Bikers drive safely...

[Nzy]

10.45am yishun ave 9 along the park, a group of tour-de-france wannabes and a mover lorlee park aside, rider lying down on kerb, on my way back 10mins later, ambulance arrive, mush be serious.

 

Must be those that cycle in single file although they have a big group. Normally big group its safer to cycle 2 abreast which is legal. So far most of the times i notice if 2 abreast the other vehicles sure overtake far far away. If single file sure get squeezed to the yellow line. This is what a TP told me also.

[Duckduck]

most taxi drivers drive as if nobody else on d road. Simply stop anywhere n turn, expecting everyone to siam them instead of following road rules.

[Duckduck]

Taxi beat red light

 

another taxi beat red light... to earn $7000 monthly?

[Fuelsaver]

although i dun ride, but i think its not easy for scooter to slow down in a short time

from video, i don't think it's so short a time from driver view n he not at fast speed.

 

perhaps he thinkin of something while riding.

[Kyrios]

Sigh nowadays ride bikes also must ride for leisure only..for instance on a beautiful saturday morning..take the bike out for a quixck sprint then quikly head home...roads of today just too dangerous for 2 wheelers..

[Happily1986]

Jialat, the taxi driver completely treat the biker machiam invisible.....no hesitation at all. He either misjudge the distance, or heck care assuming the biker will slow down or was not paying attention at all....day dreaming. Hope the biker is ok....luckily for him, there is video evidence to counter any prata flipping from the taxi driver.

 

Safe ride....still best to practise defensive driving at all times.

 

Cheers

 

speaking about being invisible, I wouldn't be surprised if this taxi driver happens to be one of those who do U turn in your face when the light turns green.

[Nemo6089]

No doubt taxi driver at fault, but do u think the rider could've slow down or stop too?

 

 

Everybody should slow down when approaching traffic junction, but in real life nobody does

 

 

[Accordvtec]

wah knn the taxi really farker man... i think he is blind to miss the scooter

sometimes not they(cabbies) just can't be bothered n cheong

[Accordvtec]

Yesterday oso saw a cabbie 阿老 beat red light by turning right.

This was despite the green lights in favour of other directions.

He drove as it he owned the road...really salute these people...

[Yewheng]

Everybody should slow down when approaching traffic junction, but in real life nobody does

 

Who say nobody does? I did. [laugh]

[Jerrcik]

Sigh nowadays ride bikes also must ride for leisure only..for instance on a beautiful saturday morning..take the bike out for a quixck sprint then quikly head home...roads of today just too dangerous for 2 wheelers..

 

Allow me to rephrase that, 4 wheelers are too dangerous to be used on the roads.

 

 

 

 

[Mustank]

http://motoring.asiaone.com/Motoring/News/...118-384187.html

 

Poly student dies in accident that almost severs leg

 

Poly student working part-time as pizza delivery man killed in crash that almost severed his leg. -TNP

Syahirah Anwar and Nathaniel Hong

 

Mon, Nov 19, 2012

The New Paper

 

SINGAPORE - He left the shop to deliver what would have been his last pizza order for the night. But Mr Muhammad Amirulhayat Mahadi never got to deliver it.

 

The 21-year-old student was killed after the Domino's Pizza motorcycle he was riding was hit by a white Mazda RX8 sports car at the intersection of Sembawang Road and Yishun Avenue 5 on Thursday night.

 

The red motorcycle was completely wrecked, lying crushed below the car, while Mr Amirulhayat's body lay about 10m away.

 

The storage compartment containing the pizzas was knocked loose and landed on a pedestrian walkway. Blood was splattered over the twisted front of the car and its front windscreen was cracked.

 

The police and the Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) received calls about the accident at about 9.30pm.

 

Dead at the scene

 

When paramedics arrived, they pronounced Mr Amirulhayat dead at the scene.

 

About an hour later, his family and friends arrived at the scene after being informed of the tragedy.

 

Overwhelmed with grief on seeing his younger brother's lifeless body, Mr Mahadir Mahadi, 24, kicked the debris from the accident and shouted: "Who is the driver?"

 

Two police officers and two passers-by rushed forward to restrain him while asking him to control himself.

 

He struggled in their grasp, demanding that he be allowed to see the Mazda driver, until his friend came forward to console him.

 

Mr Amirulhayat was a third-year student at Ngee Ann Polytechnic, taking a diploma course in multimedia and animation.

 

He had taken a part-time job as a delivery rider for Domino's Pizza to earn extra money.

 

His father, Mr Mahadi Timan, 52, who went to the scene that night, told The New Paper that his son was about to make a legal U-turn in the other direction of Sembawang Road to make his delivery.

 

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It was then that the Mazda collided into the motorbike, causing Mr Amirulhayat to be flung about 10m, he said.

 

An uncle, Mr Khairudin Timan, told TNP that he was in disbelief when he got to the scene at almost midnight.

 

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(Photos: Lianhe Wanbao, Shin Min Daily News, Stomp and TNP)

 

 

 

 

 

 

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"His body was still lying on the road when I got there, and I could see his injuries even though it was quite dark. It was really sad for all of us who were there," he said.

 

Emotions ran high among his family and friends, with many crying when they saw his body.

 

Mr Mahadi said that his son's leg wasalmost severed. He said: "The impact had to be very strong because his leg was very badly injured and his body was flung quite a distance from the bike.

 

"Plus, the damage of the bike and car was terrible... The car's airbags had inflated as well."

 

Mr Mahadi said they had to be very careful and delicate in preparing his son's body for the funeral as they did not want to cause more damage to the leg.

 

The police arrested the Mazda driver for causing death by reckless or dangerous driving.

 

The driver, who is in his 30s, told Chinese newspaper Lianhe Wanbao that when the accident happened, the traffic light at the intersection was green in his favour.

 

"When I passed the traffic light, there was a sudden flash of light in front of me. I then heard a loud crash and immediately stopped the car," he said.

 

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He said that it was only then that he realised that his windscreen had cracked and that his car's airbags had been activated.

 

When he got out of the car, he was shocked to see a body covered with blood lying nearby. If convicted of causing death by reckless or dangerous driving, he could face jail for up to five years.

 

Police investigations are ongoing.

 

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[Darryn]

Going by those stories, the RX8 didn't brake at all.

 

I wonder if he was speeding.

 

[PSP415]

Rip and condolences to the bereaved family.

 

Hopefully there is a video or eye witness account to ascertain truth of accident.

 

Safe ride....roads are wet these days.

 

[Mustank]

Going by those stories, the RX8 didn't brake at all.

 

I wonder if he was speeding.

 

donno leh

[Fuelsaver]

Rip and condolences to the bereaved family.

 

Hopefully there is a video or eye witness account to ascertain truth of accident.

 

Safe ride....roads are wet these days.

some scringe on new / decent set of rubbers, rotation, alignment, brake components & periodical preventive maintenance, adding to already dangerous conditions

[Fuelsaver]

Everybody should slow down when approaching traffic junction, but in real life nobody does

at least ease off gas.

[Pekkle]

Actually bikers sometimes also anyhow cut lanes .