Kyrios Turbocharged August 8, 2017 Share August 8, 2017 (edited) My goodness....... I looked at the picture carefully..... He was my long out of contact JC classmate! Singapore is small indeed.... And you are now a well accomplished surgeon..while he is a grab driver whose licence may get kantonged.... what a disparity in fortunes... Edited August 8, 2017 by Kyrios ↡ Advertisement 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stratovarius Turbocharged August 8, 2017 Share August 8, 2017 Yes, so my earlier - second, after first one prematurely guessing it was handphone distraction - guess was correct that the black vezel was trying to siam the light-coloured pick-up/lorry and then lost control and ended up hitting the kerb and then overturned... Just not sure whether what caused that in the first place - did the pick-up/lorry cut into vezel's lane abruptly or what. But strange that the driver did not brake or brake fast enough to avoid the kerb and mounting it to have the momentum carrying it through to flip over... Hope the other vehicles in front of the vezel caught the pick-up/lorry's number and the driver can help in investigation. It's not the lorry's fault at all. He might be a jerk to suddenly cut into the 1st lane but that's does not warrant the vezel to suddenly swerve to the right on the 1st lane. 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atrecord Supersonic August 8, 2017 Share August 8, 2017 Gulp..u mean here in stinkapore? I googled for girl molested by uber driver singapore and this came out... I just told my girl better don't take PHVs on her own... 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kyrios Turbocharged August 8, 2017 Share August 8, 2017 Blame it on the poor road design. Right after the expressway exit is a traffic light. Causing jam for such a long distance out on the expressway. After being stuck for so long of course vehicles will chiong like a caged animal let out of the cage. Looking at that time ppl either want to go home or go for dinner. No wonder I was stuck on SLE going towards BKE for a long time...at around 8pm yesterday night... exited at Mandai after seeing an EMAS sign saying that there was accident at woodlands ave 12.. is the biker singaporean...if so RIP fellow brudder... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kb27 Supersonic August 8, 2017 Share August 8, 2017 not so much of the safety of been rob or rape, but i want to see minimum age and driving experience imposed for PHV driver. Taxi drivers have a min age of 30. I don't see why this is not applied to all drivers serving the public and PHV clearly stands out. LTA appears to move PHV drivers nearer to taxi standard, with medical checkups, decal, training and certification. But they sorely brush aside the age issue, just bcuz some ministars say so ? But then on the other hand, every accident, every infringement of traffic rules is now blamed first on PHV drivers. First thing to look for is, is there a decal ? They are the new punching bags and people forget the taxi drivers or even the "normal" drivers on the road doing the same thing. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atrecord Supersonic August 8, 2017 Share August 8, 2017 It's not the lorry's fault at all. He might be a jerk to suddenly cut into the 1st lane but that's does not warrant the vezel to suddenly swerve to the right on the 1st lane. Exactly... If they had just moved off from the traffic light, the speed should not be so fast, and momentum so great to cause the mount+flip. Sure can brake and stop in time. But if they had been speeding to see who got that lane, then... OK, better not anyhow speculate further. Let the investigation run its course first. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kb27 Supersonic August 8, 2017 Share August 8, 2017 It's not the lorry's fault at all. He might be a jerk to suddenly cut into the 1st lane but that's does not warrant the vezel to suddenly swerve to the right on the 1st lane. Woodlands Ave 12 is full of trucks and lorries. There will always be one or the other that cuts into your lane. Sg drivers, they just don't know how to slow down. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuPerBoRed Twincharged August 8, 2017 Share August 8, 2017 Taxi drivers have a min age of 30. I don't see why this is not applied to all drivers serving the public and PHV clearly stands out. LTA appears to move PHV drivers nearer to taxi standard, with medical checkups, decal, training and certification. But they sorely brush aside the age issue, just bcuz some ministars say so ? But then on the other hand, every accident, every infringement of traffic rules is now blamed first on PHV drivers. First thing to look for is, is there a decal ? They are the new punching bags and people forget the taxi drivers or even the "normal" drivers on the road doing the same thing. becoz... some youngsters graduate liao cannot find job... gahmen dont want to plug the loophole for employment.... 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sdf4786k Twincharged August 8, 2017 Share August 8, 2017 Got exception too hor. Sometimes the passengers are v timid, and the PHV drivers could be si bey fierce or scary. Got come across reports of girls being molested or raped by PHV drivers even. Under those circumstances, i think the passengers won't dare to voice out... actually these people should stop taking PHVs for their own safety... if you referring to taking a cab in the rape capital of the world without getting a decent remote recourse of law or legal rights, then yes. Take a video. If you referring to Singapore, I highly doubt telly the driver to please refrain from touching the phone while driving would incurred an instance of response equivalent to an excuse to be rape. Than No. Tell the driver that its highly inappropriate to do that and its unconstitutional to be rape, just to be safe. Of course I maybe wrong and the driver has an over dosed of watching 50 shades of grey and want to live out a fantasy and chaining you up in a HDB void deck. Than I stand corrected. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atonchia Supersonic August 8, 2017 Share August 8, 2017 I often get overtaken by Vezels, lots of them zipping around. Er..why go so fast ? The bloody roads are full of bumps. Met a few (PHV Vezel) like to squeeze between cars during peak hours traffic. Until I see Vezel, be it PHV or private vehicle will have impression they will cut pattern. It's fine if sparse traffic, but heavy traffic not much use to keep switching lanes. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Volvobrick Supersonic August 8, 2017 Share August 8, 2017 Taxi drivers have a min age of 30. I don't see why this is not applied to all drivers serving the public and PHV clearly stands out. LTA appears to move PHV drivers nearer to taxi standard, with medical checkups, decal, training and certification. But they sorely brush aside the age issue, just bcuz some ministars say so ? There is a lot of unemployment/under-employment among the younger folks also, including graduates. Allowing them to drive for Uber/Grab will make the statistics look less worse, and they have some income of course. And of course drive up rental demand for PHVs directly increasing COE bidding. 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
PSP415 Supersonic August 8, 2017 Share August 8, 2017 RIP young man. Heartfelt condolences to the bereaved family. Wrong place wrong time. There were 2 other bikes besides...1 front 1 back. And that vezel came flipping from opposite direction. Perhaps, just perhaps if all the bikes were in the middle or last lane instead of rightmost...haiz. Safe drive and ride. Took seconds and all does not matter anymore. Everything taken away. Life is always fragile and precious. Please reach home safe daily and let others do the same. 9 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mockngbrd Supersonic August 8, 2017 Share August 8, 2017 Safe drive and ride. safe drive and safe ride, still can kenna long. knn Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blueray Hypersonic August 8, 2017 Share August 8, 2017 Passenger not liable when driver falls asleep at wheel The High Court has dismissed a claim by the defence that a passenger should share the blame for injuries he had suffered because he did not do enough to stop the driver, whom he knew to be sleepy. Before Mr Leow Ban Yee lost control of the van and ran into a tree in a slip road along Upper Thomson, his passenger Raymond Ang saw that he had fallen asleep while his hands were on the steering wheel of the moving vehicle. The court heard that when Mr Ang called out to him, Mr Leow opened his eyes, but the issue is whether Mr Ang saw him doze off again, and if he was bound to keep watch on the driver. The case called into question a point with no apparent local precedent - the contributory negligence of a belted passenger in a scenario where the driver has fallen asleep at the wheel. Judicial Commissioner Pang Khang Chau yesterday found the defendant company and the van driver wholly liable in this case and awarded Mr Ang about $390,000 in damages payable. Mr Ang, 61, had sued the van owner, ABT Medical Products, and Mr Leow for multiple injuries suffered in the July 20 accident two years ago, seeking compensation for medical expenses, loss of earnings, and other current and future costs. The former operations assistant now walks with a limp which dampens his job prospects. The defendants represented by lawyer Mahendra Prasad Rai argued, among other things, that Mr Ang was also to blame as he had failed to act in time to ask the driver to stop when he noticed him dozing off, or to ensure he did not fall asleep again. The driver was not called to testify during the three-day trial in January. Lawyers Viviene Sandhu and Joyce Ooi, in denying the claims, pointed out in submissions that their client Mr Ang had testified he had asked the driver to let him out of the van when he saw the driver falling asleep, but Mr Leow refused. Judicial Commissioner Pang said it would be " intolerable and bordering on the unreasonable" for the court to impose a duty of care on a passenger in such circumstances, as Mr Ang had done what he could under the circumstances. http://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/courts-crime/passenger-not-liable-when-driver-falls-asleep-at-wheel Defence lawyer trying his luck, or he applying SAF rule ... 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
StefanK Supercharged August 8, 2017 Share August 8, 2017 (edited) another accident this morning on PIE, at Bkt Timah Flyover heading to Tuas direction. Blue tent set up. Saw WRX and bike. on another note, there needs to be a law against rubber necking and holding up traffic because one is too damn kpo. both sides of the expressways are jammed up badly because people want to see what caused the accident.... blardy hell.... Edited August 8, 2017 by StefanK 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuPerBoRed Twincharged August 8, 2017 Share August 8, 2017 No wonder I was stuck on SLE going towards BKE for a long time...at around 8pm yesterday night... exited at Mandai after seeing an EMAS sign saying that there was accident at woodlands ave 12.. is the biker singaporean...if so RIP fellow brudder... does not matter the nationality la... 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kyrios Turbocharged August 8, 2017 Share August 8, 2017 There is a lot of unemployment/under-employment among the younger folks also, including graduates. Allowing them to drive for Uber/Grab will make the statistics look less worse, and they have some income of course. And of course drive up rental demand for PHVs directly increasing COE bidding. Yup..double Win win for our friends in white...especially Mr Hui Ge Ge... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atonchia Supersonic August 8, 2017 Share August 8, 2017 Driver arrested already. "The 32-year-old male driver of the car was arrested for causing death by a negligent act, police said on Tuesday." Read more at http://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/singapore/1-dead-4-taken-to-hospital-after-car-flips-over-at-woodlands-9100552 ↡ Advertisement 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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