Chery QQ flips in collision with cab

[Opel17]

Our Swift considered small or not?

 

I think the keyword is the relative size compared to the other vehicle. If vs a container truck, most cars would be considered "smaller".

[Patronic]

Don't post for the sake of posting lah...at least post something constructive, with substance...this incident/accident can happen to any vehicles at that particular junction, time....if it happened to other makes, others will come & post, toyota again, honda again, suzuki again etc...never ending cycle...

[I-LOVE-CARS]

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.

 

That is why i don't like very small cars.....

[Unfair]

Another Taxi causing a traffic accident... Fark

[Aeromania]

chery qq looks like a car that will flip by a breeze lol

[Good-Carbuyer]

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.

 

 

 

>> ASIAONE / MOTORING / NEWS / STORY

 

 

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

Click on thumbnails below to view more photos. Story continues after photos.

(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.

I believe the QQ has got rather poor road adhersion, and high centre of gravity, so flipped over more readily than others. Of course, it must be mentioned that the taxi driver failed to give way to oncoming traffic while making a turn, resulting in the collision.

Let us hope the public is enlightened by such casualty-free accident, the need for adequate road adhersion when buying/driving a vehicle.

[Good-Carbuyer]

Our Swift considered small or not?

Kindly do not carry out physical testing...

[Takumi21]

picanto leh???

[Mllcg]

subaru R2??

[SimonTan]

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

>>> Steady reply! Taxi driver are well trained to give innocent reply.

 

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

>>> I dont know who asked this, it was brilliant to put in this report. It gives the impression that the QQ was excessively speeding.

QQ is a light car, using momentum theory, a lighter car will 'recoil' more, which will lead to greater chance of toppling!

 

[Takumi21]

taxi driver sure HOR SEH LIAO LOR> ... can claim QQ Gao Gao den can go for long hoilday..

 

AFTER resting and recovering for a month from cataract surgery <<< just came back from surgery.. den got another long hoilday or rest and free income !!!

 

majiam like tio toto..

[Solar]

QQ machiam got roll cage after.....

 

 

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

 

QQ itself is the roll cage

... not seen the picture.. the roof didn't crumble?

[Stanchiam]

QQ itself is the roll cage

... not seen the picture.. the roof didn't crumble?

 

seems ok in the picture, tougher than i thought

 

[Babu]

Most ppl c 'small car' will not give way (even smaller car have e right of way), those asxhxle assume all smaller car can only move at 40km/hr & 0-100 need 1min. will expect 'small car' let them cut into lane during traffic jam.

[5936]

Law of physics.

Not about weight or size.

Remember bus flipped incident at a T collision?

[Jamesc]

AFTER resting and recovering for a month from cataract surgery,

 

he was happy to be behind the wheel of a taxi again.

 

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

Thats like saying

 

The bridge that collapse has been rebuilt to as good as it was before!

[Ezlink55]

he walked out uninjured

[Duckduck]

cab drivers drive like they have permanent cataract or some eye damage anyway regardless. so many i have to horn at them then they decide to press hazard light. Farking cheeby where they get license from?