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Stronger stance against PMD riders needed to better protect pedestrians
The Straits Times
|December 24, 2025
I was sad to read the article on the 71-year-old woman getting hit by an e-bike ('No senior should go through this': Woman, 71, has jaw reconstruction surgery after PMD-related accident, Dec 22).
Mrs Malar Singam was knocked down by a personal mobility device on a pavement at a mall on Dec 10. She had to undergo jaw reconstruction surgery and has been consuming a liquid diet through a straw since then. ST PHOTO: DESMOND FOO
(ST PHOTO: DESMOND FOO)
But as a Pasir Ris resident, I am not surprised, going by the number of personal mobility device (PMD) riders in the area. This is something none of us, young or old, should have to go through.
This story is from the December 24, 2025 edition of The Straits Times.
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