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Driver angry at disabled man for calling LTA on illegally parked taxi He tipped a disabled man out of a wheelchair, causing the latter to suffer abrasions on his left wrist. Former cabby Jit Singh, 60, was yesterday jailed for two weeks and ordered to pay Mr Ng Eng Gee, 51, $500 in compensation after pleading guilty to one count of voluntarily causing hurt. He committed the offence after finding out that the wheelchair-user was the one who had informed the authorities that he had illegally parked his taxi on Dec 24, 2012. For assaulting Mr Ng, who has cerebral palsy, Singh could have been jailed up to two years and fined up to $5,000. Source: http://www.tnp.sg/news/cabby-tips-over-man-wheelchair?utm_content=buffer7a26a&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=buffer

By Rae Tan & Tam Su Ferne AFTER resting and recovering for a month from cataract surgery, he was happy to be behind the wheel of a taxi again. >> ASIAONE / MOTORING / NEWS / STORY Thu, Jun 02, 2011 The New Paper http://motoring.asiaone.com/Motoring/News/...531-281728.html Chery QQ flips in collision with cab By Rae Tan & Tam Su Ferne AFTER resting and recovering for a month from cataract surgery, he was happy to be behind the wheel of a taxi again. Chery QQ flips in accident Click on thumbnails below to view more photos. Story continues after photos. (Photos: TNP) The Comfort cabby, who wanted to be known only as Mr Lim, was eager to "pick up passengers and earn lots of money". But just one hour into his work on Monday morning, he collided with a Chery QQ car while making a right turn at the junction of Jalan Bukit Merah and Henderson Road. The QQ had been coming straight down Jalan Bukit Merah. As Mr Lim frantically swerved away and tried to keep the taxi under control, he claimed to have seen the car flip over three times, violently hitting the ground each time. The car finally landed upside down about 10m away. After recovering from the initial shock, Mr Lim got out of the taxi and sprinted towards the QQ. Mr Lim said: "I peered into the car and saw him (the driver) lying upside down. "Together with two passers-by, I dragged him out of the car and sat him down on the kerb. "He looked like he was in great shock and just sat there quietly. "A passer-by helped to call for an ambulance and soon after, they came to take him away." The middle-aged driver of the QQ, who declined to be interviewed, was sent to Singapore General Hospital (SGH) and received outpatient treatment. SHAKEN The cabby, Mr Lim, 62, was unhurt but shaken. "I don't know what happened. There wasn't time for me to react," he said. "I was making a right turn into Henderson Road when suddenly I saw a car coming straight down towards me. "The next moment, our vehicles rammed into one another. I watched in shock as his car flipped over again and again." Skid marks scarred the road surface. The top and sides of the QQ were badly damaged. The front bumper of the cab and its number plate were damaged. The car driver's wife, who did not want to be identified, arrived at the scene soon after the accident. Her husband had called her about 20 minutes after the accident. She said: "He called to say what had happened and that he was fine. I'm just thankful that he is okay." What kind of force would make a car flip over three times? Mr Ronald Soh, 55, a driving instructor at Woodlands Driving School, said: "The usual cause (of cars flipping) is speed. "When people go too fast, they are unable to control the car, and they could hit a kerb. If the impact is too great (in a collision), they could also flip." The deputy editor of motoring magazine Torque, Mr David Ting, said that it's hard to "pinpoint one reason" for cars to flip. He said: "In theory, cars like SUVs are more likely to flip because of their bigger wheels and the car being higher off the ground. "All conditions being equal, if compared with a normal car, the SUV is more likely to flip. "But while the height of the vehicle can be a factor, it is not necessarily a critical one." Police investigations are ongoing. This article was first published in The New Paper.

IT WAS a scene right out of an action movie - the car, after swerving left and right, flipped over three or four times before hitting the centre divider and bursting into flames. Miss Zac M Noh, 55, who works in a construction company as part of its safety personnel, said she had just passed the Bedok North Avenue 3 exit and was trying to move from the extreme right lane on the expressway to the middle lane. She was driving to her sister's home at the time. She said that while changing lanes, she swerved sharply to the right to avoid hitting a car in the middle lane. "I tried to turn to the right where there were no cars, but it was as though the carhad amindof its own. "When I turned the steering wheel towards the right, the car turned left instead." Frantic, she tried braking, but the brakes were unresponsive. "Can you imagine it? There were cars everywhere. I didn't know where I was going or whether I was going to hit anyone," she told The New Paper as she rested on a grass patchon the road shoulder. http://motoring.asiaone.com/Motoring/News/...524-280453.html ---------------------- Hmm... interesting story. I suspect road hogging and not checking blindspot when changing lanes has something to do with her accident.

As reported in today New paper : S'pore-plate car racing in JB flips over, slam into motorcyclist. Racing recklessly in the wee hours of the morning was how three drivers allegedly got their kicks. But on Sunday morning, their greed for speed killed one innocent motorcyclist in Johor Baru. One of the three Singapore-registered cars hit a road divider and the driver lost control of the vehicle. His car, a red Toyota Vios, flipped over and crashed into the back of a motorcyclist, killing him instantly. China Press reported that the incident took place around 2.15am, just 3km from the immigration checkpoint. The dead man, Mr Li Ming Hui, 29, a Malaysian software engineer, was on his way home from work in Singapore when the incident happened. The car driver and his two female passengers, all in their 20s, survived the accident. The driver had a broken arm, while one of the women sustained broken bones in her hand. The distraught family said they hoped police would investigate Mr. Li's death thoroughly. Said Mr Li's sister: "My brother did nothing wrong. He was just waiting for the light to turn green." Another young, inexperience and reckless driver.........