Another life wasted on the road

Yesterday an accident happened in Orchard road. An Evo crashed into a taxi and he taxi flipped over. Condolences to the driver.

I am not here to say who is at fault or what. This should be left to the police. owever, the reason why I am printing this is because both cars are known culprits of dangerous road habits. I am not saying about the drivers of the cars hor...

Evo's are very high performance cars. they come off the factory with 280hp. It takes very little to push the power even higher. Change a few parts and you have a car pushing above 350hp. Make more drastic mods and you can even have Evo's that are 700hp. But then no matter how much u can mod a car, you cannot mod a driver. If he i a hot head and cannot resist a "challenge", he will try to blast down every road there is. In the report, his passenger was a lady. I can only make the educated assumption that he was trying to impress her and perhap others on the streets.

This brings to mind Little Mr. Lee of the Mazda Mx5 fiasco. If you cannot really handle the power of the car, then it is best you stay off th roads. Please leave other people to have a safe drive!!! We are paying enough in money to the government and we deserve to have safe roads. The probabtion period for new drivers should also be longer and the punishments be longer. I do not want to expose me and my family to dangerous drivers who cut into your lane without much clearance forcing you tojam brakes and so on.

The local cab driver is also another danger. With the rising price of everything, he now is faced with lower income and he has to work harder to make enough for his family. However, some uncles do it the wrong way. I was nearly forced off the road by a speedin Merc cab this morning. He was on the centre lane in TPE, and he filtered left to over-take me, then to over take into the right. Doesn't the passenger even feel as though he is in danger?

Wasn't there a recent report where an uncle crashed into a centre pylon because he was speeding?

So who is in the wrong in this accident? Who is to blame? We may never know. But then seriously, if we wish to race, then lets race at clear places where there are no further traffic. Please do not endanger other people on the road.

Though I have bought an Evo and though I have a history of performance cars, I am always thinking about the scenario of what if someone you love got hurt by a racer. Do you want to be a racer who hurts other people?


Cheers and peace out