rxbabe

Got knock by a stupid taxi yesterday. Damaged to my right front wheel andside fender area. Accuse me of either taking drugs or drink driving and cause my car to be compounded. He very well knew he was wrong as he was turning right while i was travelling straight. Damn fed up, got interogated by the stupid TP and even charge me $160 for towing my vehicle back to their HQ.

madmax_rx8

ya taxi are pain the *** man

last weekend i was in town and want to make a right turn in one of the traffic junction
got 2 lane can turn right so happen that my lane got road work so have to keep the outest most right lane so i check the stupid TAXI was way behind then i signal and wanted to go to his lane then he suddenly speed up on high beam on me and horn at me. Guess what his dam F***ing brake never really work well then came and slightly bump onto my right rear wheel. I hot already get off the car and check. He don't even want to come down and see so i go to his door and pull him out ask him what the hell he is trying to do then he say cause i any how change lane and started scolding me. I got so hot and i took out my handphone i say you want to argue right we call police and see who got the right. then he say only a slight bump nothing damage and SORRY lor.

Morale of story they can suka suka cut lane and stop when there are passenger on the road side and when we signal and want to change lane they bey song

BlackEight

I hope you dun mind me asking but juz tr ying to help out here.

when the accident happened, did you managed to take a photograph right on the spot from your seat. it will show the taxi in your path in front of you on the left and that he is in the wrong lane to turn right.

how did he managed to get your car compounded???
when the TP arrive, whether or not you were drinking or high on drugs,
it is very obvious. if there were no signs there is no way the taxi can get you into trouble.

If I was in your position, I will challenge this unethical taxi driver all the way to the insurance company because it is all about integrity which is seriously lacking in many taxi drivers. FYI if you want to teach him a lesson, his excess is very high.
but then again if u drive an 8 so is yours.

canman42

[QUOTE=rxbabe]Got knock by a stupid taxi yesterday. Damaged to my right front wheel andside fender area. Accuse me of either taking drugs or drink driving and cause my car to be compounded. He very well knew he was wrong as he was turning right while i was travelling straight. Damn fed up, got interogated by the stupid TP and even charge me $160 for towing my vehicle back to their HQ.[/QUOTE

any injuries? if no, TP wouldn't be bothered, right?

dollygrrrl

hmmm I'm confused. Did the accident happen at a big junction while you were travelling straight, and the taxi turning right? That means you guys crashed head on right.
Well.. taxis have a way of shifting their responsibility, got into an accident earlier this year too with a taxi. Oh well. take it as a lesson learnt. It may be your right of way, but it still pays to be extra careful to avoid getting into **** situations like these.

INXS

When I got into my very virgin accident, i was hit from the back by a lady with her COE charade along PIE. It was downpouring that nite. I braked gradually when the 1st lane came to a halt. Moments later, POM!

I was scolded by my dad. He made me reflect on the incident. I was like pondering, eh not my fault what, ppl kiss my back, claim insurance, not as if i was the 1 who created the mess, why blame me and make it seem as though im the culprit.

Its still in my mind vivdly. He said,

" Son, SO WHAT if the damages can be claimed on the other party?
SO WHAT if you were not the one who initiated the collision?
SO WHAT if its not your fault?

If you have tap on your brakes and pratice intermitent braking... would this have happened? Could it be possibly adverted? Youre just lucky no one got hurt.

Claiming the other parties insurance so what? The hassel of bringing it down to IDAC and giving statements and repair time, loss of use is it worth it? Do yourself a favour, help others and by doing so, youre helping yourself save the trouble..."

I think he's right. Lots of glitches in life can be avoided if we had taken the effort to give early warning to others within our means. But of course, Murphy's law lives on..

lohsk

Your dad's car or your car ??

INXS

Mine. Rover 216 cabriolet

Jasontan_sg

Inxs is right, just give some concern to people and you will feel happy. I would like to share with you one incident happen on me.

Few year back I was traveling on the ECP on the extreme right lane at about 8pm consider peak hours and suddently there was this taxi following very close and high beam me at my back, I was very mad, so I slow down to 90kmph instead of traveling at 100kmph. Then the taxi horn and horn at me, so I get even more hot and jam a bit of brake, the taxi was force to overtake me from the right divider, because he could not overtake from the left, because there are alot of cars.

Guess what happen? This thing have been in my mind until today that I cannot forget. I saw a woman staring at me from the back seat of the taxi, her face is laying on the left window fully covered with blood. Oh God, something have happen, I was very lost, I quickly slow down for him to overtake me. I felt really regreted that I might have caused a live because of my ego and no patient.

I have learned and today any car that come close to me, I will give way to them without any doubt.

I got a army mate who do not want to give way in a traffic junction because traffic light was green, unfortunately the car that he hit have a little toddler seating on a babyseat at the pensseger seat, that impact have cause the life of the little 3 month old girl, because the mother (driver) attention was diverted by her little girl crying. 11 years have past and he still felt so sorry for the family and still visit and pray for forgivenss with the little girl. Why?

Everytime I go oversea, I alway took a cap to the airport, so I usually ask the cap driver what are their encounter for urgent cases. One taxi shared with me his encounter: there is this lady took his taxi in Ang Mo Kio and wanted to go People park but when the taxi almost reach CTE havelock exist, she shouted go back home, go back home, guess what she forgot to turn off her cooking gas and no one at home.

Our community have many differents type of peoples that have differents type of encounters in their life, therefore please please be more considerate, anything can also happen to you. If everyone giveway alot of tragedy can be aviod.

Please think about it and don't end up regretting for life. As for traffic violator, let the traffic police do their job, this is not our responsible.

Be a defensive driver and no regret in your life.

Jason

vesfreq

Part of the reason for the existence of errand cab drivers is their retirement age. The weekend cabs are the worse cos' a number of them are part timers and they are not as seasoned as the weekday cab drivers. With bad economic times, we can expect to see more of those guys around.

And, fact is that most drive, as if they are in a Sega Crazy Taxi video game. Shouldn't be surprised if they own a copy of it.

Other than cab drivers, the m'sian vans are just as dangerous. Travelling easily more than 100km/h. was travelling at about 90+, this m'sian van just zoomed pass me at 100++.

madmax_rx8

after so much to say yes and no but don't everyone reliase that on the whole taxi driver always got something for us to say??

Anyway i do agree that give way is correct but hopefully this message can get into the brains of taxi driverrr

rxbabe

I didnt wan to pay the tow fee in the first place but they wouldnt release my vehicle if i didnt pay up. It was an obvious situation and the stupid TP who came down probably made a wrong decision and assessment. Told the stupid IO that i will write to her superior very soon. How can they just compound my car when the taxi driver just flame me? According to the traffic rule, if there is no injuries or damaged to gov property, just need to report to IDAC. Its not the $160 that matters but i spend the whole afternoon in TP. Ask stupid questions like whether i have any tatoo, offences and blah blah blah.

INXS

If it appeases you, go to a lawyer, seek advice. Thats how itll work out for you..

morganoh

One Important advice from my workshop and dad.

If u are hit by someone (Driver A) and if A is drunk,

DO NOT!!! report the other driver as a drunk driver. cos by doing so, u will not be able to claim insurance from the other party even if he is wrong. Insurance company will not pay anything for its A's fault for being drunk driving
Just treat the accident as a normal one and claim his insurance.

Emperor

morgan is so right. Due to a loophole, the insurance co can refuse coverage for DUI driving under (any) influence. And then you will have to file a civil suit against the other driver yourself. And in SG, civil suits are only pain, stress, time and pointless.

I was also hit by 2 cabs. Bloody hell. I was stationary somemore outside bras brasah. Lucky thing is the cabby acknowledge fault and pleaded guilty to careless driving. Crap side is my poor car is no longer "mint" condition even when its fully repaired.

Silver_Z

Hmmm...... We have the same kind of Dad. Quite tu lan at times though. Here you are pissed that some dunno how to drive bastard hit you, and on the other hand get scolding by dad for someone's stupidity.

Emperor

When i was younger; my parents were strict with me. Sometimes i get real pissed too.

But as time goes by, the more i work, the older i get and now i have my daughter, i began to realise alot of things.

If my parents did not bring me up the way they did, i would have fared alot worse.

Back to the accident. Like what jason tan said. There are alot of people around. And alot of things could happen. Even if a person is in the right and get into a accident; it pays to do some reflection to see if anything could have been done to prevent it in the first place.

Lets say if you are moving off from a parrellel lot. If a car hits you in the back when you turn out. Counldn't that be prevented by checking your blind post and side mirrors? In this case, you may be right but this accident could have been prevented.

And agreed that there are alot alot of stupid people out there. So shouldn't we be smarter and try to avoid getting hit by these stupid people. These stupid people should hit other stupid people.