Accident with SBS bus today

Mercabs SG

The yellow box is there obviously for the bus to move out.

You are in the yellow box when the light is red and all vehicles are not moving as I can see on the video.

The bus is trying to move into the yellow box and it has the right of way as the vehicles in front of you is still stationary.

As we can see clearly on the video, your vehicle bang onto the right side of the bus in the yellow box.

With so many cameras on the bus, it would have shown that while the bus is trying to get into the yellow box, your taxi is moving in at the same time, thus resulting in the collision.

It would consistent with your video if you are to show to SBS or Transcab.

Bro hammer, sad to say you might be on the losing end. Not even 50/50.

Good luck.

Poolman SG

Yeah man , red light , yellow box , i do not see why u need to accelerate ?

I thought lights in your favour as per our conversation .

If lights is green , u move , bus chucked in , then he could be at fault .

U better not bring up this video , not in your favour .

From that view , clearly , i don't know , the bus has intention to filter in before the red lights goes green , and i was shocked to see you accelerated and banged him .

Poolman SG

i think proceed with reports to TransCab .

Just proceed to SBS Transist and get those required details and report to TransCab .

Let the tribunal decides your fate .

Worst to worst , $2140 gone .

Nothing more serious than that .

Gu7777g SG

Your fault or his fault ,the bus driver lost his 300 safety bonus, bus driver nwdays fliter out of the bus lane like their father road,horn at you when u pick up someout on the road, i rem during my time wif sbs as a bus driver, my mentor say even u have the rite on way at yellow box,check for safty b4 u move. Not juz chiong out like u own the road.

bowah SG

He heng he bang the more solid bus.

If he bang the Made in m'sia bus....................

And that one also got camera to show who caused the big hole.

I believe we all learn from mistake, report are to be make and it will end up in a lose lose condition for all except the repair department. I think bro hammer is also in a stressful situation now, it ridiculous that someone like you can still laugh and make fun of it.

Gu7777g SG

From what i read from lon, shes juz a kid, dun bother,the forum is full of ppl like her.

mancha SG

BOLA applies even if there is dispute over right of way at traffic lights, or yellow boxes etc.

Applying scenario No.14 or No.31

The onus is on the bus driver to be extra careful.

However I also feel that the video may be used against the TS as he is seen moving into the yellow box while the other vehicles are not moving.

sinicker SG

0:05 - hammer stops in yellow box.

purpose of yellow box - to allow buses after picking/dropping passenger at busstop to switch lane to go str8 due to left-turn lane ahead. (this, we keep in mind only)

0:22 - taxi moves forward, enroaching more into yellow box (now, we recap purpose of this yellow box)

0:30 - taxi is 1/4 into yellow box. lights are still red. taxi stops again.

0:41 - taxi moves forward again. lights are still red.

0:43 - bus enters frame into yellow box built for purpose shown above. lights are still red.

taxi creeps forward, bus enters more into lane.

0:45 - bus driver brakes upon seeing you zooming off from stationary. lights are now green. taxi driver steps accel.

0:46 - hits the bus near front wheel hub.

hammerhammer8888 SG

But the thing is even red light I start to move off, by the time I clear the yellow box the light is green and front vehicle also move off so at any point of time I am not stationary inside the yellow box so I am not wrong, right?

Mercabs SG

If you are not in the yellow box to begin with, this accident would not have happen.

As we can see from your video.

All the stationary vehicles did not move and we can see the bus turning right at the traffic light junction ahead while the collision occured.

To be brunt, you have no wish to give way to the bus who has the right of way into the yellow box.

This is why LTA has to introduce Mandatory Give-Way to Buses Scheme so that buses can exit from the bus bay.

So many bros have commented on your video, so let's take it as a lesson learnt instead.

alize SG

Even if light green, still must respect yellow box if traffic is not moving.

Mercabs SG

I hate drivers who stop inside the yellow boxes.

I myself always stay clear of the yellow boxes so that other motorists could turn out from the side road.

Like I mentioned before, practise defensive driving and give way to other motorists even if you have right of ways. It would not save you much time anyway if you don't give way.

Tmarcus SG

Aiya yai.. hammerhammer, accept that you are wrong, pay and take it as a lesson learnt can?
You post MCF and SGforums also nobody will pity you one. You inched into the yellow box and accelerated into a stationary bus leh.

16/f/lonely SG

some bus drivers also kuai lan….......... i stop at roadside a few times, on hazard lights n drop pax, not near 2 any bus stop, bus from far behind come then high beam me a few times….....

after dropping pax, i pick up n drive beside the bus n honk many times, bus driver act blur nothing happened, DUN EVEN DARE 2 look at me….......

some bus drivers i spoke 2, said bus cannot brake like SBST275, ple wil fall down…......

i fuck them back, brake is for wat? long trailers, lorries with heavy loads n other kinds of private buses also with ple standing can even emergency brake, public buses cannot brake???

tat is why they always take advantage of their companies policies n beat red light like noboby business !!!

even when captured by red light camera, TP closed 1 eye? cos we all know public buses belong to who….............

almost everyday can see when red light is on, some bus will beat it like nothing….... of cos the junction DUN HAVE the green B signal !!!

Ah yes.

I've found something that might interest you.

Steel pole pierces driver cabin

This guy was lucky, unlike the other one I mentioned....I see if I can dig that one up for all our benefit.

sbst275 SG

Obviously some dun even know how dangerous buses and lorries can be...

16/f/lonely SG

I found it:

Truck driver dies when piles of steel rods fall on cabin Tracy Sua Fri, Sep 14, 2007
The Straits Times

A truck driver died when a heavy load of steel rods from the back of his long trailer surged forward, piercing through his seat and flattening the driver's cabin.

The freak accident happened at about 2.20 pm outside a warehouse on Lokyang Way, near the junction of Pioneer North Road in Tuas.

The driver is identified as Mohd Ghazali Masoothu, aged 38.

Rescuers from the Singapore Civil Defence Force's elite Disaster Assistance and Rescue Team took about 40 minutes to remove the rods, pile by pile, with a crane.

They also had to use a spreading and cutting tool to open up the mangled wreckage to extricate the driver?s body.

Delivery driver Mr Yeo Yeow, 43, who was coming out of the warehouse to go for tea, said the truck driver?s cabin was reduced to a flattened heap.

"I have never seen anything like it," said a stunned Mr Yeo, who sent pictures of the accident scene to Stomp, The Straits Times interactive portal.

"The incident reminds me that I must be careful when I drive my cargo."

In another accident shortly after at 3pm, one container truck trailer, and two double-decker buses collided with each other along the Pan Island Expressway towards Jurong, near the Lornie Road exit.

One bus driver was injured and rushed to Tan Tock Seng Hospital. He had abrasions on his forehead and body.

The public buses were not carrying passengers as it was off-service time.

Police are investigating both accidents and appeal to anyone with information to call the Traffic Police hotline at 1800-547-1818

RIP.

So it pays not to cause people to brake for no good reason, because its not just our lives, but everyone's at stake here.

Here's the link: http://www.asiaone.com/News/AsiaOne%2BNews/Singapore/Story/A1Story20070914-25486.html

komade SG

nowadays lorries n buses drive quite dangerously also......

like today at woodlands ave 12 heading to SLE i was goin at 70-80

tis lorry P Plate juz zoom past me at100 .........

mancha SG

Next time see who is driving the lorry or pickups.

India drivers like to chiong sharply to change lane. PRC like to ram the acclerator.

sinicker SG

i saw your post at sgcarmart.

with replies from here and there, if you still think you are capable of a good chance, then we leave you with your deluded mindset.

what doesn't change and what the video tells us at the end of the day is - you hit a stationary (not moving) double decker bus (cannot see?) ?

FireEngine1 SG

ts i say fair word, i think you should remove the vid and less discuss this in open everywhere. i got other layman to look at it and the feedback is dont look very advantageous to you even if from layman point of view, which is usually the immediate impression

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