January 16, 2018, 10:31 AM 
Chances are, you'll have seen reports of amazingly reckless e-scooter riders in Singapore, especially recently and at the end of the year.
Like these kids in Yishun:
And this woman, who dangerously brought her child out for a spin on the road in Edgefield Plains:
And this girl, who was filmed cutting across four lanes in Bukit Batok:
There are also those with death wishes, like these two e-scooter riders who brazenly hit the expressways despite it being illegal to even ride on regular roads:
And most recently, there are also your plain stupid e-scooter riders. Like this punk:
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Dangerous and illegal as all these cases of errant, irresponsible and reckless e-scooters may be, we must admit there's nothing quite like a good jolt to the system that can serve to shock an errant citizen into obedience.
Something like this video from a Chinese television network, for instance (*Disclaimer: some may find the footage graphic. If so, you'll want to skip the gifs coming up too)
It shows two collisions taking place between heavy vehicles and e-scooters in two separate locations in China — in both the examples, it was the e-scooter rider at fault for blatantly flouting traffic rules:
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In this first instance featured, the e-scooter biker had run a red light, and sustained fractures and brain damage from the accident.
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In another incident dated Jan. 11, 2018, an e-scooter rider whom you can see happily zipped out from the side of the road, crossing all the lanes without a care for oncoming traffic, until he was bulldozed by an oncoming lorry.
According to the video, the rider ended up in intensive care.
110 accidents involving personal mobility devices between Jan. & Sep. 2017
The recent parliamentary session last week saw Transport Minister Khaw Boon Wan sharing some startling statistics on accidents involving personal mobility devices.
The number above is a catch-all, taking place both where it was legal and illegal for e-scooters to be ridden. During these nine months, Minister Khaw said the LTA issued warnings and summonses to 330 idiots riders for illegally traversing the roads on their PMDs.
Over last year, the LTA also issued 1,700 advisories to people with unsafe riding behaviour.
Khaw also reminded the public of the new fine system for PMDs that kicked in on Monday, Jan. 15:
- For travelling on local roads: $300
- For travelling on major roads: $500
- For travelling on expressways: prosecution with fine of up to $2,000 or 3 months' prison or both.
In response to these measures, however, two people wrote in to Today urging caution in advocacy for the use of PMDs, as well as going as far as to liken the rise of PMD use to "introducing a monster".
It's quite clear this isn't going to make a difference, however, to riders confident they can't be caught even if they might be filmed on a car driver's dashcam, for instance.
So perhaps what's needed is a video like the one above.
Frightening, but no less sobering a reminder for e-scooter owners thinking of being funny and breaking the law.
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