General Cycling Discussion - Can only happen in Singapore...

http://www.togoparts.com/showroom/scenery/resized-20030504231952054.jpg

Hmm is the sign relating to the footpath, bus stop/pull off, the road or all of the above?

Seems pretty weird to me.

Brendon
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I would like that sign in my bathroom... :)

Someone once told me (unverified) that chewing gum in Singapore in public was also banned because of the huge problem with gum on the sidewalk. (True or false, or urban myth?)

I also heard horror stories of lawbreakers being beaten with rods on the soles of their feet.

I love America, even if just for the proliferation of scarey stories from overseas.

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Singapore is a small country.. and really is very clean and "orderly".
Some rules are odd, but is respected.... now that is discipline.

Hey, check out that sign,,, what's holding it to the pole? Looks fake to me......a bit of cut and paste maybe? :beer:

HaHa, who else better to ask than me?? Actually, I've never seen that sign before, but according to my dad, there is. I'm sure that it is only because of the bus stop, as people approach the road to board the bus, it'll be dangerous for cyclist to zoom across. It only applies to the pavements which has a bus stop nearby. However, I believe it is only in some areas, not all. I guess the area is more crowded with a lot of people taking buses at that bus stop after work or something.

Anyway, it's still fine to ride on the road. Not quite so on the pavements though. It is actually illegal to ride on pavements in Singapore but actually, the police does not quite bother so long as the cyclist rides in a safe and responsible fashion. They will fine the cyclist if he is seen as a threat to other pedestrians.

WE were in Singapore last AUgust. The thing about gum. It is illegal to import and it is not sold in Singapore. If you carry it in on your person that is ok. Just you can not sell it,if you do..

Oh yah, about the chewing gum part, what cyclezealot said is right, you can't sell chewing gum here. If you bring a few along with you, I think it is fine. I'm not really sure because there are people who say it's illegal even to be found in your possession. However, I'm pretty sure that you can chew gum, but you can't bring huge quantities of chewing gum over to Singapore. I don't really bother about it since chewing gum usually makes me so addicted to the extent that I get stomachache just by eating a lot of that. So nowadays, even if I do have some chewing gum, I don't chew it so often. Maybe twice a year??? HEHEHEHE:p

I think they put the sign up because they saw you coming with that bike and knew you were a trouble-maker! :D

From what I've heard, Singapores strict laws and enforcement have made it one of the cleanest places in Asia, and the only place in the world where its population density doesn't cause to implode and form a civil black hole.
Discipline? Yeah, they still cane. A couple years ago, there was a really big court news issue because an American teenager who was visiting got caught spraying graffiti. The standard punishment is something like 15 strokes on the back with a cane. People were really upset because "he was just a kid." Well, hopefully he learned his lesson.