More unsafe driving on S'pore roads, says Shanmugam

[Mllcg]

SINGAPORE: Law and Foreign Affairs Minister K Shanmugam said he has noticed more unsafe driving on Singapore roads. Writing on his Facebook page, Mr Shanmugam commented on his experience on the roads on Monday.

 

He cited two incidents, where drivers almost caused accidents because they did not indicate before switching lanes.

 

Mr Shanmugam also cited one incident where his wife, who was driving, indicated to switch lanes but a van deliberately moved much faster to prevent them from pulling into the lane.

 

The post also garnered dozens of comments within minutes on the Channel NewsAsia Facebook page. Some have suggested deploying more Traffic Police officers on the roads, to tackle bad drivers.

 

http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/sin...1221132/1/.html

 

anyone agree?

[Seaweed]

SINGAPORE: Law and Foreign Affairs Minister K Shanmugam said he has noticed more unsafe driving on Singapore roads. Writing on his Facebook page, Mr Shanmugam commented on his experience on the roads on Monday.

 

He cited two incidents, where drivers almost caused accidents because they did not indicate before switching lanes.

 

Mr Shanmugam also cited one incident where his wife, who was driving, indicated to switch lanes but a van deliberately moved much faster to prevent them from pulling into the lane.

 

The post also garnered dozens of comments within minutes on the Channel NewsAsia Facebook page. Some have suggested deploying more Traffic Police officers on the roads, to tackle bad drivers.

 

http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/sin...1221132/1/.html

 

anyone agree?

 

he too long never wake up liao...!!! [laugh] it had been like this for a long long long long time....

Edited August 20, 2012 by Seaweed

[Bluroblur]

Sighs! U don't signal then change lane will almost cause accident, signal Liao people also don't let u change lane... Driving in sg so stressful...

[Beehive3783]

I generally agree.

 

But there are a fair share of motherfarkers, whom after I give way to them to cut in front of me after they signal, start hogging the road and it usually pisses me off real bad that I have to cut in front of them again from the left to continue on my journey at my original pace.

 

And let me emphasize that their actions piss me off because it's on lane 1 of expressways.

Edited August 20, 2012 by Beehive3783

[Beehive3783]

Sighs! U don't signal then change lane will almost cause accident, signal Liao people also don't let u change lane... Driving in sg so stressful...

It's an acquired art to change lanes in Singapore. That's what I'll tell him.

[Lightbringer]

SINGAPORE: Law and Foreign Affairs Minister K Shanmugam said he has noticed more unsafe driving on Singapore roads. Writing on his Facebook page, Mr Shanmugam commented on his experience on the roads on Monday.

 

He cited two incidents, where drivers almost caused accidents because they did not indicate before switching lanes.

 

Mr Shanmugam also cited one incident where his wife, who was driving, indicated to switch lanes but a van deliberately moved much faster to prevent them from pulling into the lane.

 

The post also garnered dozens of comments within minutes on the Channel NewsAsia Facebook page. Some have suggested deploying more Traffic Police officers on the roads, to tackle bad drivers.

 

http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/sin...1221132/1/.html

 

anyone agree?

 

Might as well tell us that COE prices are increasing and that the MRT trains are getting more crowded....

[Sp4wn]

SINGAPORE: Law and Foreign Affairs Minister K Shanmugam said he has noticed more unsafe driving on Singapore roads. Writing on his Facebook page, Mr Shanmugam commented on his experience on the roads on Monday.

 

He cited two incidents, where drivers almost caused accidents because they did not indicate before switching lanes.

 

Mr Shanmugam also cited one incident where his wife, who was driving, indicated to switch lanes but a van deliberately moved much faster to prevent them from pulling into the lane.

 

The post also garnered dozens of comments within minutes on the Channel NewsAsia Facebook page. Some have suggested deploying more Traffic Police officers on the roads, to tackle bad drivers.

 

http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/sin...1221132/1/.html

 

anyone agree?

 

i think its an issue of courtesy. maybe life is too fast paced here or everyone is always just in a rush. when i was living in the states, i would say 95% of the time if you signalled, the car next to you would pull back. or if a police car / ambulance was coming through, people would be courteous to always make way for said vehicles, even at their own inconvenience (not the case here)

 

ive had people also speed up to avoid me changing lanes. sadly for them, all it takes is for me to drop 2 gears and i can slot in perfectly. i dont normally like to do that, but people here have a nasty habit of filling the gaps as soon as they signal .. i've actually been driving on the extremely left lane for about a week now, and aside from the heavy vehicles, its actually quite a pleasurable drive (since most of the crazies want you to yield lane 1 sometimes .. heh)

[Chaolee22]

Sighs! U don't signal then change lane will almost cause accident, signal Liao people also don't let u change lane... Driving in sg so stressful...

 

haha, agreed.

[Fcw75]

Where have he been all the while?

 

Wonder if he know our population is now 5.25M?

 

Oh wait, must have been high up in the ivory tower repeating the same sentence 'No One is Above the Law'.

[Beehive3783]

i think its an issue of courtesy. maybe life is too fast paced here or everyone is always just in a rush. when i was living in the states, i would say 95% of the time if you signalled, the car next to you would pull back. or if a police car / ambulance was coming through, people would be courteous to always make way for said vehicles, even at their own inconvenience (not the case here)

 

ive had people also speed up to avoid me changing lanes. sadly for them, all it takes is for me to drop 2 gears and i can slot in perfectly. i dont normally like to do that, but people here have a nasty habit of filling the gaps as soon as they signal .. i've actually been driving on the extremely left lane for about a week now, and aside from the heavy vehicles, its actually quite a pleasurable drive (since most of the crazies want you to yield lane 1 sometimes .. heh)

 

I always go out of my way to make way for the ambulance behind me, even if it means squeezing other cars out of the way on the lane next to me.

 

As for driving on lane 3, yes it's the new "lane 1" now. But don't you feel the pain when the small little stones hit your windscreen and bonnet at 80kph? Piak = pain

[Sp4wn]

I always go out of my way to make way for the ambulance behind me, even if it means squeezing other cars out of the way on the lane next to me.

 

As for driving on lane 3, yes it's the new "lane 1" now. But don't you feel the pain when the small little stones hit your windscreen and bonnet at 80kph? Piak = pain

 

i got a stone chip the day i drove my car out of tan chong haha .. i love my car, but at the end of the day, its going to get a few dings here and there. i can live with that if it means i can just enjoy the drive more

[Kangadrool]

So what are our leaders doing then?

[Beehive3783]

i got a stone chip the day i drove my car out of tan chong haha .. i love my car, but at the end of the day, its going to get a few dings here and there. i can live with that if it means i can just enjoy the drive more

You won't be saying that if that same stone cracked your windscreen

[Mllcg]

I generally agree.

 

But there are a fair share of motherfarkers, whom after I give way to them to cut in front of me after they signal, start hogging the road and it usually pisses me off real bad that I have to cut in front of them again from the left to continue on my journey at my original pace.

 

And let me emphasize that their actions piss me off because it's on lane 1 of expressways.

 

this is the cause for people speeding up when u want to cut their lanes

[inlinesix]

So what are our leaders doing then?

KPKB on their FB fanpage [laugh]

[Mllcg]

i got a stone chip the day i drove my car out of tan chong haha .. i love my car, but at the end of the day, its going to get a few dings here and there. i can live with that if it means i can just enjoy the drive more

 

lol. dings and dents are normal.

 

to those who dont want them, i suggest to park your car at home.

[Mllcg]

You won't be saying that if that same stone cracked your windscreen

 

insurance got windscreen excess.

 

also no issue

[Beehive3783]

this is the cause for people speeding up when u want to cut their lanes

Bingo... so much so that I don't feel like giving way nowadays. And those that actually manage to cut in, got skills and the sense to keep up with the traffic flow in front and most of the time I don't even need to brake for them. I got no issues with this group of drivers because I'm one of them