Bicycles ride dangerously in city state

I have seen my fair share of bicycles riding dangerously along heavy traffic on the side of the road. Occasionally they would unwittingly swerve sideways into the path of oncoming and narrowly missing getting clipped in the wheel.

Singaporeans are impatient drivers, even though I have seen much worse in overseas countries. Cyclists are always in danger when they travel beside large vehicles that might not see the two-wheelers riding in blind spots, or beside cars that tend to overtake fast in a bid to not get caught driving too slowly behind them.

I have also seen a couple of near misses where cyclists ride against traffic and across cross junctions. And no, not all who cycle in Singapore are foreigners. There are equal share of teenagers, adults and sometimes the elderly.

I got a feeling that the number of motorists and cyclists on the road are bound to increase in the future, and it would be more difficult to keep the accident statistics in check, because statistically, the likelihood of mishaps is set to rise.