edit: http://www.straitstimes.com/BreakingNews/Singapore/Story/STIStory_466165.html It seems that my mum had misheard/misinterpretted the news. The only thing is that cyclists will be fined if seen to have reckless behavior.

I heard sg had implemented or reinforced the law that bicycle must not share the pavement with pedestrian. This rather struck me hard, how can this be fair? Below are my views:

First of all, lets consider the safety issues. As many of cyclists are aunties that bike for groceries or to go to the park for their morning activities, I believe that making them cycle on the roads are extremely dangerous. Who knows what might happen to the bike that might cause hazards such as flat tire or broken brakes. Furthermore, there is always the possibility of amateurs biker that might lose control.

Next, how many cyclists are there in sg? I would say only a handful compared to vehicles. sg is already such a small country, it cant afford to have special lanes for cyclist like china, therefore allowing cyclists to share the roads, what would the pavements used for? Purely humans? Cant be, or the pavements would be useless when there are no pedestrians, especially at the afternoon where most people were busy at work.

Although some people might consider bicycle as a form of vehicle and thus had to travel on roads, bicycle are actually just a naked traveling tool. Compared to a armored cars or trucks, i believe that accident that cyclists might encounter on roads would most probably be fatal. I'm sure that small cuts and bruises are safer than fatal injuries.

Finally, by having this law, many frequent cyclist might be turned down due to its safety issues. Therefore this discourages people to use bikes, which is ironic because global warming has been a hot topic, so as carbon emission, traffic congestions and so on...Bike believe it or not, is a solution to many problem, not only these useful tools helps prolong the fate of the world, it helps people to be more active in fitness, especially for the elderly. Therefore it is extremely foolish and unreasonable to forbid cyclist to share the pavement.