on the date of 5/9/03 fri evening around 9.40pm, my friend was
sendin his gf home on his bike
at the junction of paya lebar rd and machpherson road, my friend
queue up to turn right towards airport rd, lane 1 and 2 was going
straight, lane 3 was straight n right turning, lane 4 was turn
right onli, he queue up at lane 3, a van was beside him at lane 4,
when they were approaching the yellow box, the van suddenly swerve
into his lane to go staight, the side of the van hit my friend
legs, and handle bar and his gf legs, my friend wobble and fall
towarss his left but lucky didnt fall flat on the floor as he was
big size and its a 150cc bike , he manage to get his left feet on
the ground b4 the fairings touch the floor, the van then sped away
towards bartly road
my friend manage to pick himself up n gave chase, at the traffic
lite junction, the van was stop by red light, my friend went to
beside his window n knock his door, the fella ignore and when
lights turn green, thye van move off, my friend bo bian follow, the
van then make several u turns, basically going in circles along a
straight rd. after 10mins, he gave up n turn into a lane of private
houses and drovehis van into a 3 storey semi d, the driver got out
n stare at my friend, he then started shouting vulgarities at my
friend and gf, the man went in n call his brothers out and
basically its 4-5 against 2. the driver argues that its my friend
who want to knock into him, bike want to knock into van ? is he ok
? sommore if he knew there was contact, y didnt he stop ?at one
point of time, the driver wanted to punch my friend but my friend
siam in tine n the driver was pull back by his family.
sensing there is no way out, my friend proceed to tp hq with the
van details..
over the counter, the police officer refuse to take in his report
coz THERE WAS no injury involve, my friend has exprerssed his stand
that he was willing to take him to court if necessary but the
police officer replied that if my friend insist , he can lodge a
report FOR RECORD PURPOSES ONLY and traffic will not take any
action against this driver and this is NOT a hit n run case coz
there was conversation invove.... after my friend chase the driver
back to his house? so tat means its okn to leave the scene of an
accident without stopping ?
so in this case, anybody can run anybody down as long as no
injury?
my friend was firmly adivsed to write in to oc violations instead
of lodging a formal report, then i really duno wads the use of
traffic dept
wad i feel, this writing in thing is just a buffer, a diversion coz
if they really do care y not accept his report straight away? and
refer the report to oc violations ?
sensing no hope out, he went back to his neighbourhood police
centre, the officer told my friend, he can also make a report for
"record purposes" only, action wise, he got to write in to oc
violations again
but the officer at npc shook his head when my friend told him he
was rejected at tp hq, he say no public should be turn
down....
imagine u and ur gf almost got hurt by some inconsiderate drivers
and there was indeed contact between the 2 vehicles
and ur report was turn down at the traffic hq ? advised to write in
instead
do bikers really can lodge a complain after they fall flat on the
floor and after they enter coffin?
lets say the van decide to swerve out more n totally knock my
friend off the feet n a lorry behind went over him, then he will
become a statistic and then all the big hoo haa abt bikers riding
dangerously and then bike practicals will get more difficult, if
this is the case, y not they include a module in the bike lessons
on how to balance ur bike after a vehicle knock u down
i find all these thing all so unfair, if there was no contact
involve and they rejected the report i got nothing to say, now
there IS contact involve but the driver left the scene, wads more
my friend almost got beaten up
all these n a report can be lodge FOR RECORD PURPOSE only
injure then classified as accident ? hit somebody liao no need to
stop ?
this friend has been my buddy/classmate/ colleague for 10 yrs, i
know him well, hes not the easily agitated type n not the type to
exaggerate things
so how now got knock n lan lan forget the whole thing?
damn dissapointed with them
