Cyclist gets shoved by pedestrian in near-miss at Raffles Place zebra crossing, stops to argue with him
A near-miss at a zebra crossing apparently infuriated an involved pedestrian, who gave the passing cyclist a shove.
This quickly led to a confrontation at the roadside, with a nearby driver momentarily joining in.
Source: SGRV ADMIN on Facebook
Cyclist pushes bicycle and argues with pedestrian
According to the footage timestamp, the incident happened on Wednesday (15 April) at 1.48pm.
The camcar drove behind a bicycle as they approached a zebra crossing across China Street in Raffles Place.
At the time, two pedestrians were walking across on the zebra crossing. The cyclist quickly swerved away and avoided hitting them.
Source: SGRV ADMIN on Facebook
One of the pedestrians shoved the rear of the bicycle as it passed by, causing the camcar driver to honk at him.
Source: SGRV ADMIN on Facebook
The cyclist promptly rolled his bicycle to the roadside to confront the pedestrian, who appeared to be arguing with him.
“You don’t liddat push people’s bicycle, he will fall down!” The camcar driver shouted out of the window as he passed by.
Source: SGRV ADMIN on Facebook
He was met with more arguing off-screen, with the two involved speaking over each other.
“Just post on Facebook lah!” The driver told him. As the car drove off, the argument appeared to continue.
The driver also criticised the pedestrian to another occupant, saying he should have waited an extra second to avoid any sort of altercation.
Source: SGRV ADMIN on Facebook
MS News has reached out to the police for any information on the incident.
Commenters split over whether pedestrian was wrong
The camcar driver did end up posting the video to SG Road Vigilante on Facebook, as he suggested.
The footage sparked a heated debate on who exactly is at fault.
One netizen sided with the pedestrian, labelling his actions as “self-defence”.
Source: Facebook
Another commenter agreed that the cyclist was wrong, but said it didn’t give the pedestrian the right to push him, which potentially could cause injury.
Source: Facebook
Amid all the arguing, one user noted that the cyclist wasn’t wearing a helmet while riding on the road.
Source: Facebook
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Featured image adapted from SGRV ADMIN on Facebook.
