Helping Each Other

[Galantspeedz]

u dun flash ur headlights in MY, they take it as a challenge too.

you are supposed to signal right if you want to overtake or want the car to shift left.

[Galantspeedz]

no lar. i find now u signal right in SG most of times the car in front will give away. of cuz still got some ku kus still dun but i would say is minority.

 

Why dun u all try and see if it works 1st anot instead of jumping to conclusions. everything has to start somewhere. And i am already practising it. I dare say msot times it works.

Edited May 16, 2007 by Galantspeedz

[Ahbengdriver]

hi guys.... just wanna share what i noticed in MY last week ...was travelling on some roads and suddenyly vehicle from the opposite side started high beaming.... i thought they playing punk but almost all MY cars did that, so further up when i drove i noticed road block...... so i think they quite united ah to help tell..... so y not like this, y not we strat a chain info... to all our other drivers.... if on our road we noticed road block on the opposite y not we do 3 SHORT HIGHBEAM TO alert the others.... so if 1 forummer tell 5 other driver friernds than by month end can have half singapore drivers do the same.... WHAT U GUYS THINK... at least we do not have to give our TP much money

 

This is a good idea. They ve been doing that for years in MY . Probably also why they have bushes now on the divider so this warning cannot be seen by opposite cars so their kopi lui is secured

 

If u overtake then its a diff story. It used be to that everyone flashes their long beam. Its not rude but just how they do it. Long beam tells teh car in front u want to pass. U will also know that they also tailgate u sometimes(Bad one IMO) which I dont encourage people to do. Lately I ve seen people signalling right to indicate their intention to overtake. But sometimes people havent understood this 'rule' yet. I right signalled a SG registered car once on NSH and for 1 min or so he didnt move aside so no choice gotta flash my high beam

[Nhrisuzu]

which highway u drive??

 

1 out of 50 times on AYE it doesn't work.. i am driving everynight.. i believe the signal lights are bright enough to let people see me behind them..

[Ahbengdriver]

problem is, there are still a lot of driver in SG who doesnt know this, I saw a TP at Yishun Ave 2 with speed camera... high beam the car from opposite, in the end, 1 of the car tot i try to me funny and point middle finger at me... knn....

 

That driver is a retard

[Galantspeedz]

ECP, AYE, TPE, PIE.

 

most frequent is ECP and AYE. works for me

[Nhrisuzu]

then maybe i not attractive enough to them ba..

 

anyway, not jumping to conclusions also.. ur situation might not be the same situation as mind..

[Galantspeedz]

maybe. but so far even ladies will give away. only selected few will not. and most often is old fogeys

[Simply_lex]

When I drives in, I do the same for MY cars.

As their roads are mainly 1 lane for 1 driection(to & fro),

so when short high beam is given, many will notice infront has blocks.

 

however in SG, seldom we have 1 lane road(to & fro), unless small road.

usually 3 lanes, even when we high beam, driver from the opp. direction

will not get the hint, or might not even notice.

 

But indeed, is a friendly gestures.

 

afraid or not is another issue, individual la....

[Nhrisuzu]

most drivers at night seem to be those uncle and ah beng chia..

 

maybe at night they don't have much mood to drive.. so take a slow drive home and can't be bothered by what is happening around them...

[Relagsingh]

unlike sg, road camaraderie is more evident in other countries. other than the high beaming, big lorries will also indicate right to tell you it's safe to overtake.

[Galantspeedz]

if ah beng chia, u muz go to the rear and push push abit....

[Adrianli]

Yup, problem is SG driver is being horn or highbeam they feel offended, but in some countries that i've travel sounding the horn is like a friendly greeting.

 

Like in India??? Drivers there horn every few secs. Taxi horn u to check if u wana take taxi.

[Icekitten]

no lar. i find now u signal right in SG most of times the car in front will give away. of cuz still got some ku kus still dun but i would say is minority.

 

Why dun u all try and see if it works 1st anot instead of jumping to conclusions. everything has to start somewhere. And i am already practising it. I dare say msot times it works.

 

I try liao...9 out of 10 bochup one.

 

Only once a nice taxi driver gave way when he saw my signal. I believe most taxi drivers should know what the 'signal right' means but some just bochup lor. As for the rest, might be ignorant or just bochup, I dunno.

[Sony]

Guess it's a culture thingy.. and sadly, we didn't cultivate it yet

[Relagsingh]

yeah. actually all these small things will make each others day. i offer help, i feel good. i got help, i feel great.

 

even by flashing to signal to the bus driver to let him out of the bus bay, they are courteous enough to reciprocate.

[RadX]

u do that to drivers...and next day we see a kaupe kaubu thread by u

 

drivers here really dunno wat to say

[Galantspeedz]

lidat i muz be heng. i will say 7times out of 10 it works. if they did not see the signal, a short high beam usually work.