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When a road accident happens in front of you and the traffic lights are kaput

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No problem, if you are the motorcyclist featured in this Beh Chia Lor – Singapore Road Facebook page recently.

He grasped the problem immediately, decided to lend a hand, got off his bike, and, still wearing his helmet, directed traffic.

Thisraffic  episode showing great initiative and  community spirit happened last Friday  evening at a tjunction in Sengkang, and highlighted on Facebook on Feb 19.

No surprise that it’s been viewed over 41,000 times since then.

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It was fortunate for motorists that this unknown road user decided  to stop what he was doing and make a difference.

The traffic situation was far from simple.  From the screenshots, it seems that a car and a taxi got into an accident at the junction of Sengkang East Road and Sengkang East Way.

Photo: FB screengrab/ Beh Chia Lor – Singapore Road
Photo: FB screengrab/ Beh Chia Lor – Singapore Road

To make matters worse, the traffic light was not working.

So a Good Samaritan steps up, the young man in a black t-shirt and brown pants walks up to the junction and begins to direct traffic.

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Photo: FB screengrab/ Beh Chia Lor – Singapore Road

A netizen on a bus at the junction caught it on camera  and posted the video to Facebook.

He captioned the video: “Kudos to the motorcyclist who helped to guide the traffic at the junction between Sengkang East Road and Sengkang East Way in the midst of an accident between a car and taxi, and traffic light not working. Date and time: 18 Feb 2022, 7pm”

You can see the video on the Beh Chia Lor – Singapore Road Facebook page.

Photo: FB screengrab/ Beh Chia Lor – Singapore Road

Other netizens heaped praise on the motorcyclist for stopping to assist while waiting for the traffic police to arrive. 

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More than one commenter suggested that he might be an off-duty traffic cop.

“Not easy to Marshall traffic,” another netizen observed.

/TISG

 

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