Chery QQ flips in collision with cab

[Takumi21]

By Rae Tan & Tam Su Ferne

 

AFTER resting and recovering for a month from cataract surgery, he was happy to be behind the wheel of a taxi again.

 

 

 

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Thu, Jun 02, 2011

The New Paper

 

http://motoring.asiaone.com/Motoring/News/...531-281728.html

 

 

 

Chery QQ flips in collision with cab

 

By Rae Tan & Tam Su Ferne

 

AFTER resting and recovering for a month from cataract surgery, he was happy to be behind the wheel of a taxi again.

 

Chery QQ flips in accident

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(Photos: TNP)

 

 

The Comfort cabby, who wanted to be known only as Mr Lim, was eager to "pick up passengers and earn lots of money".

 

But just one hour into his work on Monday morning, he collided with a Chery QQ car while making a right turn at the junction of Jalan Bukit Merah and Henderson Road.

 

The QQ had been coming straight down Jalan Bukit Merah.

 

As Mr Lim frantically swerved away and tried to keep the taxi under control, he claimed to have seen the car flip over three times, violently hitting the ground each time.

 

The car finally landed upside down about 10m away.

 

After recovering from the initial shock, Mr Lim got out of the taxi and sprinted towards the QQ.

 

Mr Lim said: "I peered into the car and saw him (the driver) lying upside down.

 

"Together with two passers-by, I dragged him out of the car and sat him down on the kerb.

 

"He looked like he was in great shock and just sat there quietly.

 

"A passer-by helped to call for an ambulance and soon after, they came to take him away."

 

The middle-aged driver of the QQ, who declined to be interviewed, was sent to Singapore General Hospital (SGH) and received outpatient treatment.

 

SHAKEN

 

The cabby, Mr Lim, 62, was unhurt but shaken.

 

"I don't know what happened. There wasn't time for me to react," he said.

 

"I was making a right turn into Henderson Road when suddenly I saw a car coming straight down towards me.

 

"The next moment, our vehicles rammed into one another. I watched in shock as his car flipped over again and again."

 

Skid marks scarred the road surface.

 

The top and sides of the QQ were badly damaged.

 

The front bumper of the cab and its number plate were damaged.

 

The car driver's wife, who did not want to be identified, arrived at the scene soon after the accident.

 

Her husband had called her about 20 minutes after the accident.

 

She said: "He called to say what had happened and that he was fine. I'm just thankful that he is okay."

 

What kind of force would make a car flip over three times?

 

Mr Ronald Soh, 55, a driving instructor at Woodlands Driving School, said: "The usual cause (of cars flipping) is speed.

 

"When people go too fast, they are unable to control the car, and they could hit a kerb. If the impact is too great (in a collision), they could also flip."

 

The deputy editor of motoring magazine Torque, Mr David Ting, said that it's hard to "pinpoint one reason" for cars to flip.

 

He said: "In theory, cars like SUVs are more likely to flip because of their bigger wheels and the car being higher off the ground.

 

"All conditions being equal, if compared with a normal car, the SUV is more likely to flip.

 

"But while the height of the vehicle can be a factor, it is not necessarily a critical one."

 

Police investigations are ongoing.

 

This article was first published in The New Paper.

 

 

 

[Mustank]

video recording device would have shown who has right of way.

[Lucaswh]

Looks like his cataract surgery is not really successful...

[Winsonmah]

haha ..

[RadX]

The laws of physics apply here

[ZaC71S]

This is the cons of driving a small car. When I was driving a kelisa a few yrs back, I got hit by a Toyota at a bend n the car spun a few rounds. Damn scary. Luckily no other vehicles in front or else...... N the Toyota dat hit me only hv minor scratch at his bumper. The only scary driving moment so far.

[Lucaswh]

  On 6/3/2011 at 1:48 AM, ZaC71S said:

This is the cons of driving a small car. When I was driving a kelisa a few yrs back, I got hit by a Toyota at a bend n the car spun a few rounds. Damn scary. Luckily no other vehicles in front or else...... N the Toyota dat hit me only hv minor scratch at his bumper. The only scary driving moment so far.

 

Our Swift considered small or not?

[Hypermiler]

 

Many factors.

 

Car's high centre of gravity. Cannot handle high lateral forces

 

Driver does not know his/her own car's character well enough.

 

Driver does not know how to handle speeds that the car cannot withstand in an emergency.

 

Driver underestimate the road situation that he/she is in.

 

Driver lacks situational awareness and forward observation alertness that is required of in high speed driving.

 

Driver overestimates own driving skills.

 

Driver makes assumption and presumption that all right of way is to be given regardless of road conditions and situation.

 

Driver not alert and attentive at the time of handling the vehicle.

 

Car developed a fault at the time just before the incident.

 

The other driver not alert or practising safe or defensive driving.

 

Both drivers not practising safe driving habits.

 

Both making assumptions that either one will give way to each other.

 

Both drivers half asleep from hangover.

[Kwanheng]

  On 6/3/2011 at 1:35 AM, Lucaswh said:

Looks like his cataract surgery is not really successful...

cab driver saw QQ from far

WTF where did the QQ go?

wait theres a green thing coming at me! isit QQ? i can see clearly!

O no i need to Siam Him,

 

Cab driver siam but never siam correctly as cant see well. [laugh]

 

[Kwanheng]

  On 6/3/2011 at 1:50 AM, Lucaswh said:

Our Swift considered small or not?

i would say mid size

[ZaC71S]

  On 6/3/2011 at 1:50 AM, Lucaswh said:

Our Swift considered small or not?

Considered average I guess. When I park my current ride with my prev kelisa, can see alot of diff bro. ESP in both engine n physical size of the cars. Even ZC71 is bigger than kelisa. So ya, the cons of a lighter car is such that if ppl hit u (at high speed), confirm u buang far far away. The pros is that they're cheap n no need to hv headache over petrol consumption.

Edited June 3, 2011 by ZaC71S

[Mustank]

both driver better check for the following non-manufacturer sanctioned mods

 

1) HP, GPS and etc charger

2) sport rim, non original tyre

3) all kinds of funny lights

4) all kind of funny horns

5) bodykit

6) exhaust pipe

7) non-original car mat

8) solar film installed by 3rd party

9) all kinds of non-manufacturer speakers

[Kwanheng]

the problem with QQ is the suspension being too bouncy and the ride height of the car is too high. it looks like a mini suv

[Mockngbrd]

  Quote

"I was making a right turn into Henderson Road when suddenly I saw a car coming straight down towards me.

suddenly hor.. at first the QQ not there wan

[TMCTR]

Hope the Chery QQ driver was okay.. "car flip over three times, violently hitting the ground each time."

[Hamburger]

QQ machiam got roll cage after.....

 

 

he claimed to have seen the car flip over three times, violently hitting the ground each time.

[Kwanheng]

  On 6/3/2011 at 3:47 AM, Hamburger said:

QQ machiam got roll cage after.....

 

 

he claimed to have seen the car flip over three times, violently hitting the ground each time.

uncle see wrongly

[Watwheels]

The agility of QQ is quite amazing. Can flip, can roll , can somersault...only thing it fail to do is to slow down and stop properly.