Hopefully, both the driver and pedestrian involved in the accident here learned some valuable lessons in paying more attention on the roads. Painful lessons, really, especially for the jaywalking dude who got knocked down last Friday.
While waiting for the red lights to turn green at the traffic junction between Sembawang Road and Jalan Mata Ayer, a motorist in the midst of discussing seafood managed to capture an incident that saw a young man being knocked down by a car. Said young man was in the wrong in the first place — he tried to cross the road while the lights weren’t in his favor. Of course, the driver is at fault too for not slowing down at a pedestrian crossing and didn’t pay enough attention while making a left turn.
The end result? The jaywalker got knocked down after failing to dash past the careening car. The pedestrian turned out relatively okay as he got up instantly but probably shook and definitely in pain.
On the Roads.sg Facebook page, folks weren’t sharing any sympathies for the jaywalker.
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