SINGAPORE - The police are investigating a claim that an e-scooter rider had hit a child along the pedestrian walkway outside Orchard Shopping Centre on Friday .
A passer-by had taken a video and several pictures of the boy's father arguing with the e-scooter rider and posted it on several Facebook groups. According to the passer-by, Facebook user Andy Yeu Mai, the e-scooter rider was moving quite fast on the walkway outside Orchard Shopping Centre at around 9pm on Friday.
He hit a small boy, who was wearing a yellow shirt, and the kid's father subsequently punched the rider.The police confirmed that a report was lodged and said they are investigating the case.
E-scooters and bicycles need to be equipped with bells and riders need to use them. I've had a few near miss incidents that could have been avoided had the rider used a bell as warning.
Where is the enforcement?
It’s very sad to know that safety when walking along Orchard Road pedestrian walkway is no longer guaranteed leehsienloong teocheehean Tharman_S chuanjin1 VivianBala
So when will Singapore introduce a law that bans electronic scooters with uncapped riding speed from sidewalks instead of reporting every single scooter-pedestrian related accident that we know will always happen.
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