Warning to speedsters
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Speedster's death ruled a misadventure
DURING the morning peak hours of April 23, salesman Chan Chi Heng was speeding at 160kmh moments before his car smashed into a truck.
He died and yesterday the Coroner's Court ruled it an accident or a misadventure.
According to a witness who was driving to the city with her father, two cars raced past her as she was travelling along Changi Coast Road in the direction of Nicoll Drive at about 9.30am on April 24 this year.
She told the court that they were racing 'recklessly and carelessly'.
She then saw Mr Chan trying to overtake the other car on the left before swerving right to escape hitting a slower-moving vehicle in front.
He slammed head on into an oncoming DHL Global Mail truck.
The other racer sped off.
Civil Defence officers had to cut the wreck to free the truck driver and to get to Mr Chan's body. The other driver has recovered from arm and leg injuries.
(Straits Times 9 July) -
Orbi! He deserve it!
He should know all the consequences by doing this hao lian stunt of his. Glad that no innocent life was taken cause of this stupid act. -
Originally posted by oxford mushroom:Speedster's death ruled a misadventure
DURING the morning peak hours of April 23, salesman Chan Chi Heng was speeding at 160kmh moments before his car smashed into a truck.
He died and yesterday the Coroner's Court ruled it an accident or a misadventure.
According to a witness who was driving to the city with her father, two cars raced past her as she was travelling along Changi Coast Road in the direction of Nicoll Drive at about 9.30am on April 24 this year.
She told the court that they were racing 'recklessly and carelessly'.
She then saw Mr Chan trying to overtake the other car on the left before swerving right to escape hitting a slower-moving vehicle in front.
He slammed head on into an oncoming DHL Global Mail truck.
The other racer sped off.
Civil Defence officers had to cut the wreck to free the truck driver and to get to Mr Chan's body. The other driver has recovered from arm and leg injuries.
(Straits Times 9 July) -
yeah. i was puzzled by the date too.
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July 10, 2007
Misadventure: Man killed in 160kmh race
Truck driver recalls horror of head-on crash with speeding car
By Carolyn Quek & Khushwant Singh
ST FILE PHOTO: LAU FOOK KONG
IN THE three weeks of his stay at Changi General Hospital, a delivery driver kept replaying in his head that April morning's sight of a black Toyota coming straight at his truck at high speed.
April 23 started out a fine day for Mr Eio Cheng How, 37, who works for DHL. He was driving along Changi Coast Road towards the city at about 9.40am when he saw the charging black car.
Witnesses were to say later that it was going at about 160kmh in the hands of Mr Kenneth Chan Chi Heng, 28. The speed limit along the road is 70kmh.
Mr Chan, an export clerk who had earned his driving licence in 2003, died instantly of a fractured skull when his car rammed into Mr Eio's truck.
A Coroner's Court yesterday ruled his death a misadventure. State Coroner Ronald Gwee said Mr Chan 'had been driving at a very high speed and in a very dangerous, rash and reckless manner'.
Mr Eio, who is still on medical leave, broke his pelvis, right arm and right leg. Still wearing a metal brace on one leg and wheelchair bound, he recounted his harrowing experience to The Straits Times in his Toa Payoh home yesterday.
He said: 'It all happened so fast, there was no time to react.'
The impact of the collision tipped his truck over on its left side. Mr Chan's car flipped and spun around and was rendered a total wreck. Its roof was ripped off, its front smashed in and the whole right side of the car crumpled in.
Both airbags activated, but they could cushion Mr Chan only so much. He was dead when the paramedics arrived.
Insurance agent Hanani Makktom, 40, who at the time was driving towards the city with her father, told the police two cars whizzed past her on the road in the direction of Nicoll Drive.
She said in her police report she saw Mr Chan try to overtake the other car on the left before he did so on the right.
The police found out that Mr Chan, who was alone in his car, then cut into the lane for oncoming traffic, but was unable to veer back into his lane in time, which put him on a collision course with Mr Eio's DHL Global Mail truck.
Civil defence officers had to cut through the wreckage of both vehicles to get to his body and to free Mr Eio. The delivery truck driver was in intensive care for five days before being moved to the general ward and then to Ang Mo Kio Thye Hua Kwan Hospital for rehabilitation from May 16.
Mr Eio's nightmares are gone, but he has not been able to get back to work.
His wife, who wanted to be known only as Mrs Eio, said of the dark days when he was in intensive care: 'The doctors even said his leg might have to be amputated. We never thought this would happen to him. He has always been a careful driver.'
Mr Eio said he hoped all drivers, especially younger ones, will be more careful on the roads. The police say the number of speed-related fatal accidents went up by 15 last year, from 51 cases in 2005.
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anyway, the message was clear, DO NOT SPEED.. it thrill BUT kill !!! .. More are dying on the road which can be prevented ... I must admit, sometime I can be impatient too, but I do not speed above 120 so far ... I die ok, if I don't and kill someone else, I don't think I can take it ...Originally posted by eviljustice:yeah. i was puzzled by the date too. -
Oooo.... izzit just me or does the coroner played too much CS? Misadventured, misadventure.... Man i just love the sound of that rolling off my tongue...Originally posted by oxford mushroom:Speedster's death ruled a misadventure
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quite common to hear this pharse leh... maybe that all the vocab they have ... or maybe standard term ..Originally posted by Anonymous User:Oooo.... izzit just me or does the coroner played too much CS? Misadventured, misadventure.... Man i just love the sound of that rolling off my tongue... -
poor guy hope he recovers well and get get compensation from that idiot's estate
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People who want to chiong must accept the consequences. No pity for such people.
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Sad thing is that it will never end.
There will be someone who will wrap his car round a tree.
There will be someone who will kill his gf by speeding.
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quite true .. however, with today technology, the car can now run faster, pick-up also faster. How many of us driver can really claim to understand the technology and to handle the car properly and efficiently? I mean, we bought a car and we started driving, there are instruction book, but how many will read it. I don't. Then there is no course to take to understand the car well. YOu just drive like you know the car. But do you really. I mean, you can speed but there is certain limit to it. How many of us know the limit . Youngest will be the worst group especially those who just pass. Not that I am prejudice but because of the lack of driving experience, their urge for speed and their impatient, the accident will always be waiting there ... .. .Originally posted by mancha:Sad thing is that it will never end.
There will be someone who will wrap his car round a tree.
There will be someone who will kill his gf by speeding.
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I've seen in previous related disscussions on speeding... they cited one of the main reasons why ppl speed is cos of the cars they drive, eg WRX, EVO, MR-S etc. In this case, it's just a bloody Toyota Vios. And in MCF, there has been talks about a moron who brags about outrunning other vehicles in his Chery A168
Just hope that something can be done to instill proper driving discipline when new young drivers are getting their licences. -
when a crimminal is hangedOriginally posted by Anonymous User:Oooo.... izzit just me or does the coroner played too much CS? Misadventured, misadventure.... Man i just love the sound of that rolling off my tongue...
his death cert will oso state death by misadventure
probably a respectful term given to the deceased ba -
ya when i haven get my licenceOriginally posted by tomsss:I've seen in previous related disscussions on speeding... they cited one of the main reasons why ppl speed is cos of the cars they drive, eg WRX, EVO, MR-S etc. In this case, it's just a bloody Toyota Vios. And in MCF, there has been talks about a moron who brags about outrunning other vehicles in his Chery A168
Just hope that something can be done to instill proper driving discipline when new young drivers are getting their licences.
my friends got, they like quite impatient sia
they see 1 car no signal cut their lane, they will blurt !@#!$!$! !
then if 1 car take slightly longer to response, they oso will scold @#$#@$! !
seems like v stressed to be driving sia.
now, im a driver myself, i think im more calm, they wanna cut cut lor
wanna overtake overtake lor, i can take it
probably older liao ba...
guys relac la, be patient la
1 sec saved, 1 life lost
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I remember many many years ago, an old experience driver once told me. No matter how good ( as in character ) and patient a man can be, when he get behind the wheel, he will take on another character. He can no longer be the same man with the same patience. I didn't understand him then. Now, I understand but think what he said was a bit too strong..Originally posted by I_love_my_toilet:ya when i haven get my licence
my friends got, they like quite impatient sia
they see 1 car no signal cut their lane, they will blurt !@#!$!$! !
then if 1 car take slightly longer to response, they oso will scold @#$#@$! !
seems like v stressed to be driving sia.
now, im a driver myself, i think im more calm, they wanna cut cut lor
wanna overtake overtake lor, i can take it
probably older liao ba...
guys relac la, be patient la
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It is YOUNG RETARDED BASTARDS like this that ruins lives and families!
A farking Toyota... and racing.. it's not even a nluddy WRX... OMG...!
I have seen WRX drivers more sensible than this fool...
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It is true, what that old chap said...Originally posted by ORIGAMIST:I remember many many years ago, an old experience driver once told me. No matter how good ( as in character ) and patient a man can be, when he get behind the wheel, he will take on another character. He can no longer be the same man with the same patience. I didn't understand him then. Now, I understand but think what he said was a bit too strong..
I fight my own demons on the roads everyday... always catching myself from unnecessary speeds, give way and wait without honking...
But you really can't hold it all if and when you are tired, hungry, thirsty, and need to pee... -
Actually, not only the driver changed, the front seat passenger also changes especially that one happen to be your wife.. whenever I make a remark when some idiots cut into your lane or something like that, my wife face will change and the conversation will suddenly cut short ... sigh . ... That's why I try to control my temper and impatience ...Originally posted by ShutterBug:It is true, what that old chap said...
I fight my own demons on the roads everyday... always catching myself from unnecessary speeds, give way and wait without honking...
But you really can't hold it all if and when you are tired, hungry, thirsty, and need to pee...
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haaiz...that's one of the possible verdicts of a Coroner's court la...natural death, death by suicide, death by misadventure, death by murder by person or persons unknown, death by negligence etc.Originally posted by ORIGAMIST:quite common to hear this pharse leh... maybe that all the vocab they have ... or maybe standard term .. -
Cant imagine a stock Vios at 160km/h lol.. just thinking how long it take to reach that speed. Racing in a Stock economical car is just totally stupid in the first place.
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He paid dearly isn't it?Originally posted by Mr boy:Cant imagine a stock Vios at 160km/h lol.. just thinking how long it take to reach that speed. Racing in a Stock economical car is just totally stupid in the first place. -
somehow I think that the witness exaggerated stuff a bit. I'm sure it was over 100kmh. but I'm guessing it was more like 130 - 140 kmh, not the 160 kmh the witness claimed.
amazingly, the entire article was written based on ONE witness' testimony of what happened? o.0
the lorry driver only said that it happened too fast. a black toyota coming straight at him.
everything else was from the "witness".
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I'm sure in actual fact there were more witnesses, just that the rest were being typical local citizens... see see look look then drive away. That lone witness was probably the only one who was willing to take the time to tell the police and media on what happened. However i tend to agree that 160kmh is purely based on that woman's estimation.... as if she really knows how fast is 160kmh.Originally posted by Vigelic:somehow I think that the witness exaggerated stuff a bit. I'm sure it was over 100kmh. but I'm guessing it was more like 130 - 140 kmh, not the 160 kmh the witness claimed.
amazingly, the entire article was written based on ONE witness' testimony of what happened? o.0
the lorry driver only said that it happened too fast. a black toyota coming straight at him.
everything else was from the "witness".
really can believe meh? -
She must have been driving at 120 when the car overtook in a flash