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Is driving against traffic is the most ''in'' thing now? How come so many cases of such incident happening now? Now driving on road also scare. Lol.

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Jman888

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Is driving against traffic is the most ''in'' thing now? How come so many cases of such incident happening now? Now driving on road also scare. Lol.

 

 

all the while many people already try to take short cut on these type of small roads, the in thing is everything now can put online  [laugh]  [laugh]

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Leinad8919

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My take on why more vehicles are caught going the wrong way, for those that do not do it intentionally.

 

1. Bad and inconsistent roads and traffic junctions design:

Humans are creatures of habit. If a driver keeps driving where most roads allowed him to drive on the right side and make a right turn, he may repeat and finds himself driving against traffic on a road that doesn't allowed that.

 

How many traffic junctions have you seen with red turn traffic light, but some don't have ? Is this to stress test the drivers ?

Pay attention today, bcuz tomorrow red light may mean go ?

Sometimes green light may mean stop ?

Sometimes no light for turning means what ?

 

Inconsistencies is the hallmark of LTA without using its brain.

 

And that leads to accidents.

 

2. Drivers are more preoccupied with gadgets and humans in the car, mobile phone, games, gps, children, MIL, etc.:

When they are engaged with them, they lose concentration and make a wrong move, due to the ever changing road condition.

 

3. More cameras on the roads:

It may not necessary mean more driving against traffic, but just more exposure captured.

In addition, maybe the white directional arrows were painted a distant from the junction & most are faded....so drivers made a wrong turn.

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all the while many people already try to take short cut on these type of small roads, the in thing is everything now can put online  [laugh]  [laugh]

So it have been happening all the while ah?! But now not only on small roads le, even major roads and expressway also can happen!

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Mockngbrd

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cam car and taxi block the road and dun let the car pass   [laugh]  [laugh]

 

my parents' place. this shit's been happening forever cos ppl want to take short cut out of the estate through the carpark. Otherwise its a big big round. Orbit good. 

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Mockngbrd

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Where is this place ah? The car which drive against traffic still behave like he has the right of way? Stop there without reserving back?! 

 

bedok north

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my parents' place. this shit's been happening forever cos ppl want to take short cut out of the estate through the carpark. Otherwise its a big big round. Orbit good. 

So it is due to poor design of the road again, which they never think and plan properly.

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Nzy

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Where is this place ah? The car which drive against traffic still behave like he has the right of way? Stop there without reserving back?! 

 

It actually happens pretty frequently over there. Cuz I think the merc wanted to go to the other carpark the taxi came from. Legal way is he got to turn left from the carpark he exited and go one big round and back to that carpark. To save petrol and time, just drive against traffic and turn into that carpark which got another exit to another road also. Many use it as a short cut so no need to go one big round to the main road. Happens so frequently that many of them treat it as normal already. 

 

My area here also got a few carparks where people drive against traffic to exit cuz it is shorter than going one big round. Also so common that most of the people who come here regularly also just give way.

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SuPerBoRed

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who actually thinks that these people who go agst the flow of traffic are as bad as the merc and the beemer?

 

i am of the opinion that all these self righteous cam drivers are intentionally posting these videos agst these petty instances to gain their 10secs of fame + dont know wat vouchers... 

 

bloody bo liao..  

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who actually thinks that these people who go agst the flow of traffic are as bad as the merc and the beemer?

 

i am of the opinion that all these self righteous cam drivers are intentionally posting these videos agst these petty instances to gain their 10secs of fame + dont know wat vouchers...

 

bloody bo liao..

Lol...
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Brutebear

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Dont blame the signs or how the road is made if one is too kookoo to know what is right, left or wrong. If you dont kill its fine and if its not me killed its fine as well...bloody drivers...

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http://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/asiapacific/police-charge-driver-in-australia-rampage-with-five-counts-of-mu/3460334.html

 

The Melbourne xiao lang was charged with 5 counts of murder...  

 

our Mercedez ''xiao lang'' was charged with culpable homicide...  

 

 

auzzie xiao lang.. drive into crowd of people.. 5 people cannot siam in time.. got killed..   there were more who siam in time..   he should have attempted murder charges thrown in

 

Merc ''xiao lang''... drive against flow into cars..  1 car cannot siam in time got killed... there were some who siam in time..  he should have attempted homicide thrown in as well.

 

i am of the opinion that beemer guy should be on the same charge, just becoz he did not cause any death.. does not mean his act was any different from the merc xiao lang. 

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http://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/asiapacific/police-charge-driver-in-australia-rampage-with-five-counts-of-mu/3460334.html

 

The Melbourne xiao lang was charged with 5 counts of murder...

 

our Mercedez ''xiao lang'' was charged with culpable homicide...

 

 

auzzie xiao lang.. drive into crowd of people.. 5 people cannot siam in time.. got killed.. there were more who siam in time.. he should have attempted murder charges thrown in

 

Merc ''xiao lang''... drive against flow into cars.. 1 car cannot siam in time got killed... there were some who siam in time.. he should have attempted homicide thrown in as well.

 

i am of the opinion that beemer guy should be on the same charge, just becoz he did not cause any death.. does not mean his act was any different from the merc xiao lang.

The OZ police is such a civilized bunch. For a similar case in the US, the culprit would have ended up with a few dozen bullets in him. No need charge, no need trial.
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http://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/asiapacific/police-charge-driver-in-australia-rampage-with-five-counts-of-mu/3460334.html

 

The Melbourne xiao lang was charged with 5 counts of murder...  

 

our Mercedez ''xiao lang'' was charged with culpable homicide...  

 

 

auzzie xiao lang.. drive into crowd of people.. 5 people cannot siam in time.. got killed..   there were more who siam in time..   he should have attempted murder charges thrown in

 

Merc ''xiao lang''... drive against flow into cars..  1 car cannot siam in time got killed... there were some who siam in time..  he should have attempted homicide thrown in as well.

 

i am of the opinion that beemer guy should be on the same charge, just becoz he did not cause any death.. does not mean his act was any different from the merc xiao lang. 

 

I think have to prove intent. The Aussie guy very clearly was out to kill somebody (judging by his actions + before that he stabbed his brother). The Merc guy claimed depression so the charges are different.

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alphard96

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Not really against traffic, just to share.

Lets appreciate what we have here,

Glad that eventually Police/toll station workers paid for his train ticket home!

 

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/01/26/chinese-man-cycles-300-miles-wrong-direction-return-home-new/

 

Chinese man cycles 300 miles in wrong direction to return home for New Year

26 January 2017 • 2:30am A Chinese migrant who was too poor to buy a train ticket but determined to make it home for the Lunar New Year cycled more than 300 miles – before realising he was going in the wrong direction.

The migrant had been travelling for 30 days after setting off from his workplace in the eastern Shandong province, believing he was heading north on a 1,000 mile journey towards his home in Heilongjiang.

But the man had actually been travelling south and was stopped by traffic police for cycling on a motorway in China’s central-eastern province of Anhui when he was 310 miles off course.

The confused man told police that he could not read maps or road signs, and relied on asking people which direction he should be going. Most people told him the wrong way, media said.

He had been living in Internet cafés during his gruelling trip, which was made during one of China’s coldest winters in years.

Online pictures showed the migrant being picked up by traffic police on the side of a motorway. The unnamed man was wearing a long green coat and he had what appeared to be a napkin on his head in an apparent attempt to keep him warm.

“We found it strange that someone was cycling on the motorway,” police told a local television station.

 

 

Police and toll station workers were said to have paid for a train ticket for the man to return home.

 

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