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Pedestrians have right of way at pedestrian crossings. Cars have right of way elsewhere. https://sso.agc.gov.sg/SL/RTA1961-R24?DocDate=20190131#pr4- https://s
by howlgarnish 6y ago
Pedestrians have right of way at pedestrian crossings. Cars have right of way elsewhere.
https://sso.agc.gov.sg/SL/RTA1961-R24?DocDate=20190131#pr4- https://sso.agc.gov.sg/SL/RTA1961-R24?DocDate=20190131#pr4-
This is pretty standard, and Singapore is way safer for pedestrians than virtually any Asian country outside Japan.
- aidenn0 6y agoIn many states of the US, cars are never granted right of way over pedestrians. Instead pedestrians are required to yield the right of way to cars outside of crosswalks. It's an important distinction because it places a legal burden on the driver to attempt to avoid hitting a pedestrian.
- bkor 6y agoPedestrians generally have right of way. Singapore is pretty exceptional in this. Further, loads of Asian countries are pretty poor safety wise. I don't think a comparison to other Asian countries is beneficial. Singapore probably also benefits that owning a car is quite expensive, plus sort of ok public transport (a bus is terribly slow though!). Singapore still heavily favours a car. A public transport ride can be easily 2x-3x the time as a car trip. From your link: > Elderly pedestrians accounted for two-thirds of all pedestrian fatalities. (1 in 2 accidents involving elderly pedestrians was due to jaywalking) Singapore does seem safe in a deaths/100k comparison. There's some EU figures where the best country does about ~20/million (so around ~2.0/100k). Singapore has 2.2/100k. Things such as "jaywalking" is not a thing in loads of countries. Also, the traffic lights are horrendous. You need to wait way too long. See e.g. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=knbVWXzL4-4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=knbVWXzL4-4 for various examples of way quicker lights.