[Blogs] Today while riding...

[Lass]

this morn came across a fresh road kill of a kitty so sad along a v jam upp bt timah road. accident just b4 going into the tunnel towards clementi on e right lane. stressful cos i nv like to see things like tat and i always try to avoid it and go past looking in front just in case it's a bike accident. didn't see any bike but just a not so badly smashed up rear of car and TP bike and e driver. as usual all e rubber neckers slowed down on e left side. i squeezed past all of them and traffic was clear as hell in front!

 

guys do ride carefully if u r heading towards tat direction.

[sHaNyUaN]

pissed pissed pissed ahhhh... :mad:

 

juz now almost met wif an accident when i was reaching my gf place... i was at tampines st 33... straight road... where a bunch of malay boys were riding their bicycle at the road side.. i was travelling quite slow.. den suddenly one of the boys made a u-turn in the middle of the road... i almost bang onto the bicycle and killed him and ended up in an accident.. lucky i jammed brake.. heng my brake jiak... coz today juz change new brake pads... knn... i damn pissed lor... brainless cb...

 

den they still can smile at me and say "sorry ah"

 

no sense of remorseful...

 

they can escape this time.. next time i think maybe not, coz of their actions...

 

sigh...

[Lass]

cars really suka suka change lane, see bike coming just makan into e lane and when u need to change lane they dun wan to give way and just speed up....really inconsiderate and i guess tat is why accidents happen. of course not all e time it's due to drivers fault but these days as there r more cars on e road, drivers get impatient w e jam and trying to change to a lane w lesser cars w/o due care. seeing alot of tat esp during peak hours.

[bluelabel]

few days back at around 9plus nite , at bendemer there , dis bus was at bus stop , den i was somewhere in de middle lane , skalli he dash out from de bus stop to go to de extreme right lane , beedeemer there if not wrong got 4 lane , i horn him he still die die wan to cut in , i tried to swerve away ,but right side got cars all , lan lan i jam brake + horn.(luckily de behind car also jam brake can hear screech), after that straight away i saw de next lane on my right clear , i change lane , den de bus driver still cut again to go to the next lane(dis time the bus was next to me , sharing one lane with me) , i shout damn loud *******eeeeee laaaaaa and show my middle finger , knn idiot still nv say sorry or wat , i ride infront of de sbs bus , and shout **** u and show him my middle finger , de sbs driver quite young like mid 20s. .

 

 

if u had taken out ur hand from de window to signal u wan change lane , i will always give way , but knn , u not change lane slowly , u dash out 45 degree straight away from de bus stop to go to the other side.

[bluelabel]

anyway dis is my 1st bad exprience with sbs bus , usually they will stick out their hand out of de window to ask for other road user to give way to them , or sometime when i squeezing thru can see that they move aside abit to give way to me , or at traffic light they wait for me to move off first then then move off.

 

knn young idiot sbs driver , damn heng i didnt end up below his double storey sbs bus.

[gohjohan]

This morning traffic is very good. Not much idiotic drivers/riders around. If you are one of those "idiotic drivers/riders", please enjoy your holiday and when you come back again on Wednesday...

 

Do drive & ride safe! Happy holidays people!

[Yongster]

Originally posted by Aie@Oct 7 2006, 05:29 AM

Just a few days back, my mrs and I was exiting TPE into CTE when a car in front of us suddenly slowed down and filtered left without signalling. We almost bang into her cos one moment the driver was travelling at a constant speed and the next, slowed down. When we passed the car, it turned out that the woman driver was talking on her HP. How I wish TP was there at that time...

When we wan TP to be ard..they are usually nowhere to be seen.....when we dun

 

wan TP ard.....they are also nowhere to be seen....cos they are hiding in our

 

blindspot cmeing after us....

[Lass]

e tailgating and zipping in and out of traffic seems to be getting worse.

[Raptor]

Originally posted by Lass@Oct 25 2006, 09:11 AM

e tailgating and zipping in and out of traffic seems to be getting worse.

Hmmm seems like road behaviour in Singapore is still the same.

Flew out of Phoenix this morning for Dallas Fortworth. Took a 3 hour coach ride down to Louisiana and am now in the hotel using their computer.

 

A 200 mile journey and only saw two Harleys on the highway. Bikes are rare here in the USA or am I in the wrong place???

 

Very hard to get onto a computer at the moment and yet to fully settle into my own apartment. Mebbe in 3 weeks time when I get back to Phoenix.

 

Take care guys and gals. Ride smart, ride safe.

 

PS - Best regards Lass, and to the rest of the bikers I know.

[Lass]

Originally posted by Raptor@Oct 27 2006, 12:17 PM

Hmmm seems like road behaviour in Singapore is still the same.

Flew out of Phoenix this morning for Dallas Fortworth. Took a 3 hour coach ride down to Louisiana and am now in the hotel using their computer.

 

A 200 mile journey and only saw two Harleys on the highway. Bikes are rare here in the USA or am I in the wrong place???

 

Very hard to get onto a computer at the moment and yet to fully settle into my own apartment. Mebbe in 3 weeks time when I get back to Phoenix.

 

Take care guys and gals. Ride smart, ride safe.

 

PS - Best regards Lass, and to the rest of the bikers I know.

well behaviour will not change but seemingly getting fr bad to worse. bikes rare in USA? hmm this is odd though. hey get ur pc and get on ur msn! hehe

 

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some interesting thing to read

 

http://www.onemotoring.com.sg/publish/onemotoring/en/on_the_roads/traffic_management/new_elderly_friendly_traffic_system.MainPar.0003.Image.gif

 

Imagine the traffic lights opening their eyes to check out for elderly pedestrians.

 

No, this is not some War of the Worlds scenario. This is an innovation from Land Transport Authority (LTA) designed to detect elderly pedestrians crossing the road. Called the Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) system, this technology will allow elderly pedestrians to finish crossing the road safely before the red man light comes on.

 

When the RFID readers mounted on the traffic light poles detect elderly pedestrians crossing the road, the system will extend the 'green man' timing, giving them an additional 5 seconds to cross.

 

LTA will be testing this system at the junction of Toa Payoh Central and Toa Payoh Lorong 4, where intelligent studs have already been installed. The test trial, which will involve 30 elderly pedestrians, is expected to last 9 months.

 

This system will greatly benefit Singapore's increasing ageing population, who are at risk to road fatalities because of their slower walking speeds.

 

Accident statistics from the Traffic Police showed that one in two fatal traffic accidents last year involved an elderly person. After the trial has concluded, LTA will consider extending this program to the other 1,900 signalized pedestrian crossings in Singapore.

 

We cannot rely on just engineering solutions to enhance pedestrian' safety. All road users play a very important role. As a motorist, you can play a part by exercising patience, especially to the elderly. We can all help to reduce the risk that they face on the roads.

 

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also full day bus lane operational in orchard and i posted an article fr one motoring website under the regulations thread.

 

tot would be useful for ppl to know

[warrior.c.o.n.p]

man..man..mann... i ride to work in the morning at 0740 n was at the left lane.. while riding checking at both side mirrors n blindspot suddenly appear dis rider ovrtake me at the left n i was super shocked n swerve alittle bit to the right n damn hell wadda *&*% ass.. is tht the way to cut in on the left while u riding on the left lane n cut u on the left .. damn.... tht was sucks man.. the rider was so fast bloody hell...

[lost_soul]

i seriously think, apart from our "friendly" sg car drivers, ppl who are driving buses, lorries, vans are much worse. They are not supposed to speed and they have a speed limit to adhere to. but, unless there is a TP somewhere, these ppl seems to speed like nobody biz. Share this incident.

 

While on my way home along PIE, i approached the split road for KJE and PIE. Checked my mirrors, can't see any vehicles on my right. so i signalled right and using the soft change lane method, i slowly filtered into my right to enter PIE. i checked my bind spot, about 30m back there is a bus, so i accelerated a bit and to my horror, luckily i checked my bind spot again to confirm before moving fully into the lane, the bus roared past me, causing me to swerve back to my left and its only inches away form me. (and lucky no cars on my left) and i was already travelling at 80km/h... the least that idiot could do is horn right... want to murder a harmless rider on a small bike meh... really dun understand why ppl nowadays dun practice giving of way. its more like who-ever-drives-a-bigger-vehicle will get his right of way. oh come on... really, where are the TPs when we need them? and TPs targets bikers! this is even worse!

[Flaky_Boi]

Originally posted by BluE_StreaK@Nov 1 2006, 02:29 AM

really, where are the TPs when we need them?

Pls do nt say dis....

I'm sure we do nt wan to see too many TPs otr...

[Lass]

Originally posted by Flaky_Boi@Nov 1 2006, 03:03 AM

Pls do nt say dis....

I'm sure we do nt wan to see too many TPs otr...

hehe i know why!!!! vroom vroom loud loud, i go report u tmr keke

[Raptor]

No wonder there are not many bikes seen on the roads here.

 

Today it was raining the whole day and the temperature did not even get passed 56 degrees Farenheit. BRRRRRRR!!!

 

A Lim Ah Boy bought raincoat will never make it here.

[Lass]

Originally posted by Raptor@Nov 2 2006, 01:48 PM

No wonder there are not many bikes seen on the roads here.

 

Today it was raining the whole day and the temperature did not even get passed 56 degrees Farenheit. BRRRRRRR!!!

 

A Lim Ah Boy bought raincoat will never make it here.

keke time to don ur fullsuit!

[Raptor]

Originally posted by Lass@Nov 2 2006, 08:03 PM

keke time to don ur fullsuit!

Looks like I got to take my words back.

 

Last night we finished work at about 2 AM and were driving back to the hotel with the heater cranked to full blast in the MPV. Temperature outside was 3 degrees Celsius.

 

At a traffic light, I saw two guys riding past. Both on Suzuki 1000 K6s.

Although they were dressed up till they looked so puffed up..... but really... would you go riding around at night when the temperature is only 3 degrees above the freezing point????

 

Only goes to show one thing.... Suzuki riders are nuts!!!

[Denden]

Originally posted by Raptor@Nov 4 2006, 01:22 AM

Looks like I got to take my words back.

 

Last night we finished work at about 2 AM and were driving back to the hotel with the heater cranked to full blast in the MPV. Temperature outside was 3 degrees Celsius.

 

At a traffic light, I saw two guys riding past. Both on Suzuki 1000 K6s.

Although they were dressed up till they looked so puffed up..... but really... would you go riding around at night when the temperature is only 3 degrees above the freezing point????

 

Only goes to show one thing.... Suzuki riders are nuts!!!

Well, nuts ain't that bad a word to describe people. Probably riders of other makes ain't 'nuts' enough to do that?

[Lass]

Originally posted by Raptor@Nov 4 2006, 01:22 AM

Looks like I got to take my words back.

 

Last night we finished work at about 2 AM and were driving back to the hotel with the heater cranked to full blast in the MPV. Temperature outside was 3 degrees Celsius.

 

At a traffic light, I saw two guys riding past. Both on Suzuki 1000 K6s.

Although they were dressed up till they looked so puffed up..... but really... would you go riding around at night when the temperature is only 3 degrees above the freezing point????

 

Only goes to show one thing.... Suzuki riders are nuts!!!

hehe it's precisely why they come out! imagine tat kind of cold condition how many ppl would already hv be really snug in bed? hehe they get the whole road to themselves! hehe

[Yongster]

Originally posted by Raptor@Nov 4 2006, 01:22 AM

Looks like I got to take my words back.

 

Last night we finished work at about 2 AM and were driving back to the hotel with the heater cranked to full blast in the MPV. Temperature outside was 3 degrees Celsius.

 

At a traffic light, I saw two guys riding past. Both on Suzuki 1000 K6s.

Although they were dressed up till they looked so puffed up..... but really... would you go riding around at night when the temperature is only 3 degrees above the freezing point????

 

Only goes to show one thing.... Suzuki riders are nuts!!!

tink i better change bike liao.......

[Lass]

Originally posted by Yongster@Nov 4 2006, 10:31 AM

tink i better change bike liao.......

leopard can't change it's spot. even if u change bike and if u r nut, u will still be one! keke

 

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came across this inconsiderate van driver this morning who obviously know tat we were leaving already and he had to inch forward and blocking us completely from leaving e parking lot. when horned, he refuse to budge and damn silly and why would he want to do tat esp when e car in front of him was also reversing. still had e cheek to stare at us aft tat.

[Raptor]

Went out for lunch with my guys this afternoon. Whilst stopped at a traffic light.. we counted of the 17 cars that drove by.... 9 of the drivers were driving whilst talking on their handphones.

 

Our TPs in Singapore will be having a field day here in the USA.

[Raptor]

Originally posted by Lass@Nov 4 2006, 11:22 PM

leopard can't change it's spot. even if u change bike and if u r nut, u will still be one! keke

 

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came across this inconsiderate van driver this morning who obviously know tat we were leaving already and he had to inch forward and blocking us completely from leaving e parking lot. when horned, he refuse to budge and damn silly and why would he want to do tat esp when e car in front of him was also reversing. still had e cheek to stare at us aft tat.

Correction my dear Princess....

 

A leopard can change its spot.

It can move from this spot to the next spot.

 

A leopard on the other hand cannot change its spots.

 

Just feel like disturbing you lah...

[Aie]

Originally posted by Raptor@Nov 5 2006, 05:40 AM

Correction my dear Princess....

A leopard can change its spot.

It can move from this spot to the next spot.

A leopard on the other hand cannot change its spots.

Just feel like disturbing you lah...

What you've said hits the spot, Raptor. I too just feel like disturbing someone...

[Lass]

Originally posted by Raptor@Nov 5 2006, 05:40 AM

Correction my dear Princess....

 

A leopard can change its spot.

It can move from this spot to the next spot.

 

A leopard on the other hand cannot change its spots.

 

Just feel like disturbing you lah...

eeks argh one typo error fr me kerna liao oh well....hehe i can understand u r v bored so u r forgiven wahahaha

 

ah pek when r u gonna be getting ur darn pc and msn huh? hehe