S'poreans driving on remote long roads in 1st World countries

[scroobal]

How do you advice or train them to be prepared. In 1980s, car rental companies in Queensland had Singaporeans sign on a insurance disclaimer when hiring 4 wheel drive as overturning was a common problem. No one else had to sign it because in those days there were no PRC or Indian Tourists.

Even our monotonous Air Force General who became the previous returning officer had the same problem with a family member.

Imagine on a lonely road, they can get into this.

Car crash in US leaves 3 Singaporeans dead
The scene of the crash last Friday in Arizona, in the United States, which left three Singaporeans dead. A total of five people, including one Singaporean, were injured in the accident.PHOTO: ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY
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NTU student believed to be survivor among family of four
Jose Hong
A holiday to the United States turned tragic for a Singaporean family of four after three of them were killed and another injured in a traffic accident last Friday.

The family had been travelling north towards the Grand Canyon in a silver Hyundai when their car crossed the painted median and collided head-on with a green Dodge van. The car then crashed into a third vehicle while the van went into a ravine, Arizona Department of Public Safety (DPS) spokesman Kameron Lee told The Straits Times last night.

"The driver of the Hyundai and two passengers were pronounced deceased on scene. One additional passenger of the Hyundai was transported to Flagstaff Medical Centre," said Mr Lee.

It was reported by the Today news site that the Singaporean survivor is Ms Justlyn Yeo Jing Hui, a first-year student at the Nanyang Technological University.

Ms Yeo, who is from the university's Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and Information, was reported to be in stable condition.

A 70km stretch of the highway was closed for seven hours to allow for investigations after the accident, which occurred at about 2.21pm local time (5.21am last Saturday in Singapore), said Mr Lee.





The driver of the van, who is from Spain, also died at the scene. Earlier news reports suggested that the family had been travelling in the van. Five people, including four Spanish passengers in the minivan, were injured in total, said Mr Lee.

When contacted, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs declined comment, citing respect for Ms Yeo's privacy.

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The Straits Times, however, understands that the Singapore Consulate-General in San Francisco is assisting the family's relatives, who have flown to the US.

On Dec 11, a Singaporean died in a traffic accident in New Zealand that occurred on State Highway 6, Ruatapu Road, on the west coast of the South Island. Shin Min Daily News identified him as Mr Seow Kai Yuan. In May, also in New Zealand, a Singaporean couple died in a crash on State Highway 1, about 40km south of Christchurch.

 

[Cottonmouth]

Sinkies should just engage a local driver when overseas, they are notorious on the roads here anyway. Save that few hundred dollars might result in humkarchan.

 

[Leongsam]

They're honestly just as bad as the Ah Nehs and the PRC chinks when it comes to driving on NZ roads. I've witnessed the atrocious driving first hand.

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Timaru woman Amy Hollamby performs citizen's arrest on foreign driver
27 Dec, 2017 1:46pm
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Amy Hollamby lays down the law to another driver she says overtook on a blind corner. Photo / Facebook
NZ Herald


All she could think was that they were about to witness a head-on crash, but luckily for the driver and the others on the road, there were no oncoming vehicles around the corner.

"If there was, they were mince meat."

The scariest part was that any oncoming driver would have been doing "absolutely nothing wrong" but could well have been killed by the woman, who Hollamby said was travelling at speeds above 100km/h.

"I was so angry," she said. "I said 'if she pulls in in Tekapo I'm pulling in too.'"

The driver did pull in upon reaching Tekapo, and Hollamby along with the two other overtaken cars pulled over and boxed the vehicle in so she could not drive away.

Another driver was yelling and swearing at the woman, but Hollamby said she tried to take a kinder approach and point out to the woman that in New Zealand cars stick to the left. She pointed to a sticker on the woman's rental vehicle that said to keep left.

She said the woman told her "I was on the left, I tried very hard to stay on the left".

Hollamby told her it was "the worst driving I've witnessed".

The woman, who told Hollamby's husband she was from China and had arrived in the country on Christmas Eve, appeared oblivious to what the issue was. She had driven down from Christchurch.

"She still to this day probably has no idea what she did wrong."

Some of the other travellers went to the nearby police station and brought an officer over, who took the keys from the ignition and pocketed them.

Hollamby, who had her whole family in the car with her, said she didn't feel she was at risk of being involved in a crash, but was certain they were about to witness someone die on the road.

She travelled the route often and said she had witnessed poor driving from tourists in the past. Her husband had also been involved in an incident where he had confiscated another driver's keys.

Hollamby encouraged other drivers to take action if they believed someone's driving was dangerous enough. In rural areas it might take some time for police to arrive, and it might not be fast enough to prevent a death, she said.

"Something needs to be done on a higher level."

Police have been asked for comment.

 

[borom]

Changing from right to left hand drive take some adjustments and initially you will have problems finding the right buttons/switches, making U turns ect2-more so when you need to react quickly to avoid another car at speed.
Driving an unfamiliar rented car makes it worst-but I assume many sinkies want to max out their holiday time and do not give themselves time to adjust.
In US. I try to rent cars I'm familiar with eg Honda to minimise adjustment problems and drive slowly in city streets for a couple of days before heading to the highway.

 

[scroobal]

Bro, I don't think this has anything to do with unfamiliar vehicles or driving on left hand or right hand. The 2 common things that are quite apparent - one is not being familiar with the terrain and not realising that its a long bend and they fail to reduce speed and the other is poor road habits - overtaking, not keeping in lane etc.

They don't have a problem in built up or urban areas.

PRC and Indian tourists are a whole kettle of fish. You seem them all over the World doing various stunts - lane discipline not existent, unable to pace with vehicle in front, don't care about road etiquette and unable to drive in sync with the vehicle they are driving.

Changing from right to left hand drive take some adjustments and initially you will have problems finding the right buttons/switches, making U turns ect2-more so when you need to react quickly to avoid another car at speed.
Driving an unfamiliar rented car makes it worst-but I assume many sinkies want to max out their holiday time and do not give themselves time to adjust.
In US I try to rent cars I'm familiar with eg Honda to minimise adjustment problems.

 

[nayr69sg]

The other thing is not wearing seatbelts.

There was a case in Australia car crash the rear seat passenger wasn't wearing a seatbelt. Paralyzed. And he is a General Surgeon in private practice.

It is not a habit to buckle up in Singapore.

Other common thing is the placement of baby car seats in the front passenger seat. Car manufacturers specifically say NOT to put the child car seats there as the air bag force when deployed will crush the child.

But for convenience (because baby cry cannot see etc) sinkies still put them there.