Avoid these flood-prone roads!!!

[Ronnie]

put in lowest gear and dun let go of accelerator

use clutch to control power

if auto car..god help u

 

why? auto car cannot meh?

[Bellaraphon]

yeah yeah, y auto car cannot? interested to know too.

[Encore]

The reason for constant stepping on accelerator is not to allow water to seep in through the exhaust pipe. The acceleration will keep the water out of the exhaust. This is possible because a manual car, when u step on accelerator hard, you can still stop it from moving by 'playing' with the clutch.

 

Auto... hhmm... drive.. free, drive..free gear? Any tips anybody?

[Cheekg98]

New reservoir at Sembawang?

Richard Wong was at Sembawang Bus Interchange on Tuesday morning (19 December) and saw this huge pond of water at the empty plot of land beside the interchange.

 

 

In his email to STOMP, Richard dubbed this pool of water as Singapore

[Cheekg98]

Rain causes landslide in Sengkang Viky,33, homemaker was looking out the window of her Sengkang flat on Tuesday, 2pm (19 December) when she saw this slope cave in.

 

According to Viky, "this slope opposite the Institute of Mental Health at Buangkok Crescent has slid off due to the prolonged rains and floods in the area."

 

However, authorities were quick to react as Vicki told STOMP that she saw some men cleaning up the mess at around 4.30pm (19 December

[Crv007]

auto just lower the auto gear to gear1 or 2 "drive1 or 2" can step on gas and pass through slowly with higher torque

[Encore]

[Ronnie]

That sounds absurd to me.

 

I think with clutch, when driver panic chances that will stall engine is more.

 

For auto cars, I guess have to depend on makes... for mine you can still step on brakes and accelerator at the same time w/o causing stall - Thats with the help of the torque converter.

 

Logic is same, like how you launch an auto car and perhaps moving off from a slope.

[Ronnie]

actually it's not needed, before you enter floods, you should already be in the lower gears (you see flood and cars infront confirm slow down mar..) so just watch the accelerators thats all...... thats the thing about Autos,when you slow down, then it will step down in gears. of coz, mine is not CVVT, so the change is pretty obvious to me.

[Furrynadz]

yea kill the autobox just by put to neutral and floor it when stop

[Encore]

nobody said it was easy.. its just the technique.. any better ideas?

buy auto ?

[Ccssgm]

The wet weather looks like going to drag for another week.

Here's a list of roads to avoid. Feel free to add on if you have any in mind.

 

1. Junction of Joan Road and Olive Road (Caldecott hill valley area)

2. Junction of Admiralty Road West / Woodlands Ave 10

3. Junction of Upper Thomson Road / Mandai Road

4. Thomson Road (Near the nurseries)

5. Junction of Upper Bukit Timah / Mandai Road

 

 

..... seems like both end of Mandai Road also flood

 

Ah Pin Ge at Nee Soon Camp............All On Leave Tomorrow.......

 

[Number19]

What if traffic comes to a standstill? Manual car can clutch in and rev.. but auto car use neutral?

 

Anyway these few days I heard on radio even got ppl ji tao park their rides at home and take public transport to work. MRT would be the most efficient if not for the fashionable mode of suicides going on

[Ccssgm]

The rain will On N Off .......till Fri...DONG ZHI..... Edited December 19, 2006 by Ccssgm

[Chihuahua]

Better dont take the chance la.. dont go for now.. take a look at the nea website and can see that it will rain till tomorrow ...

[Ahyoo2002]

The wet weather looks like going to drag for another week.

Here's a list of roads to avoid. Feel free to add on if you have any in mind.

 

1. Junction of Joan Road and Olive Road (Caldecott hill valley area)

2. Junction of Admiralty Road West / Woodlands Ave 10

3. Junction of Upper Thomson Road / Mandai Road

4. Thomson Road (Near the nurseries)

 

This morning, Gambas Ave towards Woodlands direction, flooded from Sembawang Road to Woodlands Ave 10 junction. 2 prickup/lorry stuck there.

[Djcoolmax]

i guess drivers of SUVs should not be complaining. This is probably the only time in Singapore that they can "show-off" their SUV capabilities.

[Ronnie]

dun say hor. last night saw SUV go into ditch on expressway.