{
  "id": 1617059,
  "title": "Traffic police chase cyclists who took up 3 lanes along West Coast Highway",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/17/traffic-police-chase-cyclists-who-took-up-3-lanes-along-west-coast",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-17T14:50:37.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Mothership",
    "slug": "mothership",
    "url": "https://mothership.sg/2026/08/traffic-police-cyclists-west-coast/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Early on August 15, a group of cyclists took up three lanes on the West Coast Highway during the early hours of the morning. Traffic police were seen chasing the cyclists in a bid to stop them, a scene captured on camera. Despite police signals to pull over, some of the cyclists kept pedaling, even increasing their speed, according to Lianhe Zaobao.\n\nThe footage uploaded to TikTok showed the cyclists pedaling across three lanes without wearing helmets. Two motorcycle officers were seen flashing their sirens and lights, attempting to get the cyclists to stop. One officer overtook the cyclists, while another followed them from behind, attempting to encircle them. However, not all of the cyclists stopped; some even increased their speed.\n\nA witness who filmed the video told Zaobao that the cyclists were teenagers. He had been in a nearby car park when he heard the sirens and saw the cyclists riding past on the road. The enforcement officers kept flashing their lights at them, but the cyclists continued riding, with a few managing to escape.\n\nThe video did not show whether any of the cyclists were eventually stopped. However, the witness stated that about five or six of them were eventually boxed in and stopped once they realized they couldn't get away. Despite the rules stating that cyclists should wear helmets, cycle safely, and allow traffic to overtake them, the cyclists in this incident disobeyed these regulations.",
  "summary": "The cyclists were not wearing helmets.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}