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Singapore Reckless Drivers part VII

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DACH

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Lorry on the first lane over taking fast and furious, luckily no gas tank explosion.

 

Looks like Bt Timah Rd?

Maybe lorry is turning right but the speed looks fast. 

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Beanoyip

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Lorry on the first lane over taking fast and furious, luckily no gas tank explosion.

No wonder now higher punishment for heavy vehicles, and deserving so..

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Theoldjaffa

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Another video up for some debate..

This is something I'm damn dulan about.

 

At a signalised junction, drivers on the opposite side should wait for drivers who are turning left to complete their turn before they proceed to turn right, even if there's no cars going straight.

 

In this case, although driver didn't practice proper lane discipline, the biker is in the wrong also.

 

Damn CB to see LJ riders like that gesticulating like the whole world owes them when they themselves are the root cause of the situation.

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1fast1

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Another video up for some debate..

The biker is not riding defensively. And he is making a discretionary right turn, so the burden is on him to be more circumspect and cautious when making the turn.

 

Having said that, the car is taking an unreasonably wide turn. Even the initial turn should've been in the leftmost lane. The susbsequent lane change from middle to right was too abrupt. If a collision had occurred it would be close to 50-50, maybe 60-40 in favour of the car, but no more.

 

But at the end of the day, I think the root cause of a lot of these minor road misunderstandings is the lack of proper signalling of intent. I didn't hear any 'tok tok' sound suggestive of proper indication. If the car had done that, I bet the biker would've been less caught off guard.

 

This, to me, is the biggest problem with Singapore drivers - sheer bloody mindedness. They will think there's no need to signal, expecting the entire world to read their muddled... what we'll charitably call their "minds". For god's sake, signal what the hell you think you're intending to do so others can take avoidant action if needed. Don't blame others for being "too fast" and "reckless", blame yourself for making seemingly random moves on the road with absolutely no indication or decency.

 

I can sort of see the twisted rationale behind not wanting to signal because Singaporeans are known to be bloody minded in another way and gleefully block those who do take the trouble to signal early. But it's a poor excuse, two wrongs don't make a right.

 

To me, these are the real problem behaviours that need to be tackled harshly on the roads. Not "speeding", since penalties have always been harsh against that. What I want to see is new laws that come down hard (warning for first offence, fines for second and fines and DIPS for third) on hogging, lack of signalling and blocking behaviour.

 

I am unsatisfied with the impending new laws. The law shouldn't just impose harsher penalties against behaviours that are already amply covered under existing law; they should be proactively enforcing proper etiquette and "courtesy" on the roads, since a lot of Singaporeans are too block-headed to realise these things on their own. Remove the root cause for road rage and retaliatory aggression on our roads. Courteous driving is also safe driving.

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The bus driver is really lucky to be able to prove his innocence.

 

Six-year-old boy killed in bus accident had crossed road ahead of his mother: Coroner
https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/singapore/boy-killed-in-bus-accident-coroner-choa-chu-kang-11258830

SINGAPORE: A six-year-old boy from India who was killed after being run over by a bus last year had crossed the road ahead of his mother, a coroner's inquiry found on Monday (Feb 18).

Delivering her findings, State Coroner Kamala Ponnampalam said children must always be supervised on roads, with an adult holding their hands.

 

Arul Dev Ashwin was knocked over by a bus on the morning of May 24, 2018, along Choa Chu Kang Avenue 5. He was pinned under the bus and taken to National University Hospital with multiple injuries, where he died that same morning.

The court heard that the boy had been with his mother, Ms Nagarajan Lakshmi, on the way to a class in Choa Chu Kang.

Ms Lakshmi testified that she had been holding onto her son with one hand and a skate scooter in the other hand while they crossed the main road at Choa Chu Kang Avenue 5. 

However, her son let go of her hand and began walking ahead of her towards the centre divider. She was about two steps behind when he reached the divider.

She then saw him take two steps down from the divider onto the road, when a bus knocked him down. According to her, the bus drove about a bus length ahead before coming to a stop, with her son lying near the right rear tyre.

His body was later sent home to India.

 

BUS DRIVER DID NOT NOTICE BOY UNTIL IMPACT

 

The driver of the SMRT bus, Mr Anuar Mahat, said during the proceedings that he had been plying service 983 at the time and did not notice the boy.

He became aware of the boy's presence only after feeling an impact at the front right portion of his bus. He looked out of the windscreen and saw the side of the bus had hit the boy.

When he realised that the bus had collided into the six-year-old, the bus driver stopped the bus and contacted his control room to tell them about the accident.

Two witnesses - a passenger on the bus and a bystander with his back facing the road - said they did not know where the boy had come from.

In her blind-spot analysis, a forensic scientist found that the boy, who was about 1.18m tall, was likely obscured from the bus driver's view when he was on the centre divider.

He was not visible in the bus' front-facing camera at the estimated time of the collision, and no footage capturing the actual collision was found.

 

The coroner said "it is important to bear in mind that children are generally impulsive and known to behave unpredictably". 

She added that children are easily distracted and can be hard for drivers to spot. 

"Parents and child-minders can use this opportunity to teach the child to identify safe crossing places, to anticipate driver behaviour and to generally be aware of the traffic environment," she said. 

"These simple steps would go a long way in limiting the number of child casualties on our roads."

She said the boy's death was "an unfortunate traffic misadventure" and extended her condolences to his family.

 

 

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Ct3833

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This van driver must be first timer..

Today first time driving this way.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Yesterday not counted.

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