A former taxi driver was fined $7,000 and banned from driving for
three years on Wednesday for negligently causing the death of a
motorcyclist. Quek Huang Kwang, 59, pleaded guilty to causing the
death of Mr Abdul Ghafar Ibrahim, 45, along the Ayer Rajah
Expressway (AYE) on Dec 24 last year.
He had failed to keep a proper lookout for the rider while
encroaching into the extreme right lane of the expressway,
resulting in the front of the motorcycle hitting the back of his
taxi.
The court heard that Quek was driving in the second right lane of
AYE that day when he saw a pile of wooden piles in the middle of
the lane. He then filtered into the extreme right lane without
giving any signal and encroached into Mr Abdul Ghafar's path.
As a result, the rider could not react in time and the front of his
motorbike hit the back of the taxi. After the collision, Quek
stepped out of the taxi to render help and called the police.