Driver killed by falling tree....

[Kelpie]

this is not the first time a tree has landed on a car with people in it, and certainly won't be the last. i still remember few years back a branch pierced the roof of a car and impaled the front passenger seat. it was driven by a lady with her two sons, BUT luckily, her sons were seating in the back as was their usual practice.

 

pruning the trees only reduces the risk somewhat, but doesn't really eliminate it.

 

If I could recall, there was such incident that happened at carpark and was reported in the news years ago. A branch or a small tree hits a car, luckily no one was injured.

 

Yes, the only way to reduce or to eliminate the risk is not to have trees planted along the road sides, dividers and on the pavements. Perhaps, they can come out with a procedures that say no trees allowed within X m away from the road.

 

Apart from acknowledging it as a freak accident, IMHO, the authority should be proactive in coming up with a resolution to minimize future risks that to simply say it is a microburst or act of god will.

 

Regards,

[RadX]

and guess what...damage control at work:

 

I alwes say that only when someone dies, they will take action

 

 

 

NParks steps up inspection & pruning of trees

By Mustafa Shafawi & Imelda Saad | Posted: 21 July 2010 1429 hrs

 

 

 

Photos 1 of 1

 

Fallen tree along Yio Chu Kang Road, near Thomson Hill, which killed car-driver (TODAY photo)

 

 

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[Kb27]

It's easy to solve this problem.

 

Remove all trees within x meter from the roads.

 

That will prevent one from crashing onto you or you from driving into one.

And besides, drivers get better peripheral visions without all the blockage.

 

But I supposed trees are more important than driver's life.

[Sk65]

http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/sin...1070831/1/.html

 

damn sia

 

again

heng no one die

[Ix0107]

Sad for the little girl he left behind and the wife who apparently has to continue paying the car instalments....insurance?

 

Think the car will be total lost and the family could write to the insurance company for full coverage...

[Kelpie]

Think the car will be total lost and the family could write to the insurance company for full coverage...

 

But I thought if classified as "Act of God will" then can't claim right?

 

Regards,

[Ticklish8]

IT IS AN ACT OF GOD!!!!! hehehehehe

 

THE Government

[Ticklish8]

LATEST Trees fall on car again!

 

ingapore: Three people trapped in their car by tree branches which had fallen on their vehicle were rescued by SCDF personnel this morning.

 

SCDF said they received a call about the incident in front of Blk 226 Ang Mo Kio Ave 1 at 7.38am.

 

SCDF personnel cleared the tree branches and manually opened the door of the vehicle to let the occupants out.

 

A spokesman said that the three occupants of the car had no visible injuries and were not conveyed to hospital.

 

[Ticklish8]

LATEST:

 

To prevent similar incidents of trees toppling down due to undetected rotten roots growing underground, the following proposals are in the planning to be forwarded to Parliament:

 

a. a new law will be proposed requiring all tree roots to grow above ground so as to be visible

b. investment in new X-ray equipment that allows officials to view underground roots

c. creation of a new police unit to investigate any probable links (including conspiracy) between trees and longkangs

d. the police are to investigate whether the tree toppling at the Istana was a foiled attempt on the president's life

e. NEA is to investigate the properties of current rain water to see any signs of sabotage, ie addition of any agents that cause longkang blockage and trees toppling

 

Source: CNA (Can-Not-Ah!) [:p]

[Blackyv]

just curious, how they determine the microbusrt does happen at that time and spot?... we have equipment install along that stretch to detect it or they can determine it from staring at their lcd screen?....if it's later, then how many times it happen in a year and since it's so deadly, shouldn't this microburst phenomenon be made know to public long long ago?.........ummm......

[Mike1234]

Wa piang....

 

Now we drive or walk....

 

Must be very careful liao....

 

if not,

[Jman888]

just curious, how they determine the microbusrt does happen at that time and spot?... we have equipment install along that stretch to detect it or they can determine it from staring at their lcd screen?....if it's later, then how many times it happen in a year and since it's so deadly, shouldn't this microburst phenomenon be made know to public long long ago?.........ummm......

 

i think that one also happen 1 in 50 years so don't worry

[Christan]

i think that one also happen 1 in 50 years so don't worry

 

That what's Yakult say about the 1 in 50 years flood. Guess what happen

[Atonchia]

I saw the news yesterday. What disturbs me is at the wake, there was a Swastika, aka Nazi sign displayed over the body.....

 

Sad for the little girl he left behind and the wife who apparently has to continue paying the car instalments....insurance?

 

Nazi swastika sign is a mirror image of what the buddhist use lah, both different and the Nazi sign is rotated 45 degrees.

Mirror image where left become right, top become bottom.

[questionedfish]

IT IS AN ACT OF GOD!!!!! hehehehehe

 

THE Government

[Requiemdk]

Old and tired tactic by MM Lee. Scold people and then claim that the only alternative is undesirable when in fact it is far from the only alternative and it is more likely that the people in charge were clueless in doing their jobs, only knowing how to react with stock solutions rather than plan ahead and think of proper solutions worth their stratospheric salaries. Not going to work in the long run on people with half a functioning brain.

[Karebu]

Is Vitagen now being dispensed from jugs?

 

your display picture cannot be more appropriate sia.. Haha

[Karebu]

Hai. Just take it as natural disaster loh. Singapore can have flood. And also falling trees.