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was driving in a 2 lane road to top up petrol at a shell station along jurong west street 64 when i noticed a taxi driver who just dropped off hes passenger on the left lane about 6-8 metres ahead of me and as he switched on hes hazard light and wasnt blocked the lane i was travelling in i just continued driving but all of a sudden he just made an illegal u-turn as just beside my lane there was a gap for cars driving in the opposite direction to make a turn into the carpark which was situated to my left side. i know its a bit tedious to understand but i hope you'll can understand wat im trying to say. its like. the taxi juz stopped b4 the entrance to the carpark. and it was a 2 lane road which means he was on the left lane and i was cuming alone in the right lane. and cars dat were cumin out of the carpark could choose to turn left and follow my direction or they could choose to turn right and go with the opposite direction as there was a gap in the barrier for them to make the right turn. and this taxi driver who was in such a hurry, despite knowing that i was so close to him still went ahead and attempted the U-turn from the left lane which made it even harder and there was no way i was gonna be able to stop in time and as expected my left side bumper collided with hes driver side door. so i guess you'll can imagine that hes car was almost 90 degrees to mine. instantly he drove hes car to the side of the road without letting me take a picture of wat exactly happened and likewise i followed suit and got outta the car and started snapping a few pics. He apologised profusely telling me it was hes fault that he made the illegal u turn and he did that because he thought i was drivin really slowly. took down all his particulars and he told me right away that we shouldnt go down to claim insurance as driving a taxi is hes livelihood and hes rice bowl but instead he will bear full costs for the replacement of a brand new bumper for my car and headlights as well as my left side head lights had scratches and markings on them and he suggested that i meet up with him tomorrow and he'll bring me to hes fren's workshop where we could get it done. but because my car is a brand new car and is still under warranty i called up my salesman and he told me to get it sent directly to motorimage and let my insurance claim against his and not to send my car at any cost to hes fren's workshop as they may simply buy an aftermarket cheap bumper as a replacement and fix it up instead. but if im gonna claim through insurance ive gotta pay an excess of $2500 first as im still under probation. but on a serious note. i would honestly appreciate the opinions of you ppl out there on what should i actualli do cause im really upset that i've gotta go through this and especially with a taxi driver of all ppl..