Club 30's "Kill The Boredom Demon Jive Pad" 13th Edition

elindra SG

Surprised Shocked Shocked Shocked

Fatum SG

well ... to rephrase things a bit ... how many people do you think would actually call the emergency services on their cells ? .....

I remember a friend in this line telling me that people often complain of the response time to accidents in Singapore, but it's often because they didn't receive the heads up till much later ... is it true Rhonda ? ....

skeujin SG

can see bt tght it was n old man

n i tink the driver din realuise he hit anyone. till it was too late

The man who was death SG

katharine heigl Embarassed

elindra SG

I guess it depends on the people there at the point in time?

Some years back there was this fatal accident in front of my old place. My mum saw the accident and called immediately. Apparently 4 others called before she did

Rhonda SG

OK, watched that clip again and it wasn't just three times... the reporter said, FIVE times!! Mad Mad

First time, back wheels of car rolled over 64-year old lady taking a stroll. Car paused, then driver backed car again, front wheels rolled onto the lady. Then driver moved forward, back wheels rolled onto old lady, car stopped. Driver backed car AGAIN, back wheels crushed lady again! Then, driver drover forward again, back wheels went over lady one more time! Shocked Shocked Mad Mad

What in the world was that blardy mentally retarded driver thinking?!!! Evil or Very Mad To knock down someone is bad enough, but to go over them FIVE TIMES!!!

elindra SG

Obviously he is not thinking Shocked Shocked Shocked
Btw who filmed this video

Rhonda SG

Not true.

A friend of mine took on a temporary job as a delivery driver once, and he had to deliver kuehs all over the island in the wee hours of the morning.

He told me that once, driving along the expressway, he saw that another truck had slammed into a lamp post. He stopped his vehicle, went over to check on the driver but driver was kinda stuck behind the wheel and he was in bad shape with a few ribs poking out and bleeding profusely. He immediately called for an ambulance but waited at the scene in case he could be of any help somehow. He said it took the ambulance about 15 -20 minutes to reach the scene and in the meantime, they kept asking for directions so there were unnecessary delays there. My friend was quite pissed at the seemingly slow response time cause he said it was in the dead of the night, no traffic was around to cause delays.

I can't really comment, cause I wasn't there, but he was still cussing away at their 'inefficiency' when he related the incident to me.

That was about seven years ago though... hopefully, the service has improved since then.

Rhonda SG

At the end of the clip, the cameraman zoomed in on the camera that filmed the entire incident - it was a security camera mounted high up on a pole at what looked like the compound of a condominium in Taiwan.

Rhonda SG

Shocked

Hard to imagine that the driver can drive over a human and not realise something was amiss cause he would've felt his car go BUMP! and then there'll be this up-down motion too! Razz

av98m SG

I'd call the emergency services(police/ambulance) but thats all. Nothing else. I won't even go near the person or attempt to render any assistance because of 2 reasons:

1. My first aid/cpr expired liao and I didn't go renew it
2. See no.1. Don 't want to be sued by family in case I try to help and the chap dies anyway.

elindra SG

From the looks of it it looks like he was trying to make sure that she died Surprised Shocked

av98m SG

Well..morons do exist. Crying or Very sad

Rhonda SG

Oh! Eh, sorry, Fatum! YOu were asking about the delay witnesses of accidents took in calling for an ambulance, right? I gave you a 'wrong' answer, sorry! Razz

I don't think it's that. When I witnessed accidents, I'd whip out my phone and call immediately, but the operator would always tell me that others have called ahead of me already. Just like what elindra's mom experienced when she reported the accident too.

The most dramatic accident I've witnessed was an explosion over at this block of rental one-room apartments in Marsiling! Razz

It was a warm afternoon and I was taking a nap when I heard a loud "BOOM!" and felt the floor shake a little! I woke up in shock, thinking maybe one of my cupboards had crashed to the floor or something. But nothing was amiss at home but whoa... I peeked out the kitchen window and there was lots of grey smoke coming out of a corner of the block opposite and people scattered around talking loudly. Residents of that block ended up being evacuated when the police arrived to put up a cordone.

Apparently, it was an accident with a gas stove. The entire flat was blown apart! Razz Came out in the news and papers too. Razz

Scared the hell out of me and my neighbours... we thought it was a bomb! Razz

Rhonda SG

It did!! Mad Looked like he was trying to 'iron' her with his car! Evil or Very Mad I mean, the entire action reminded me of what we'd do when we iron our clothes, back and forth, back and forth over the same spot!

Rhonda SG

#2 is an issue I've felt contentious about since we covered Law in our 1st Year in Nursing School.

If a Good Samaritan stops by the roadside to assist someone in need, but that someone somehow ends up getting new injuries as a result, or the condition doesn't improve, would the Good Samaritan therefore be liable?

See, in CPR, it's quite common to fracture the person's rib(s). I've done it twice, but it's pretty inevitable.

Should the fear of being sued for fracturing the person's ribs stop me from performing CPR in the first place?

And, why would the family even want to sue a Good Samaritan?

Ethical issues, hard to reach a conclusion... Razz

Wondering if this topic ought to be a new thread. What do you guys think? Wink

av98m SG

New thread.

elindra SG

I think it is not so bad in Singapore, though alot of Singaporeans are becoming more opportunistic and is starting to sue like the Americans. The only thing is that our jurisdiction system here will not tolerate nonsense claim like that stonefish case.

I wouldn't say the same in the USA since a burglar can sue and win when they hurt themselves in the house they broke into

the Bear SG

Lemon Cheesecake flavoured KitKat is weird Razz

Fatum SG

one of your pimped snacks ? ....

NPNT ! ... Razz Laughing

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