Car Driving & Filtering at Road Bends

This is indeed, an unfortunate accident. However, we can all learn from this.

I heart goes out to this lady. She must feel terrible. I am very sure it was unintended. The Punishment by the law does not really condemn her as a person. It just makes her responsible for what happened and I think she has taken responsibility for it.

It is not easy to filter at road bends, and especially so for unskilled drivers (occasional driver). Be very sure of your driving skills and ask yourself, "Do I really need to filter... here... and... now?". 

It is already very difficult to view things using the rear-view-mirror, and doing it while you are at the bend makes it even more difficult. 

When you look in the rear-view-mirror while you are at the road bend, you are seeing what is behind your car... BUT not the whole stretch of road behind you... so you will have to take that into consideration.

When checking your rear-view-mirror, and especially at road bends... you must check all the way back and as far as the eye can see by checking the lane you are in, as well as the adjacent lanes to your left and right. At road bends... this means following the curve of the road behind you. This will need a lot of time to do, so make sure you have that time.

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. Mother of two fined $7,000 for causing fatal motor scooter accident BY ELENA CHONG PUBLISHED ON AUG 26, 2014 4:11 PM http://www.straitstimes.com/news/singapore/courts-crime/story/mother-two-fined-7000-causing-fatal-motor-scooter-accident-2014082 SINGAPORE - A woman who ran over and killed a motorcyclist after failing to check her blind spot while changing lanes was fined $7,000 on Tuesday. Client relations officer Norizah Samad, 31, was also banned from driving for five years after admitting causing the death of Mr Muhammad Shaheen Abdullah, 32, through her negligence. She had been driving in the left lane of Bedok North Street 3 - a one-way, two-lane road - last Oct 29 when she tried to filter into the right lane after a right bend. After checking her rear view and right side mirrors, she turned her head to the right and signaled right before proceeding to filter. But she failed to properly check her blind spot and did not see the victim's scooter travelling in the right lane beside her car. She only spotted him after half of her vehicle had entered the right lane - but by then it was too late and the car hit the victim's scooter, causing the victim to be flung off his machine and land in front of her car. Despite jamming on her brakes, she could not stop the car from running over the victim and going up the right kerb. Norizah's lawyer Rajan Nair said his client, a mother of two, was an "occasional driver", having obtained her driving licence four years ago. He said she does not intend to drive again. Norizah could have been jailed for up to two years and/or fined for causing death through a negligent act. A woman who ran over and killed a motorcyclist after failing to check her blind spot while changing lanes was fined $7,000 on Tuesday, Aug 26, 2014. -- ST PHOTO: AZIZ HUSSIN News article from source. .

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News ~ Car & Pedestrian Accident

A good reminder for us to be careful. Even if the pedestrian is at fault, we will have to take the responsibility for the accident, not to mention the bad feeling we'll have for having killed someone.
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TODAY Newspaper
Wednesday August 18, 2010
Page 10

Driver who killed girl in accident ruled negligent
Salesman had exceeded speed limit
NG JING YNG

SINGAPORE — She would have turned six next month. But on a clear night last December, she was killed by a car driven by a salesman who had been speeding in his illegally modified vehicle. Zhao Linqian, five, was on her way to piano lessons at Punggol Plaza at 8.20pm with her grandfather when they were about to cross the two-lane road towards Punggol Way. She was wearing a pink ballet dress and was 1.02m tall. Just then, car salesman Tijan Syafiq Selamat, 27, was travelling towards them at between 71km/h and 85km/h. The speed limit for that stretch of road was 50km/h. Linqian was holding on to her grandfather when she suddenly let go and walked across the road first. Mr Tijan couldn't react in time and slammed into the girl who was flung 44m across the road. She suffered serious head injuries and died minutes later. Yesterday, State Coroner Kessler Soh ruled the traffic accident was caused by the negligent driver. Mr Soh said that, due to the speed of Mr Tijan’s car, “it significantly reduced reaction time for him”. He noted the car had no mechanical defects although it had been illegally modified. Mr Soh added the driver was negligent to travel at such a high speed along a road near a bus stop. Linqian’s father, Mr Zhao Peiyong, was in tears after the hearing and told reporters he would consult the investigating officer on what to do next. The 32-year-old engineer said that he would usually fetch Linqian to classes but could not make it that night. “My wife still cries every night,” said Mr Zhao, whose other child is a three-year-old boy.
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