, 2025

SINGAPORE – A 40-year-old man was taken to hospital after his power assisted bicycle (PAB) collided with a car on May 11 in Punggol.

The police and Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) said they were alerted to an accident involving a car and a PAB at about 11pm at the junction of Punggol Drive and Punggol East.

The man was taken conscious to Sengkang General Hospital.

In a video posted on SG Road Vigilante’s Facebook page, a car can be seen making a right turn at a junction from the left-most lane at the same time as a PAB rider that was heading straight from the right lane.

The traffic lights for those heading straight and right show green.

The collision flings the rider from his PAB, landing him in front of the car.

The PAB is seen veering towards a zebra crossing, narrowly missing another car before coming to a still.

 

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May 14, 2025, 11:29am

Stomper spots couple on e-bike running red light in Sengkang​

A man and woman rode an electric bike together and ignored a red light at Sengkang.
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Deanna Wong
A man and woman riding an e-bike were caught running a red light at Sengkang.

Stomper Vernon caught the pair in the act on May 12 at 5.40pm.

The duo were riding along Sengkang East Way towards Compass One.

"They were travelling at high speeds with no respect for safety and laws," Vernon said.

The Stomper said that the video was taken by his wife, who leaned over to film the ordeal.

"They beat a red light and were riding without any safety equipment."

Vernon remarked, "This is a perfect recipe to die."

While the law permits power-assisted bicycle users to carry a passenger, riders are still expected to adhere to traffic lights.

All riders are also required to wear safety helmets when using e-bikes.

 

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May 15, 2025, 03:19pm

Youth rides e-scooter on CTE at 1.45am: 'Incredibly dangerous'​

Farah Daley
Submitted by Stomper
Alex
A youth was spotted riding an electric scooter on the Central Expressway (CTE) in the early hours of Wednesday (May 15), alarming motorists and raising serious safety concerns.

Stomper Alex, who witnessed the incident at around 1.45am near Serenity Park.

"I was shocked and really worried," he said. "It's incredibly dangerous, not just for him, but for all the vehicles around."


Personal mobility devices (PMDs), including e-scooters, are prohibited on expressways.

"One small mistake could lead to a serious accident," Alex added.

"I hope someone reports it quickly so the authorities can step in before anything terrible happens," Alex added.

According to the Land Transport Authority (LTA), it is illegal to ride PMDs on roads, expressways, footpaths, and pedestrian-only paths.

Offenders may face fines of up to $2,000, up to three months' jail, or both.

 

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Dec 12, 2024, 03:10pm

E-bikes block escape route, spark fire hazard fears at Circuit Road block​

Farah Daley
Submitted by Stomper
Anonymous
A resident at Block 38 Circuit Road has raised safety concerns after spotting two electric bicycles parked outside the lift lobbies on levels 9 and 10 of his block.

The Stomper shared with Stomp his fears that the e-bikes could pose a fire hazard, especially given recent incidents of fires caused by personal mobility devices (PMDs).

"Will this happen outside my home?" he asked.

The resident said he reported the issue through the OneService app on Nov 18 but no action had been taken.

The resident highlighted the potential dangers and questioned whether the e-bikes were modified or properly licenced.
He also expressed concerns over the fact that the e-bikes were also blocking the escape staircase, which could impede emergency evacuations.

"I thought bicycles must be parked on the ground floor but these are blocking the stairs," he said.

"Every day I see them outside the lift lobby on the level I'm staying and I feel fear and phobia.

"When will it explode or catch on fire?

"Only one lift stops on every level at my block.

"If an e-bike explodes in the lift it can cause a lift breakdown and cause inconvenience to many residents."

In response to a Stomp query, Marine Parade Town Council confirmed that it is aware of the situation and has issued advisories to the owners, seeking their cooperation in removing their PMDs from the common areas and to keep them within their respective units.

"As the obstruction of common areas poses significant risks to residents, especially during emergencies, the town council will follow up closely on the matter and continue to carry out engagement and education on the risks and consequences of such obstructions," a town council spokesperson said.

"Residents are encouraged to contact our town council directly should they have any estate-related queries.

"Residents may reach out to us at 1800-241 6487 or 1800-287 6530, or via our Facebook and Instagram (@marineparadetc)."

 

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May 22, 2025

Youths ride PMDs in middle of the road at Marsiling Lane​

Farah Daley
Submitted by Stomper
Kayne
A group of youths was spotted riding personal mobility devices (PMDs) in the middle of the road at Marsiling Lane.

The incident occurred on May 16 at about 6.30pm.

Stomper Kayne, who witnessed the incident from the top deck of a public bus, submitted a video to Stomp showing two youths on PMDs running a red light at a traffic junction.


Neither of them were wearing helmets.

"It's unsafe for all," said Kayne.

Under the Active Mobility Act, PMDs are not allowed on the road and should only be used on cycling and shared paths.

PHOTO: LTA

 

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In New York City, drivers who run red lights get fines. E-bike riders get court dates.​

In what they say is a new safety campaign, the police are issuing summonses that may lead to arrest for cyclists who break the city’s traffic laws. PHOTO: SASHA MASLOV/NYTIMES
Christopher Maag
May 25, 2025

NEW YORK – On the morning of May 21, Mr Ivan Boston’s day began at the Department of Motor Vehicles office in downtown Brooklyn. Last month, police officers had stopped him for running a red light on his electric bicycle, and Mr Boston, a construction worker, assumed that the DMV was where traffic tickets were paid.

But the pink slip of paper in his hand was no traffic ticket. It was a criminal summons. In bold, black letters, it read: “To avoid a warrant for your arrest, you must go to court.”

When Mr Boston noticed, a task he had considered a minor annoyance instead turned into a half-day ordeal. He hurried to court at the David N. Dinkins Manhattan Municipal Building, across from City Hall.

“This is ridiculous,” said Mr Boston, 56, whose unplanned day off cost him US$200. “But I don’t want to get a warrant.”

Lawyers who spend much of their careers fighting summonses in criminal court find the situation just as baffling.

“These are just not charges that lawyers and judges inside the summons part of the court are used to seeing,” said Mr Gideon Oliver, a lawyer who regularly practises in summons court.

‘New Yorkers have had enough’​

New York City has begun a crackdown on e-bike and scooter riders. It follows actions by city officials from Paris to Honolulu to Hoboken, New Jersey, who are responding to residents angry about zippy vehicles with silent electric motors zooming down sidewalks and streets, often startling people and occasionally hitting pedestrians.

As New York City has become more welcoming of bicycles, tensions have risen among drivers and pedestrians.PHOTO: SASHA MASLOV/NYTIMES
For years, some New Yorkers have complained about such behaviour, which “gives people the impression of chaos and disorder,” Ms Jessica Tisch, the city’s police commissioner, said at an April news conference at which she announced the enforcement action. “It erodes our sense of public safety, and New Yorkers have had enough.”

That day, officers began staking out intersections across the city around the clock, watching for riders who ignored red lights and stop signs, rode against traffic or on sidewalks, rode under the influence of drugs and alcohol, or were reckless in other ways.

There is an irony embedded in the enforcement push. Cyclists who blow through red lights without endangering anyone else can now be forced to appear in court. Drivers who commit the same violation cannot. Instead, drivers face the same traffic ticket they always have: a moving violation with a fine payable by mail.

“It’s a really bad escalation, targeting some of the less dangerous vehicles on the city’s streets,” said Mr Eric McClure, executive director of StreetsPAC, which lobbies to expand street infrastructure for vehicles other than cars.

This week, a month after the crackdown began, the first cyclists to be swept up in it appeared in court.

“You must abide by traffic rules, OK?” Judge Michelle Weber of Manhattan Criminal Court said on May 19 to a food delivery worker who had admitted running a red light.

Trump administration officials have criticised the city’s expansion of bike lanes.PHOTO: SASHA MASLOV/NYTIMES
The enforcement campaign comes as the vehicles Americans choose to use increasingly reflect a new kind of culture war. For years, advocacy groups, including Transportation Alternatives, notched a series of policy wins that gradually empowered cyclists in New York, including a ban on cars in Central Park and the construction of hundreds of miles of bike lanes.

In recent years, political conservatives, suburban residents and drivers have fought back. Mr Sean Duffy, the new US transportation secretary, has described a new bike lane on the Queensboro Bridge as “war on the working class”.

“I do think it’s a problem when we’re making massive investment in bike lanes at the expense of vehicles,” Mr Duffy said at the 2025 World Economy Summit, as the website Streetsblog reported.

Each side preaches safety. The risks of scooters and e-bikes gained prominence in 2021, when Lisa Banes, an actor, was struck and killed on the Upper West Side by a scooter rider who fled the scene.

More crashes ensued. Sanja Pohl and her husband, Scott, were walking on 34th Street near Macy’s last June when a man on a scooter lost control of the vehicle and crashed into them. Ms Pohl’s nose was broken, and she said she now gets debilitating migraines.

Sanja Pohl, who was hurt when an e-bike struck her and her husband last year, held a photo showing the resulting injuries to her face at a rally earlier in May.PHOTO: SASHA MASLOV/NYTIMES
Her husband was unconscious for five days and had no memory when he came to, she said. He was unable to return to his job at the United Nations for six months, and nearly a year later, he is only able to work part time.

Ms Pohl, 44, dreads leaving her apartment because of all the electric vehicles on the streets.

“I’ve never experienced fear like this,” she said.

The relatively recent arrival of scooters and e-bikes has captured most of the attention, but cars are still responsible for most mayhem on the city’s streets.

Of the 121 pedestrians killed in traffic last year, 120 were struck by a car, while one person died after being hit by an electric bike, according to city transportation department data compiled by Transportation Alternatives.

“Overwhelmingly, the people killed on the street are mowed down by drivers,” said Danny Pearlstein, a spokesperson for Riders Alliance, which advocates for better mass transit. “If that’s not our priority, then we have our priorities wrong.”

People who want fewer cars on city’s streets worry that the crackdown on cyclists may convince some New Yorkers who are considering riding more often to continue driving cars instead.

“It creates a real dampening effect on the uptake of biking, which we know really can improve safety,” said Ben Furnas, the executive director of Transportation Alternatives.

Many e-bike riders and their advocates said they were caught by surprise by the increase in enforcement. The confusion continued on New York’s streets and in its courtrooms this week as officers, e-bike riders and lawyers all tried to understand just what the new rules require.

“It’s still a traffic violation, which is not conduct the Legislature has defined as a crime,” said Mr Steve Vaccaro, a New York lawyer who has primarily represented cyclists since 2006. “But it’s going to criminal court. So we don’t know exactly what happens.”

Anger everywhere​

On April 10, Mr David Rodriguez went to see a boxing match in Brooklyn’s Sheepshead Bay section. Afterward, he rode his pedal bike home. Ignoring a red light at one point, he soon heard a police car’s siren.

Weeks later, he was still angry about it.

“They were real aggressive, as if I had committed an actual crime,” said Mr Rodriguez, a 34-year-old construction worker. “I didn’t know they could pull you over for riding a bike. I wasn’t even in a car.”

Ms Janet Schroeder, a founder of the NYC E-Vehicle Safety Alliance, is one of the city’s loudest voices calling for stronger safety rules for electric bikes and scooters. But the new policy of imposing harsher penalties on e-bikes than on cars goes against her organisation’s mission of treating all vehicles equally, she said.

“If it’s not the same as what they do for cars, it’s ridiculous,” she said.

There have long been different standards under the law for different types of vehicles, which sometimes calls for varying approaches to enforcement, a police spokesperson said. Cars must have licence plates, and drivers must carry driver’s licences and insurance. Most scooters and e-bikes do not have similar requirements.

“Since e-bikes do not require a licence, drivers of e-bikes can simply ignore their traffic summons with no repercussions whatsoever, making any enforcement futile,” the police spokesperson said.

However, the new requirement that cyclists appear in court, or face an arrest warrant if they fail to, creates “a strong incentive to show up in court”.

Some advocates for delivery workers say that the increased scrutiny of cyclists weighs especially heavily on an already vulnerable group. Many people who ride electric bikes in New York are immigrants lacking legal status, working for restaurants and food delivery apps, said Ligia Guallpa, the executive director of Los Deliveristas Unidos, which represents delivery workers. The crackdown on electric bikes and scooters comes in the midst of the Trump administration’s aggressive enforcement of immigration law.

“This is a direct attack on immigrant workers,” Guallpa said. “The intent is to criminalise workers and to create a situation where our communities could be targets for deportation.”

The police deny this. People who receive summonses will not be fingerprinted, so their identities will not be logged into a national criminal database, and federal immigration agents are barred from arresting people on state courthouse property.

The police spokesperson said the department did not ask about a person’s immigration status or cooperate with Immigration and Customs Enforcement on civil immigration matters.

Speedy trials​

Sal Cohen is among the immigrants who received a pink court summons connected to the increased enforcement effort. Originally from Turkey and in the United States on a conditional green card, he had not heard about the push when he rolled through a red light at the intersection of Grand Street and Union Avenue in Brooklyn’s Williamsburg neighbourhood on his way home from the gym this month.

A squad car pulled up alongside him, and he was issued a summons.

A week and a half later, Mr Cohen, 28, stood in line outside Courtroom No. 3, on the 16th floor of the municipal building, worried that ICE agents might appear.

“I’m here legally, but you never know,” he said. “I’m nervous.”

A court officer called his case. Mr Cohen walked to the rail and spoke into a skinny microphone. Judge Paul Grosvenor asked if he would accept an adjournment in contemplation of dismissal, which would wipe the offence off his record if he had no interactions with the police for a set period of time – in his case, the next 30 days.

Some advocates for food delivery workers fear that the enforcement campaign targeting bikes could feed into the Trump administration’s immigrant crackdown.PHOTO: SASHA MASLOV/NYTIMES
“Yes, your honour,” Mr Cohen said.

“The application is granted,” Mr Grosvenor said. “Dismissed.”

Mr Boston’s case was called next. The judge, facing him, held up the summons and squinted. The officer responsible for the stop had provided scant details about the interaction and had simply noted the offences he claimed Mr Boston had committed: reckless driving and disobeying a red light.

The judge frowned.

“I’m going to dismiss as legally insufficient,” he said.

After two subway rides and 3½ hours of waiting, Mr Boston’s court appearance had lasted 46 seconds. As he left, a few minutes after noon, he felt just as confused as he had when he arrived.

“It’s a moving violation, which should go to the DMV,” he said. “Why am I even in this court?” NYTIMES

 

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Thousands Were Hurt So This City Is Pulling The Plug On Electric Scooter Chaos | Carscoops​

Denver passed a law demanding all scooters come with tech to prevent them being used on sidewalks

May 25, 2025 at 15:23

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• Denver is cracking down on electric scooters after a spate of accidents.
• All scooters will need to automatically deactivate when on a sidewalk.
• Riders also need to pass a test before using a scooter for the first time.

Electric scooters have become a go-to option for navigating busy city streets, promising speed and convenience without the hassle of parking or gas. But while they’ve changed the way millions of people move around urban areas, they’ve also turned sidewalks into obstacle courses, and in some cases, landing zones for unexpected ER visits. Now, one U.S. city is drawing a line.

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Denver, Colorado, is introducing new rules to control the use of scooters on its streets, and in particular, its sidewalks. The legislation, which passed unanimously, demands all scooters come fitted with technology that can identify when the device is not on a road or cycle lane, and cut all power.

Denver’s Department of Transportation and Infrastructure claims it has already started to test sidewalk detection technology, FOX31 Denver reports, but hasn’t revealed exactly how the systems work or how effective they are. They’d need to have some kind of GPS positioning component, but marking out the areas where it’s okay to scoot from those that are no-go zones sounds like a big task.

“This legislation is about more than scooters and bikes, it’s about saving lives, ensuring dignity for all pedestrians and setting national standards for responsible micro mobility,” said District 10 City Councilperson Chris Hinds, per Fox31.

The city’s emergency department and urgent care centers dealt with around 2,000 scooter-related injuries in 2024, many involving broken bones, cuts and concussions resulting from scooters colliding with pedestrians on sidewalks.

New Tech, New Tests

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When the rules come into force next year, riders will also be required to pass a short proficiency test before hitting the street on a scooter for the first time. And in 2027 Denver will enact more legislation, this time aimed at preventing people leaving scooters in random places across the city. Riders will have to park them in designated zones such as the ones the DOTI has reportedly been testing near the Denver’s Union Station.

The legality of electric scooters varies across the US, and although Pennsylvania and Delaware are the only states to ban their use, many cities within other states also have their own rules governing the minimum rider age, whether a helmet is required and where they can be ridden. Rhode Island, Texas, Utah, Washington and, until 2026, Colorado, are unique in allowing scooters to operate on sidewalks.

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Jail for man who stole from doctor, verbally abused police officer, crashed PMA inside hospital​

Andrew Wong
May 30, 2025

SINGAPORE – Over a period of six months, a man embarked on a series of offences against public servants including a doctor, a police officer and a security guard.

Lester Tan Jian Ming, 40, also admitted to speeding on his personal mobility aid (PMA) inside a hospital, which led to him crashing it against a wall twice.

On May 30, Tan was sentenced to 13 weeks’ jail after pleading guilty to six charges including for assaulting or using criminal force against a public servant, theft, mischief, committing rash acts and harassment.

Five charges of a similar nature were taken into consideration during his sentencing.

The court heard that on Sept 20, 2024, Tan was seeking medical treatment at Tan Tock Seng Hospital. The prosecutor said Tan was under the influence of drugs at the time, but did not reveal which ones.

As a doctor was attending to him, he reached into the front pocket of the doctor’s uniform and stole her iPhone.

On Feb 11, Tan was hospitalised at TTSH when he encountered a doctor conducting her rounds at 9am and asked her for his medication that had been prescribed by the Institute of Mental Health.

When the doctor advised him to collect the medication from IMH, he became agitated and verbally threatened her.

The doctor told a colleague about the interaction, and they called for police assistance.

At about noon that day, Tan was discharged from the hospital and escorted out of the ward by two auxiliary police officers. He was using a PMA at the time.

As he left the gantry of the ward, he sped off on his PMA and crashed into a wall. Undeterred, he sped off again and hit a dry wall near the lift lobby, causing more than $500 in damage.

On Feb 26, Tan was arrested near Upper Boon Keng Road and taken to Changi General Hospital, as he was intoxicated on drugs.

As he was in police custody, Tan’s hands were restrained. His belongings were sealed in two polymer bags placed near his bed.

Sometime around 3pm, he slipped out of his restraints and verbally threatened the police officer who was watching over him.

He then grabbed one of the polymer bags to retrieve his mobile phone and got in a tussle with the officer, resulting in the bag being torn.

After the officer called for backup, Tan began to hurl vulgarities and threaten another security officer.

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