Singapore legislation
Regulation 3
Regulation 3
Pedestrians, cyclists, mobility vehicle users and PMD riders must use crossings
Subregulation 1
Except as provided in paragraph (5), any pedestrian, cyclist, mobility vehicle user or PMD rider who is within 50 metres of either side of a pedestrian crossing, or within such shorter distance, as indicated by traffic signs shall make use of the pedestrian crossing for the purpose of crossing the road.
Subregulation 2
The traffic signs indicating the limits of the 50 metres or other shorter distance shall be prominently displayed and shall be as shown in the diagrams in Part III of the Schedule.
Subregulation 3
Where a pedestrian crossing is designated by two parallel yellow lines drawn across a road at a junction or an intersection, a pedestrian, cyclist, mobility vehicle user or PMD rider shall cross parallel with the flow of vehicular traffic and where a pedestrian crossing is designated by a signalised traffic sign, a pedestrian, cyclist, mobility vehicle user or PMD rider shall only cross when the green man in the signalised traffic sign is illuminated.
Subregulation 4
Where a railing or other similar structure has been erected on the edge of a pavement of grass verge along one side of a road or on a road divider, no person shall climb over or crawl underneath or go through such railing or structure, or any gap therein to cross to the opposite side of the road or for any other purpose.
Subregulation 5
The following persons shall be exempted from paragraph (1) where a pedestrian crossing is an overhead bridge:
a person who has not the complete use of either one or both of his legs; and
a person who has been certified by a registered medical practitioner to be suffering from a heart disease or any other ailment or defect to such an extent or degree that it may dangerously affect his health or physical condition if that person were to use an overhead bridge.