Honda driver refuses to give way to pedestrians at two zebra crossings
The driver ignored the pedestrians.
Honda driver refuses to give way to pedestrians at two zebra crossings
A driver was caught blatantly ignoring pedestrians at not one, but two zebra crossings.
Stomper Lau Lau shared a video of the incident which occurred on April 30 at 4.26pm.
In the first instance, the black Honda Freed drove over a zebra crossing just as pedestrians were about to cross.
After driving a few metres away, the driver passed through another zebra crossing while two pedestrians were halfway across.
The Singapore road traffic rules declare that all pedestrians have precedence over all vehicles at zebra crossings.
One netizen speculated that the driver might be a foreigner and unaware of local driving laws.
However, another pointed out that other countries also have similar crossings.
Nevertheless, according to one netizen, Singapore is one of the rare places where pedestrians are given priority.
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