https://www.asiaone.com/singapore/c...as-no-recollection-fatal-alexandra-road-crash
No disrespect to anyone, but from video, it seems (to me) that the taxi driver wanted to turn right, so tried to filter right to go behind blue car on right lane who had already stopped due to red light (no right turn green arrow)
But taxi driver likely did not realise there's no right turn green arrow, so slowed down when filtering right, and at the same time wondering why the blue car had not moved to turn right.
When car behind taxi flashed headlights at taxi, taxi driver likely got frustrated that blue car had not moved, switched on taxi hazard lights to indicate it wanted to filter back to its original lane (with no cars in front of taxi,) then proceeded to speed up to turn right in order to beat the right turn green arrow (which unfortunately there wasn't one in this case).
Again, no disrespect to anyone, but I've personally seen many times such behaviours of drivers on the roads. Such behaviours suggest drivers make the assumption that every traffic junction will have a right turn green arrow. There's no right turn green arrow in this case.
And where's that blue-coloured sign that says "Change In Traffic Light Timing"? It seems there's no such sign at this traffic junction.
Again, no disrespect to anyone, moral of this incident:
In this case, somebody died, so please don't continue to assume that things on our roads will remain the way you think they will remain. That nano second of ego will bring on eons of regret and zillions of visits to places of worships.
No disrespect to anyone, but from video, it seems (to me) that the taxi driver wanted to turn right, so tried to filter right to go behind blue car on right lane who had already stopped due to red light (no right turn green arrow)
But taxi driver likely did not realise there's no right turn green arrow, so slowed down when filtering right, and at the same time wondering why the blue car had not moved to turn right.
When car behind taxi flashed headlights at taxi, taxi driver likely got frustrated that blue car had not moved, switched on taxi hazard lights to indicate it wanted to filter back to its original lane (with no cars in front of taxi,) then proceeded to speed up to turn right in order to beat the right turn green arrow (which unfortunately there wasn't one in this case).
Again, no disrespect to anyone, but I've personally seen many times such behaviours of drivers on the roads. Such behaviours suggest drivers make the assumption that every traffic junction will have a right turn green arrow. There's no right turn green arrow in this case.
And where's that blue-coloured sign that says "Change In Traffic Light Timing"? It seems there's no such sign at this traffic junction.
Again, no disrespect to anyone, moral of this incident:
When you assume,
you make an ass out of "u" and "me"
In this case, somebody died, so please don't continue to assume that things on our roads will remain the way you think they will remain. That nano second of ego will bring on eons of regret and zillions of visits to places of worships.