sundaymorningstaple wrote:Very easy. If you have been trained to do it from day one. I ALWAYS look both ways before entering an intersection from a standing start, e.g., from a traffic light or Stop sign. All do from a Stop sign, but most don't bother when they get a "GREEN" light. GREEN means, disengage common sense. It's not just Singaporean who are guilty of that, most drivers around the world think everything will be okay as the light is RED for the other guys. And a car travelling at 140Km/hr should obviously be noted for it's rapid approach. I never "count" on the other driver stopping in time. Especially since the advent of cell phones. Or bad brakes. Common Sense with behind the wheel will keep you alive.
The Ferrari collision was not caused by poor driving skills but the sub-moronic actions of one person.bluenose wrote:After reading so much anti foreigner bullshit on the Ferrari incident, why does the pro-active government not introduce defensive driving courses for all as mandatory and a positive way to help this countrys appalling driving standards?
http://www.bbdc.sg/bbweb/DefensiveTraining.aspxbluenose wrote:Singapore has defensive driving courses....seems no-one knows where they are or will even admit to needing them...
bluenose wrote: Obviously the locals will say they are better drivers anyway...
At least he signaled his lane changeaster wrote:Now this is a place with an interesting driving culture:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j58HfrGRr5s
You know what I find the most disturbing about this video? That the taxi or car doing the filming didn't immediately pull over and see what they could do to help. They just kept going saying "lucky." That is the most shocking reflection on this country, right up there with the PRC video of that little girl being run over by a truck was on China.
In my aforementioned driving course I was taught to stop and call 911 (sounds pretty elementary, right?) and to not touch anybody or anything, but to observe and give details to the dispatch that might save seconds for EMS which could mean someone's life. But we all know here in SG that people's lives in that situation are at the mercy of how well the ambulance driver can negotiate traffic while waiting his turn...sundaymorningstaple wrote:No different that in the USofA. There if you stop AND offer assistance you take a chance on being sued if you further damage an individual. Or even if you didn't, you can be blamed for something so it's pretty much curbed the good Samaritan instinct of us Americans as well. Although, after 2 decades on oil rigs, I'll stop every time if I can without endangering anybody else.
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