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Source: https://www.hardwarezone.com.sg/tech-news-online-traffic-accident-claims-simulator-maco-singapore-motorists Motorists involved in an accident can now have a sense of how much damages they can claim in the eyes of the law in under 10 minutes, by just answering a series of multiple-choice questions. There's now an online traffic accident claims simulator that helps motorists settle accidents out of court Motorists involved in an accident can now have a sense of how much damages they can claim in the eyes of the law in under 10 minutes, by just answering a series of multiple-choice questions. An online traffic accident claims simulator developed by the Singapore Courts and the Singapore Academy of Law, called the Motor Accident Claims Online (Maco), churns out ballpark figures for claimants within a matter of minutes using technology that takes into account current laws and case precedents. This is useful for people involved in the accident to decide if it is worth suing the other party or insurer in cases where there are differing accounts or evidence offered by both parties, or if one party is dissatisfied with the insurance payout. Ideally, parties can use Maco to come to an agreement on the settlement without resorting to legal proceedings, saving them time and money and allowing court resources to be better spent. Right now, Maco can determine how liable a person is, depending on where the accident took place and the relative positions of the two vehicles, and how much a victim suffering from a specific type of injury can claim. For instance, a 32-year-old who has no fault in an accident that left him requiring stitches on his back can get $1,400 to $1,600, according to Maco. Meanwhile, a similarly faultless 35-year-old who needs knee surgery after his knee was dislocated can aim for a much higher sum of about $11,000 to $12,000. The simulator can be accessed for free at this website. Motor accidents currently take up a sizeable chunk of the State Courts' time. Between 2019 and 2021, 46 per cent of civil writs filed in the State Courts were related to motor accidents. "They form a significant proportion of all civil cases in the State Courts," a State Courts spokesman told The Straits Times. "The project is currently being developed in phases and will be progressively enhanced with additional features and functionalities." The tool is currently non-binding and is not meant as a perfect substitute for legal advice. For now, the liability outcome simulator and the simulator for bodily injury claims are kept separate, even though how liable an injured motorist was in an accident would affect his potential claim in the real world. The simulators also cannot yet take into account non-injury claims such as loss of income or vehicle or property damage, but they are steps in the industry's continued efforts to get to a possible future where low-level motor accidents could be entirely adjudicated by artificial intelligence (AI). Many large insurance companies, such as Sompo Japan Nipponkoa Insurance and Australia's IAG, are already developing their own AI solutions, using such technologies to analyse the Global Positioning System and dashcam footage to determine payouts. Asked whether the courts are considering further integrating the simulator into the courts, the spokesman said the courts are continuing to survey the industry for new technology. He added: "The courts' adoption of technology must strike a delicate balance between being on the curve of the latest developments, and providing effective and efficient resolution for persons of all levels of digital literacy." Ms Wang Ying Shuang, a partner at law firm Rajah & Tann who specialises in insurance, said the simulator will help manage motorists' expectations of their legal position or exposure and allow them to decide next steps accordingly. She said it is important that the courts find ways to speed up or keep claims of small value out of court, particularly as they take up court time disproportionately and disillusion lawyers who do not charge by the hour for such cases. "The same amount of (court) resources is dedicated to motor accident claims regardless of whether they are $5,000 or $50,000," she said. "Other civil issues such as defamation suits and more complex issues, including contractual dispute, would arguably require more attention and resources." Since 2008, the courts have put in prescribed protocols to encourage early resolution of motor accident disputes, and there is already mandatory court-administered mediation or neutral evaluation to get parties to explore settling. But even these are conducted by district judges, although during the Covid-19 pandemic, online mediation hearings made the process cheaper and saved time. Ms Wang said AI is unlikely to take on the role of judge and jury any time soon. "It may raise issues about whether this would affect the public's confidence in the judicial process," she said. "AI may not be equipped to come up with a 'fair' outcome having regard to the human element - sympathy and compassion - or non-tangible factors." https://motoraccidents.lawnet.sg/

Good morning everyone! Singapore may be small, but we are never short of exciting incidents. Let's take this battle between a Toyota Prius and a Toyota Dyna for example. Resembles a Beyblade* battle to be honest (minus the spinning). *Beyblade is a Japanese anime about spinning top toy battles If you watch the video, you'll notice that the Prius was not on the first lane initially because there were two large trucks obstructing traffic. The Prius obviously did not want to give way to the lorry and charged forward. A normal person would hit the brakes upon impact, but not this Prius. The lorry and the Prius continue scratching each other's paintwork for at least a good three to four seconds! What was the lorry doing though? Crazy driving by the Prius aside, the lorry, being a goods and commercial vehicle with a speed limit of 70km/hr should not be on the fast lane. So, what happens when it comes to insurance claims? Here's what some had to say: Here's the video

No, it's not clickbait! The Cerato drove right into the motorist and sends him sprawling from shock and the impact. This happened on 20th January, on the west coast highway, The Cerato driver obviously had his eyes on the wheel, apparently, given how he drove right into the motorist. Who would've thought that this day would come? That we'd actually see an idi*t blatantly driving into someone else. I braced myself watching this and felt my heart wrench into anxious anticipation of what could happen LOL. My guess is that the driver was either irresponsibly texting, using his mobile phone or making TikTok videos. Or, he could have dozed off for a bit after a late night's up – but this doesn't absolve him of any responsibility for being such a road hazard. This looks like a scene in a drama where xxx tries hurt zzz out of jealousy and tries to make it look like an accident. Like in Stairway To Heaven. *dramatic heart-wrenching angry music plays* 🥺 Here's what the others on SG Road Vigilante's YT channel had to say: Attempted murder is a tad dramatic but the hit was so blatant and head-on!!! Ugh, some people really don't deserve to drive. 🥵🥵🥵 Imagine your body sprawled on the highway with cars furiously zooming by, still unaware of whatever happened... yikes. My heart goes out to the poor unsuspecting motorist who did not see it coming, literally. I hope he's alright – mentally and physically. No sympathy for the Cerato, unless he had a pretty damn good reason for this. This Cerato driver is the epitome of "your eyes grow on your buttock" ok. 😤

Good day, anyone manage to catch the glimpse of the Johor motor plate that drive along SLE on 1st lane around today, 715am, he was going fast and best of all, with no helmet. Sorry, No picture, hopefully still can talk. my dash cam should have his wonderful footage

Malaysia man in a car has burger snatched out of his hand by motorcyclist & pillion rider A fitness trainer in Malaysia had his burger stolen from him from right under his nose by real life Hamburglars. Beh Kok Hooi was driving home along a highway in Selangor on Monday evening, Oct. 14 when a pair of thieves on a motorcycle snatched his burger right out of his hand — while he was in the car. Possibly baffled, hungry and shocked at the same time, he turned to Facebook to air his grievances. His post has since been shared some 6,300 times. Online commenters were as indignant on his behalf as they were bemused. Stuck in jam Beh recounted his experience in an interview with China Press. The 36-year-old said he got stuck in a traffic jam after he went out to run an errand for his wife. He then pulled out his Ramly burger he had bought and began to consume it. He had his phone in his left hand and the burger in his right. At that time, the car windows was down. From takeaway to taken away He then suddenly felt a shove against his right hand. The next moment, his burger had disappeared. Beh was left holding a sauce-covered wrapper. His first reaction was that he thought he had dropped the burger. He looked around for it as he was concerned the burger would have dirtied his car door. But by the time it dawned upon him that his burger had been taken for a ride, it was too late to give chase to the snatch thieves. He said while laughing and crying: “If you wanted a burger, I could have just treated you!” Nothing he can do He has since been unable to do anything else to locate his lost burger or hunt down the perpetrators as his car was not installed with a camera. He did not take note of the motorcycle’s licence plate number or the thieves’ faces. But Beh revealed that someone else had also been a victim of a snatch theft case about two years ago. That earlier incident took place along the same road but the thieves stole a phone then.

Seeing these driver really blood boil, but then photo dun speak the actual picture. An errant heavy vehicle on 2nd lane doesn't mean anything, hope he can just start video these driver and send them to the TP. http://motoring.asiaone.com/Motoring/News/...725-361321.html

A contractor who drove without a licence and hit a motorcyclist by failing to keep a proper lookout was jailed and banned from driving on Friday. After Seah Song Hua had hit Mr Lai Kar Wai's motorcycle along Bukit Batok Road on July 30 last year, the rider was flung off his machine and pinned under the lorry. The lorry continued to move forward and hit a car, which in turn rammed into another car. Seah, 36, drove off after the collisions and finally stopped his lorry. Source: http://www.straitstimes.com/BreakingNews/S...ory_816560.html

A cabby who tried to take pictures of a motorist showing him the middle finger had his own middle finger broken by his angry subject. S. Gopikrishnan, 46, was convicted on Thursday of grievously hurting Peng Weng Fong, 58. During a three-day trial last month, a district court heard that Gopikrishnan's car shot out of Mount Vernon Road just as Mr Peng was coming up along Bartley Road on the morning of May 3, 2011. The taxi driver slammed on the brakes to avoid a collision and also sounded his horn. http://www.straitstimes.com/BreakingNews/S...ory_813436.html

Saw a motorist having car trouble in an open carpark and a TP (bike) was around his car, bending down to look at the bottom of the car with touchlight.... while the motorist just stand back with hand around his back.... Is this a spot check? Is this a TP helping a motorist with car trouble??

A hit-and-run motorist was charged in a district court on Monday with causing the death of a pillion rider while driving rashly and under a driving ban. Ho Chee Wei, 27, faces a total of 12 charges including five for possession of drugs and utensils. He allegedly caused the death of pillion rider Chong Ying Ying, 23, by committing a rash act along Pan-Island Expressway on April 19 last year by speeding at 100 to 120kmh and failing to keep a proper lookout for motorcyclist Darren Loh Chen Sing, also 23. He is accused of causing grievous hurt to Mr Loh who was flung off the motorbike together with Ms Chong when the car crashed into their motorbike. Source: http://www.straitstimes.com/BreakingNews/S...ory_789307.html

Mistakes do happen but unforgivable if one never acts on it despite being notified. Can emphatise with the SPT's fustration... From ST Forum: http://www.straitstimes.com/STForum/Online...ory_706271.html Motorist fined wrongly, then let off out of 'goodwill' I AM a resident of Marine Drive and pay for my HDB season parking via Giro monthly. On Monday morning, I discovered a parking fine on my windshield, offering a compounded settlement fee of $50 for not having a valid season parking permit. The offence was recorded at 4.26am by the reporting officer. The initial letters of the vehicle licence plate in the fine was noted as SFC, while mine starts with SFV. That mistake, together with the fact that I have been settling my season parking through Giro for the past four years, naturally baffled me. I wrote in to the Housing Board and Wilson Parking (the latter issued the fine) on the same day and received an e-mail reply from HDB on Thursday. The Geylang branch officer noted that I had committed an offence by parking without a valid season parking permit. The HDB reply also stated that it would waive the fine this time but will not do so again. The reply was baffling especially as I did not commit the offence and HDB and Wilson Parking obviously got the vehicle number wrong. Yet it was made to seem as if they were waiving the fine out of goodwill. Sandra Ng (Ms)

Hello Guy !! Like to inform all to standard some warming to other motorists !! Light flashing on road - Beware of TP/speed trap opposite direction. Honking - 3 sound - Beep Beep Beep following by 2 sec break..then Beep Beep Beep..break 2 sec..continue if u can... Auntie or LTA enforcer on the road issueing fine n summon.. if u heard the honk ... pls run to your car..!! I was at Yishun Industrial ave 7 near the hindu temple and resturant.. !! the LTA enforcer was issuing summon.. starting the honking.. and luckily some of the guys in the resturant and temple came out in time to take a look !! save them some $$ another one at the CarPark !! hehe.. help us save some $$ !! our pay is not increasing but the country VIP is..!!!

ST Forum Jul 15, 2011 First-class help from LTA to motorist's expressway distress MY CAR had a tyre puncture late on Tuesday night while I was driving along the Ayer Rajah Expressway, and I managed to drive slowly to the slip road exit to Jurong Town Hall Road. After displaying the reflective emergency warning triangle sign behind my car, I started to change the tyre. Not long after, I was surprised to see an Expressway Monitoring and Advisory System (Emas) vehicle recovery truck stop behind my car. The two officers quickly positioned traffic safety cones and a lane diversion sign behind their truck. They informed me that the Land Transport Authority (LTA) had dispatched them to assist me. Although I did not call the LTA for assistance, I believe its duty officer could have dispatched the Emas crew after spotting my car using the expressway surveillance cameras. While one officer diverted traffic, the other changed my tyre and I was back on the road within 15 minutes. What's more, the recovery service was free. I thank recovery truck staff Nelsan and Murali for their efficient assistance. My advice to fellow motorists in distress: store the LTA hotline number 1800-CALL LTA (1800-2255-582) in their mobile phones, so they can call the Emas crew for first-class help. Mervyn Sek

I'm sure you are aware of the slew of road rage incidents lately: There was the motorcyclist who followed a motorist for 20km before kicking his car door and grabbing the driver because the driver changed lanes without signaling and nearly knocked the biker down. There was the driver who threatened the other driver with a wooden bat which he retrieved from his boot. Then there was local artiste Pierre Png who got flashed the middle finger when he came out of the car to check if his car was alright. Such incidents are not uncommon. They happen all the time in cities like Singapore - cities which are cosmopolitan and bustling. Singapore is already such a small island with limited land space, coupled with the huge number of cars on the road and the level of stress and competitive pressures from society, it's no surprise that we are angry most of the time or we get angry easily. It doesn't help that we pay so much for our cars and then get charged ERP to use roads which are extremely prone to traffic jams and delays. We are all part of this fast-paced rat race and our society is just so high-strung and uptight that we allow our stress and frustrations to take over the wheel, causing road rage between drivers. Can road rage be solved? I say NOPE... impossible. Road rage in a city like Singapore will never be resolved because of our culture and the mentality of our people. Places like China have the worst traffic order [think organised chaos] with three-lane roads becoming six-lane, but yet the motorists there aren't impatient or angry. That is culture. We are kiasu, we hate to lose, we want the best, we think we are the best... Now that's totally Singaporean. Be it at work in the office or on the roads behind the wheel, we are egoistic and we think we are always right. Always striving for excellence, efficiency and speed, time is money and hardly any room for error is tolerated. Road rage is a human flaw and a societal emotional problem. If I strike first prize in Toto or 4D, by all means, please cut my lane without signalling and please road hog. Simply because I will be over the top and your little act of stupidity is not gonna dent an inch of my happiness. But if I'm having a bad day and I'm feeling short-fused, you can be sure I will stare at you and if looks could kill you'd die on the spot! I'm no angel.. I've flashed fingers, flicked headlights and tailgated idiots on the road who annoyed me. In fact, driving has made me an angrier person because I let life's frustrations translate into aggression on the road. My vocabulary of expletives and vulgarities has expanded tremendously since I started driving and I have harboured thoughts of scratching one's car or puncturing the tyre because he offended me on the road. After you cool down you might feel like it wasn't such a big deal.. but when you're in it, the anger is overwhelmingly boiling! Yes life is too short and we shouldn't allow ourselves to get so worked up over momentarily incidents, but we're hard to please and we have high expectations for ourselves as well as for others. What can we do to reduce the incidence of road rage? Pretend Singapore is a peaceful countryside? Hold more courtesy campaigns with greater monetary incentives? Implement CWO and shame offenders by making them wash car parks? Bring them onto a programme to show people these are the culprits who make our roads unsafe? Nah... none of the above will work. As long as our society gets more affluent and the rich get richer, I can guarantee that baseball bats [or worse.. like a hockey stick!] will remain in the boot of many cars.

Yesterday....while waiting at a traffic light....I saw a funny and shocking incident Got a black sedan was driving along ulu pandan road...then a red mazda 3 sedan with black rims suddenly cut into the black sedan's lane without signalling. Black sedan horned the red mazda. Both cars came to a stop at traffic light side by side and driver of red mazda who is an ang mor kia popped out of his window and spit at the black car If you were the black sedan....what would u do if someone spit at your car like this ? This ang mor kia reminds me of pai kia michael fay....very garang and gung ho in our country

ok, from this--> http://motoring.asiaone.com/Motoring/Owner...5-208579/3.html wonder how many of you actually falls in either one of the above situation and what decision have you made or going to make?.. my car is 39mths old and i won't change car under such situation (even if the premium didnt sky-rocketed, i dont have plan to change car as well..).. so, my option is #4.... .......

This morning I was awoken by my car alarm and proceed to the window to see what is happening . Saw a couple walking away. I know that it is either my car got knock by his car or that idiot open his car door so hard that knock onto my car. Went down to inspect my car and I realised that idiot open his car door so forcefully that he created a big ding on my car door. Paint also dropped out . I got furious because I take effort to maintain my car and always careful not to create dings on peoples' car door when opening my own. For me I just kept mum but what I don't understand why are there are such irresponsible idiots around hurting people feelings without due care. Doing this sort of things as though nothing happen. Somemore just polish my car"swee swee" not too long ago. I hope someone would give him back a big ding on his car then he will realise how painful . Now still very "buay song". What would you do if you happen to see people doing this to your ride bros ?

Motorist caught with tempered fuel gauge This is the third case in three consecutive months. -AsiaOne Fri, Oct 10, 2008 AsiaOne For three months in a row, Singapore Customs has successfully prosecuted motorists found tampering with fuel gauges. On 8 October 2008, Muhammad Ali Putra Bin Hairom, a 24-year-old Singaporean became the third person in 2008 within a span of the last three months to plead guilty for not having the minimum amount of motor spirit in his vehicle?s fuel tank when attempting to leave Singapore on 7 October 2008, and for giving false information to the officer inspecting his fuel gauge of his vehicle. For the two charges, he was sentenced to $500 fine or in default one week?s jail, and two weeks? imprisonment respectively. On 7 October 2008, at about 3.15 pm, Muhammad Ali Putra Bin Hairom was caught with a tampered fuel gauge at Woodlands Checkpoint. His car fuel gauge indicated that the tank was full. However, close examination of the car confirmed that its fuel gauge had been tampered with and the actual amount of fuel in the fuel tank was at the one-quarter mark. Investigations revealed that Muhammad Ali Putra had used a remote control to change the fuel gauge reading, and he was aware of the three-quarter tank rule. Muhammad Ali Putra was charged in court on 8 October 2008. On the same day, he pleaded guilty to the charges and was sentenced by the court. Tampering with the fuel gauge of the vehicle so that it gives a false reading that the amount of fuel in the fuel tank is three-quarters full is a serious offence. It shows a deliberate intent to cheat the authorities. Singapore Customs has successfully prosecuted six persons for tampering with their car fuel gauges from 2006 to date. All offenders were convicted and were sentenced to both fines and imprisonment. This year, Muhammad Ali Putra was thethird person convicted for the offence. Two others were each convicted in August and September 2008. Furthermore, from 2006 to date, more than 7,200 motorists had been fined for not having at least three-quarter tank of petrol when leaving Singapore. (so many?) More to come later.

"Another new LTA initiative is for bigger ERP rate increases because, LTA said, motorists are less sensitive to the existing rate structure." [/color] Above is what LTA claimed when they are going to increase the rate for the 32 nos of ERP. Let me guess..... 8 out of 10 forummers won't agree to this saying. IMO....this is a no brainer's words but we motorist LL. What others have to say on this matter....

This is extracted from the forum of Mazda Club. Hope the lady in that cab could stand out & be a witness From the straitstimes today..: A 30-YEAR-OLD man was fighting for his life in Tan Tock Seng Hospital last night after a traffic dispute along Scotts Road spiralled out of control. Mr Alex Lim, 30, is in intensive care with severe head injuries sustained after he was allegedly hit by a taxi on Monday night at about 9.30pm. The swelling was so bad that doctors had to remove part of his brain, his family members told The Straits Times. Having already been operated on twice, the financial adviser was still unconscious last night. The taxi driver, who is in his early 60s, was arrested and later released on bail. He is being investigated for allegedly committing a rash act resulting in grievous hurt. Mr Lim's girlfriend, Ms Yvonne Lin, was a passenger in his car and claimed to have witnessed the entire incident. She said they were driving to his home for dinner. While along Paterson Road near Wheelock Place, Mr Lim's red Mazda 3 was involved in a minor collision with a Comfort taxi. Both vehicles pulled over farther down the road, alongside Shaw House. The drivers got out of their vehicles, which had been parked one behind the other, and started 'exchanging words', said Ms Lin, 24, a bank employee. The dispute apparently unresolved, the taxi driver got back into his taxi and tried to drive off. 'But Alex stood in front to stop him ... He didn't have his particulars yet,' said Ms Lin. The taxi then started moving off and Mr Lim fell on its bonnet. Farther down the road, the taxi stopped and he fell off, landing on the back of his head in the left lane of the road. Ms Lin said she then got out of the car and ran 'quite a distance' towards him. 'He was bleeding very badly from his ears and nose. I was trying to clean up the blood...I was afraid he would choke. 'He was still conscious then. He was just screaming and screaming,' she said. An ambulance took him to hospital. A ComfortDelGro spokesman said last night the driver 'will be off the road while investigations are ongoing'. Ms Lin is now appealing for a female passenger in the taxi to come forward and offer her eyewitness account. The woman got out of the cab after Mr Lim was hit, she said. His aunt, among family members keeping vigil in hospital said, crying: 'His mother had prepared his favourite dishes. 'She was waiting and waiting, but he never came home. He lost so much blood.'