Squeezing your bike between a car and the kerb..
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Today, I witnessed an accident while I was taking my Class 2B Practical 8 at SSDC, Yio Chu Kang .
As part of the road test route, we riders are required to do a U - Turn at a traffic light controlled junction around AMK ave 5 .
Though the light was green, there was oncoming traffic and a SSDC car had to wait at the U-turn section. We riders had to line up behind the SSDC car.
When the SSDC car inched forward, it made a wide turn and stopped halfway through the turn to give way to an oncoming car in the 3rd lane.
The 1st rider in the queue suddenly throttled forward and squeezed himself between the SSDC car and the kerb, intending to do the U- Turn before the Car could do so (in short, he was "cutting queue " ) .
As he opened the throttle further and zipped into the 2nd lane, a taxi suddenly appeared and slammed into his bike!
The driver probably didn't saw him(he was hidden from the cabbie's view, thanks to the SSDC car ) and couldn't brake in time.
The impact was rather bad, the driver's side window was completely smashed in, the front right headlight of the taxi was hanging loose and there was a nasty dent and some scratches on the taxi's door.
The bike was wrecked with 1 crash bar crumpled.
The instructors immediately told us to move to a side of the road as they brought the rider and the bike to the pavement.
After the road was cleared, 1 instructor led us back to the driving centre as a medic was sent for the injured rider who was still concious.
Later at the school, we found out that the crash bar had took the brunt for the rider... had there not be a crash bar, the rider's leg would had been crushed!
So riders, the next time u want to squeeze through traffic, do be extra careful.
Other road users might not be able to see us hidden among the vehicles!
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woooo, learner want to do this kind of stunt liao ah
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ban him from the school!
now SSDC have to type special incident report. hahaha. singapore SAFETY driving ctr aiye... -
to the rider involve
i hope you never ever pass your driving/riding lesson
cause by your action which show the lack of brain activity
either you get kill or someone else will be kill -
Sinicker grad from Ubi Driving Centre ar?Originally posted by sinicker:ban him from the school!
now SSDC have to type special incident report. hahaha. singapore SAFETY driving ctr aiye... -
You probably had a bad experience with someone who didn't used much of his brain while on the road, but everybody make mistakes. If you got into an accident while taking a practical, wouldn't you agreed that the incident will demoralized and even traumatized you? That's already bad enough. There's no need to cuss further.Originally posted by Gent-X:to the rider involve
i hope you never ever pass your driving/riding lesson
cause by your action which show the lack of brain activity
either you get kill or someone else will be kill -
Let's just hope that the rider involved learns his lesson and realize the importance of riding responsiby!Originally posted by Blahhh:You probably had a bad experience with someone who didn't used much of his brain while on the road, but everybody make mistakes. If you got into an accident while taking a practical, wouldn't you agreed that the incident will demoralized and even traumatized you? That's already bad enough. There's no need to cuss further.
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x2Originally posted by Blahhh:You probably had a bad experience with someone who didn't used much of his brain while on the road, but everybody make mistakes. If you got into an accident while taking a practical, wouldn't you agreed that the incident will demoralized and even traumatized you? That's already bad enough. There's no need to cuss further.
i rather he had an accident within school and learn his lesson than to have an accident outside school and die there...