Singapore ― I am on a “bicycle, so mind your own business,” said a food delivery rider to a vehicle driver who called him out for beating a red light.
A food delivery rider was caught on camera giving a motorist a defensive reply for breaking the law.
Facebook page ROADS.sg uploaded a video of the incident which happened along Mayflower Avenue on Sunday (Sept 19).
A vehicle was spotted slowing down at a red light as it approached a pedestrian crossing. Two elderly individuals proceeded to cross the road.
Soon after, a GrabFood delivery rider passed by, disregarding the red light.
After catching up to the rider at a junction, the vehicle driver was heard telling the rider, “red light, red light.”
“Yeah, so?” the rider responded.
“Red light, you need to stop because we are on the road,” the driver explained.
“Bicycle, so?” the rider continued.
The driver told the rider that he could take his licence plate and report him to the police if he wanted.
“You just mind your own business,” said the rider.
Members from the online community highlighted the need for licence plates to track down errant cyclists like this one.
“If this was an errant driver beating red light with licence plate captured, we have some level of confidence that action will be taken against the driver by the authority,” said Facebook user Andy Lee.
“But in this case, totally untraceable, nothing will be done. The self-entitled cyclist will continue doing this, endanger himself and others until something happens one day. That’s why it’s so infuriating.”
“Saw this kind of example all the time,” shared Facebook user Joseph Fu.
He recalled one occasion where two food delivery riders were behind one another at a traffic light. “The one behind actually told the one in front ‘eh, scared ah? Red light, you stop for what? Just go la.’ He starts pushing against the front rider rear tyre,” said Mr Fu.
Netizens urged the driver to report the incident to deter other riders.
“Seems like a direct fine the delivery companies could be a possible way to manage this,” said Facebook user Jonathan Yap.
Meanwhile, others noted they have tried educating riders in the past to no avail.
“Bicycle mentality can transform to be pedestrian and transform back to road user again, so either way is a green like to them. They are hybrid road users,” a netizen explained. /TISG
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