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Like this one! In future, i stop, give him my 'services' card <_<

In Jan, I reversed into a 5-series while doing a 3-pt turn. I was slowly doing reversing while he chiong and try to squeeze through. bang into 3 panels. two doors and last panel. anyway, say so much also no use. i reverse sure i lose right? so after negotiating, almost settle with him 1.5k cash. Last minute did not materialise and he went PM to repair. 6 moths later, still no update from my insurer and this morning called them, guy said case closed long ago 6k. wah lao.. i tot supposed to inform me if any claims made against my policy? made me worry for so many months that it will be a giant claims. he went back PM and changed 3 panels and est 5 days loss of use. 6k quite ok rite? never tock me i think. juz do good his car. I just curious next round what is the increase in premiums like? I heard under 10k claims the increase should be minimal rite? vis-a-vis paying 1.5k to private settlement, i should be "earn" rite?

http://ride.asiaone.com/news/general/story...on-lay-junction

There were fewer road traffic accidents, including those involving fatalities, recorded last year despite the recent spotlight on serious cases of accidents here. Statistics released this morning by the Traffic Police show that there was a total of 7,168 accidents on the roads last year, which was 9.6 per cent lower than the 7,926 cases recorded in 2011. Fatal accidents also decreased from 195 to 169 or about 13 per cent over the same period. The number of traffic violations, however, was up about 4 per cent, from 316,214 to 327,503 cases. This means that about 900 people commit traffic offences everyday here. Source: http://www.straitstimes.com/breaking-news/...d-2012-20130201

I was googling for safe SUVs on the Internet and came across this blog. Please do not click if you have just had a meal, some of the accident pictures are revolting. Please keep yourself and your family safe on the road. http://faraviteza.wordpress.com/

Lately, many automakers such as Nissan, Ford and Volvo have begun doing intensive studies and research on vehicle to vehicle communications and vehicle to object communications. These studies are seen as important steps towards vehicle safety. Furthermore, these steps are also necessary for the development of fully autonomous vehicles. Now, Japanese auto giant, Toyota, have begun researching into such technologies and it will be introduced in their vehicles in the near future. Toyota has started full scale testing on vehicle to vehicle communications and also on road to vehicle communications as part of their cause to reduce road accidents through its Intelligent Transport System (ITS) technology. The Intelligent Transport System technology's testing ground spans over eight and a half acres and it is designed to simulate driving in an urban environment. It was built with numerous real-life road to vehicle systems which are able to detect traffic conditions, pedestrians, vehicles, traffic signals and etc. In the future; Toyota and Lexus models will warn or advise drivers, for example pedestrians walking in their path, with an audible signal or alarm and an icon of a person displayed on a screen. While at a traffic junction, an arrow display will trigger to warn drivers that it is not safe to enter or exit the traffic junction. There is also a red light warning system which will deliver a warning tone when approaching a red light. Toyota stated that they will begin testing the system on Japanese roads in 2014 and there was no mention of when exactly the system is expected to be ready. It is expected that only top ranging Toyota and Lexus models will feature such vehicle safety technologies. Image credit: Net Car Show

First, see the Vios, how it turned there, and the jam....this video shows the carnage. The second video continues, and taxi involved....again then Karma at it's best! Watch Camry SGS28xx...as he cuts in en route to PIE-Changi instead of queing....Follow the camry and see.....orbi good! I think the camry wishing it had not cut lane...... I would have told Camry i got camera n give evidence, but for cutting lane...naaaaaaaaah...let him be...karma Impact at 1.02...Camry bumper lousy man......knn I tell you, for me, if I had not given way to the Lancer at begining, I would now be making report as I believe the Picanto would have been behind me..... Final word....OPC.....dun flame me hor

The total number of accidents involving cyclists has gone down by 17 per cent between 2008 and last year. But every fatality is still one too many, said Parliamentary Secretary for Transport Muhammad Faishal Ibrahim, as he revealed these numbers in response to MPs' questions. With this in mind, the Transport Ministry is undertaking a number of initiatives to make it safer for cyclists, he said. New dedicated cycling paths are being built in seven neighbourhoods to separate cyclists from motorists and pedestrians, and the ministry is looking to link these intra-town cycling paths so that cyclists can commute between towns. To boost education in cycling safety, the Land Transport Authority will make new "Intra-Town Cycling" handbook available soon. It lists good cycling etiquette and safety tips for cycling. The Traffic Police and Home Affairs Ministry are also studying measures to inculcate a safe road-sharing mindset among motorists and cyclists, and are reviewing cycling penalties to ensure that they reflect the severity of the offences. Source: http://www.straitstimes.com/microsites/par...d-2011-20120910

[extract] Volvo has always been in the forefront of safety engineering in the automotive industry. The company has invented or incorporated many vehicle safety features that we see in many cars today. Features such as laminated windscreen, 3-point safety belts, front and rear crumple zones and safety door locks were introduced in Volvo

I do not think the authorities will assist much in this sort of civil disputes or come out with such an insurance scheme. If pressed I guess they will say go for BMW to save ourselves these hassles... From ST Forum: http://www.straitstimes.com/STForum/Story/...ory_782815.html Make Malaysian vehicles liable for accidents here Published on Mar 29, 2012 I WAS involved in an accident with a Malaysian vehicle on Jan 3. The Traffic Police have not charged either party. If the accident had involved two Singapore-registered vehicles, the apportioning of liability would have been 50:50. However, as this involved a Malaysian vehicle, I was advised by my insurer to make an own damage claim as it would be difficult to claim damages from the foreign vehicle or its insurer. This is grossly unfair. Singapore drivers pay road tax to drive on Singapore roads. We should be assured that in the event of an accident, our interests are protected. I have two suggestions:

Dear drivers, after viewing a thread calling for witness for a hit and run accident involving a jogger and the driver has yet to be identified till date, let

Jam now along BKE just before exit Clementi now. I passed by there abt 12 noon. 1st accident Honda fit wacked centre divider. 2nd one - chain collision involving many cars. Drive safely.

Last nite due to SMRT's fiasco at Bishan, i rushed from home to fetch my QUEEN from Centre Point... it took me 15mins to reach there, but more than one hour to reach home, why? big jam on CTE from town to amk.... I feel most e-way accidents happened due to cars hitting the one in front because they dont maintain a safe gap from the front car. In fact, I would even say more than 80% e-way accidents happen this way. Therefore my point is: If every driver keeps a safe distance, we will see much less accidents on our e-ways.... mind you, most jams caused by accidents waste at least an hour of everyone elses' time..... that's a lot of time which could otherwise be spent on doing something else instead of being stuck there and got nowhere else to go. I cant really think of any other causes, can you?

Some 30 to 40 Singaporeans die in fatal accidents in Malaysia every year, because they speed on the highways, are unfamiliar with roads there, or are not used to driving long distances. Another 50 to 70 are injured in these accidents, over half of which take place in the state of Johor, just across the Causeway, and many of them on highways. Road experts say many Singaporeans tend to 'let loose' on Malaysian roads, in the mistaken impression that there is no speed limit on the highways - or that the chances of getting caught are very low. Fatal accidents in Malaysia involving Singaporeans March 2011: Community leader and businessman Mohamed Abdul Jaleel Shaik Mohamed, 53, crashed while driving in Johor. His elderly mother died while he and five other relatives in his car were injured. September 2010: Two men, one a Singaporean, the other a Singaporean PR, died in a pile-up on the North-South Expressway. The first crash killed the driver of a Subaru and injured his three passengers. Another car, a Honda, crashed while trying to avoid the Subaru. August 2010: A polytechnic student was flung out of her boyfriend's car after he lost control and crashed into railings in Kluang, Johor. The 19-year-old died 16 hours later in a Johor Baru hospital. July 2010: A 62-year-old retiree returning with his wife and friends from a holiday in Penang died when the van he was in was involved in a three-vehicle collision in Perak. June 2010: A young couple on their way back to Singapore from Genting Highlands crashed their car into the central divider along the North-South Expressway in Johor. The 21-year-old man, who was the passenger, died while his girlfriend suffered head injuries and had one of her toes amputated. June 2010: A retired teacher driving with his family to attend a wedding in Terengganu crashed his car into a road barrier and spun out of control. Their Mitsubishi was then hit by an oncoming car. The crash killed him, his wife and their 12-year-old granddaughter, as well as their Indonesian maid. The overall speed limit on the North-South Expressway, which runs the length of Peninsular Malaysia, is 110kmh, with the limit on certain dangerous stretches dropping to 80kmh or 90kmh. Source: http://www.straitstimes.com/BreakingNews/S...ory_726940.html

Saw this in STOMP. http://singaporeseen.stomp.com.sg/stomp/sg..._50m_apart.html

First, I am not a OPC owner. But this guy is talking about how to prevent accident and is inferring weekend cars are caused of it. No. 1 - WEC. I doubt there are any WEC on the road. Most will have been changed to OPC. If he gets his facts right and say OPC, then No 2. How does he know they are on the road when they should not be? whether use e-license or paper how he knows? http://www.straitstimes.com/STForum/Online...ory_713210.html

What your view on this? Cause for myself, I realise that when I am traveling on KPE, I will be very focused on my speedometer to ensure I do not exceed 70KM/H. Due to this, I spend less time looking at the road. Then I also experience several times where the vehicle in front of me brake very hard when approaching speed camera (ed speed 90 but vehicle brake till 80). I assume its to prevent himself from overshooting the 90 limit. Due to this, I just wonder whats the real purpose of speed cameras? Do they actually make the road safer or create accidents instead?

[extract] In this blog entry, I would like to discuss the popular use of body-coloured plastic for the external car body parts, especially the bumpers. I recalled that back in 1989, my dad bought a metallic blue Toyota Corolla. Folks in my generation would recall that it comes with a matt black front and rear bumpers, at a time when more and more cars come equipped with body-coloured ones. As a little boy, I would tell him,

Not counting the accident when my frens and I were in the car which overturned, this one is quite 'slow-motion':- I was driving in UK's 4-lane highway about 10am few years ago, clear sky and traffic was quite ok and drivers there do drive properly and seldom change lanes..... My rental Focus was doing 100kmh (speed limit there i think) when i saw a Camry (quite rare in UK) merging from the slip road... at the same time there was this container truck doing about 90kmh in lane 4, I was in lance two, the Camry was merging from the slip road into lane 4..... suddenly, at about 100m ahead of me, the Carmy and the container truck collided..... the Camry was hit quite badly and spun 360deg x 2 in front of the truck..... under the clear sky and bright sunlight, i saw shinny sparks of chromed pieces / broken glasses flying around and my car was still moving toward the two vehicles which were now 'dancing' in lanes 4,3,2..... but the funny things was everything seemed to moved / flew in slow motions..... the shinny pieces were like fire-work dancing slowly in the sky......... by the time my car passed these two.... the Camry spun into the filed next to the highway and driver and passengers seemed ok......

this morning at abouth 0710hrs while traveling along woodlands ave 12 towards direction of woodlands witness this accident between an lancer ex and toyota crown taxi. was on the 1st lane behind this lorry, suddenly saw this car zoom very fast from my rear into the centre lane. saw the lancer ex rammed straight into the taxi without even jamming his brakes (all vehicles in motion, abt 70-80km/h). the lancer driver dunno slping or wat suddenly jammed brakes only after abt 1-2 seconds and almost skidded into my lane! managed to brake and lucky the pick up behind me wasn't following too close. wonder wat's on the lancer driver's mind..probably doing 100km/h and above judging by the way he zoom past. lucky both vehicles were in motion hence the damage dun look too great. earlier abt 2330hrs, corporation rd junction boon lay way also got accident. mini-bus and picnic langgar head on. drive within ur limits and drive safe!

Among the whole long list of anti-social behaviour manifest within drivers on our congested roads, there is one particularly abhorrent bad habit on the road that leads to gnash my teeth in frustration. Rubbernecking. (Yes, there is such a word). In our context, rubbernecking is derived from the action involved when a kaypoh road driver practically cranes his neck 180 degrees to get a long and lasting view of something that has caught his or her eye. In the process, said driver will slow his or her car down to a crawl so that they may ogle at whatever caught their eye in the first place. Usually, this is a road traffic accident of some sort. This behaviour gets even more deplorable when it takes place on the other side of the road from the actual accident. Don't the drivers realise that by slowing down to stare they are actually creating jams out of nothing? Don't they realise that by slowing down they are causing the very same jams that they have been sitting in just moments before? Don't they realise it is rude to ogle over some other person's misery? Don't they know that for those very few seconds that they have their curiosity enraptured that they are increasing the risk of causing another accident? And above all, the reason this gets me so riled up is that this behaviour causes traffic jams which would have been avoidable by simple discipline! It is not a road traffic accident which may occur for blameless or blameworthy reasons. It is not a natural congestion caused by peak hour traffic and too many cars. The reason why other drivers behind are forced to sit out in a bad jam wasting their time is simply because of some drivers trying to satisfy their morbid curiosity to liven up their dreary lives! Talk about selfish!

Just read it at Yahoo News : Beware sob stories, fake accidents Several women recount how conmen cheated them of money at a carpark or roadside. Case 1: Be wary of strangers spinning sob stories or alleging injury from an accident. You might just be the target of a scam. Two female drivers almost fell prey to the

Recently, I spent a weekday afternoon running errands around Singapore. Before the journey, I was expecting a leisurely afternoon drive to and fro my various destinations around the Western & Central parts of our island. After all, it was off peak hours so how bad could it get? Well, Murphy's Law decided to interfere and that leisurely afternoon I envisioned never materialised. The first sign that things were not going to be quite so fuss-free was the rain. It started out as a constant drizzle and varied in magnitude throughout the afternoon; never ceasing for even the briefest moment. Then there were 2 accidents, one along the Expressway and the other near the first exit I had to utilize. Traffic was slow moving and it took a whole 15 minutes to clear the exit. Effectively, the 2 traffic accidents doubled my travel time to my first stop. After running the first errand, I headed out towards my second stop. This time, I carefully planned a different route to avoid the congestion caused by the accidents and optimistically thought that I could still end the day on time. But a total of 3 road works on the way to my second destination meant additional delays and slow moving traffic. Thanks to all the delays. By the time I left my second destination for the third, it was already 5pm and traffic was gradually building up. And finally, when I chose to depart my third destination for home; horrors of horrors, there were more road works! This time, the works were "strategically" placed near the car park exit causing a tail back and congestion all the way into the depths of the underground car park. And I continued crawling home in peak hour traffic. So, as luck would have it, an afternoon of leisure morphed into a tiring and stressful day out stuck on the roads. As our weather gets worse over the coming months, I guess it is a timely reminder to drive safely and avoid being a victim of all the road hazards around.

Hi to all. I thought I have already gotten over this minor accident that took place last month. However, upon receiving the lawyer letter from the other party tonight, it flared up my temper more than ever. The accident took place at East Coast Park Service Road, outside the carpark exit from Mcdonald's side, before the Marine Parade Road exit. Traffic was kind of packed and slow here usually, because of vehicles turning into the Mcdonald's carpark/taxi stand + vehicles turning out of the carpark + the right turn only lane to exit Marine Parade Road. It was a Saturday night about 8pm, and I was exiting the carpark turning left towards ECP side, slowly taking my time as I knew traffic would be heavy. Oncoming traffic was on my right side, driver's side. So I had a clear sight for any oncoming vehicles from my position. Finally checking clear, I made the turn. Yet after a few metres ahead, when I was already going straight, a colt cut into my front suddenly, making contact with my right side front bumper. The next thing I know, we stopped immediately, into the position as shown in the photo, with the colt coming into and then stopped at the lane at an angle, directly in front of me. Point to note, I didn't take a photo with the alighnment of both cars, rather careless! The late 30s couple got out (wife was driving), and immediately shouted at me saying why I turned out w/o checking. Feeling ridiculed, I explained that I did checked of couse and was very sure there were no oncoming vehicles on the first lane. Upon analysing the situation further, I told the guy (who was slightly more reasonable, wife kept shouting at me at the background) that there was no way they were coming from lane 1. If yes, they would have rammed off my front bumper or direct into my car. Furthermore, who will dare make such 90degree turn with oncoming vehicles? The oncoming car would crash right into the driver seat! Knowing that we couldn't come to an agreement, the husband said let's claim insurance. Naively, I thought he offered an amicable solution to a complicated situation. I was even confident at that point of time I will not been liable in any way. So we exchanged particulars and left. This sketch basically sums up what I believe happened on that night, with my best knowledge and understanding of course. From my point of view, the colt was on the second lane. Seeing that the lane was filled with traffic turning right to Marine Parade Road, they changed lane, and unfortunately hitting me. Some may suggest here that it is common for cars to make wide turns, hitting cars from the next lane. But looking at the photo, my mazda was right by the road curb, with my right wheels were on the direction arrow, and my car was put to a stop within metres from the exit, which is rather self-explanatory that I had made a very tight turn. In fact, I always rather brush against the road curb on the left, then to hit oncoming vehicles. Now, the letter I received today claimed that the accident was caused due to my "negligence in driving", "dashing out of the carpark", "hitting them when they were travelling straight". On their sketch, they drew only 1 lane (which in fact is 2-lanes road), and worse, that my car hit them perpenticularly directly at the turn. This really got my blood boiling, even though it wasn't totally unexpected. As if it wasn't bad enough, they are actually trying to chop me (my insurance) a total of $7k damage. I'm not sure what's the market rate, but looking at the abrasion on their door, does that repair need $5k+?? I believe such accident (collision due to lane change error) should be rather common on the road. And after talking to many different parties (including the reporting centre officers, car workshop owners, insurance company officers, etc), it seems like such case is almost confirm 50-50 if I am unable to provide evidence to support my statement (even though for my case, the other party seems to be even attempting to claim me 100% now). I even asked if the 3rd party assessor can gauge from the damages on the car the directions of impact, they said very hard for such minor case. Feeling rather helpless, I've decided to narrate my incident here, both to get more insights from experienced drivers here, and also to highlight to all drivers on such complication in the future. Because of this stupid accident, my 30% NCD seems to be rather gone-case already. Money really does make one lose their conscious? Haiz. Should have installed a video camera...