Safe to speed at Changi Airport ?

last SG · 2010-10-08T15:14:13+00:00

Base on my experience , anything above 90km/hr along Airport Boulevard is consider dangerous speed .Have u guys seen taxi accident ?I've seen quite plenty ,...

Uncle Cabby SG

whenever i drop pax at Changi AP, my speed is always at least 80km/h n above. sometimes i can see taxis zooming past me when i was already at around 100-110 km/h ! during my few thousand trips at airport so far, luckily had not got any speeding summons.

for "old-birds" lao jiao like Poolman, have u heard of any TD getting speeding ticket at airport ?

there is a flashing "50" sign (to remind drivers tat speed limit only 50 km/h) somethere at T2 n T3, if TP set up operation at airport, sure many TDs licence wil minus 12 points !

also had witnessed many serious accidents cos taxis speed to T1 n T2 to pick up pax.

105090 SG

please dont speed too excessively
anw... i myself had never heard of speed traps in airport yet

fudgester SG

for "old-birds" lao jiao like Poolman, have u heard of any TD getting speeding ticket at airport ?

there is a flashing "50" sign (to remind drivers tat speed limit only 50 km/h) somethere at T2 n T3, if TP set up operation at airport, sure many TDs licence wil minus 12 points !

also had witnessed many serious accidents cos taxis speed to T1 n T2 to pick up pax.

Quoted for evidence.

Stop being a fool and start driving safely. As you yourself said, there have been many accidents involving speeding taxis at that stretch.

Samuel Lee SG

Hmm. Speeding is not safe. But serious, that stretch like nothing one, like so long as if travelling across the universe, so how?

sinicker SG

yeah. speed speed!~

to the uncles with pax and luggage, lane 2 pls. i know just now you go airport very fast but now you slow a bit very heavy left lane pls. no lah joking only lahhh.

Tio Call Liao SG

Airport used to have speed traps , the bus stop before the aero bridge. Now macham like dont see em anymore

Poolman SG

Anywhere in the world u can say , where is safe to speed ?

Speed ? Can ... why not ? But are you prepare to go home in a box ? or crippled ? Or paralysed waist down ?

Or even caused dead to somebody else .

U die never mind , but don't make someone's else wife became a widow .

Poolman SG

Even Lewis Hamilton speeding he also can hit Webber .

Who are we to speed ?

thelionsleepstonight SG

aeroplanes speeding at changi airport, in excess of 3 digits. are they safe.

if traffic police put 20km/hr sign, then anybody going faster than 20km/hr is speeding.

what is speeding.

i more concern with reckless driving.

fudgester SG

aeroplanes speeding at changi airport, in excess of 3 digits. are they safe.

if traffic police put 20km/hr sign, then anybody going faster than 20km/hr is speeding.

what is speeding.

i more concern with reckless driving.

By Uncle Cabby's own admission, he speeds by at least 30 km/h in excess.

He has admitted to going over by 50 to 60 km/h on occasion.

You mean, that is not reckless driving? Well done.

I only have one wish for people who go up to 60km/h above the speed limit - I wish for them to just die alone and not kill other people while they're at it.

Gotcha111 SG

Fudgester, u don't just wish for pax to die as it's not a nice thing to do. Perhaps a better way of putting ur message across is to advise against excessive overspeeding or overspeeding for that matter, n if accident does happen, it's by one's own dismeanour n hope it didn't implicate or involve others.

So drivers out there, when u want to chiong for better life, don't endanger other's as well as yours too.

bowah SG

at that stretch, i usually travel at about 80km/hr, but most vehicle, be it Taxis or private cars travel much higher than that, got one time, this pax asked me, why I am travelling so slow whereas other cars are passing by us like F1, so I told him, I am at the right speed, just that others increased their speed, he agreed. The understanding here is that, because most drivers at speeding, pax or me myself feel like we are like turtle.

thelionsleepstonight SG

going faster than the road/traffic conditions allows and going faster than the drivers' capabilties to handle the car. one of these makes it very dangerous and 2 together makes it extremely dangerous.

go home to your love ones safely BUTdon't be the CAUSE of other road users' tragedies.

use common sense, when you have to go above the speed limit to get out of potential hazardous situations, then speed off. eg bunching of vehicles..lane 4 vehicles going at 70km, lane 3, lorry going at 75km, lane 2 cars going at 80km, lane 1 going at 80km. all these vehicles bunching up almost side by side are dangerous situation. lane 1 should power up and break the formation.

the above scene is NOT during heavily congested roads where every one is moving at 30km.

it's not about you are wrong and I am right. any way no one is always right, so use common sense and give way, there's no loss of face.

Xcert SG

for "old-birds" lao jiao like Poolman, have u heard of any TD getting speeding ticket at airport ?

there is a flashing "50" sign (to remind drivers tat speed limit only 50 km/h) somethere at T2 n T3, if TP set up operation at airport, sure many TDs licence wil minus 12 points !

also had witnessed many serious accidents cos taxis speed to T1 n T2 to pick up pax.

U just answered ur own question isnt it?

TD got special licence to speed at AP ar?

Have seen TP en-route to AP.

if U want to speed...dun endanger other people and if the hammer comes down...take it like everyone else.

MDT2410 SG

anywhere aso can speed what.... just dont get caught....

Gotcha111 SG

Just imagine your love-ones are out on the road n knowing many drivers are speeding, what will be your FEELINGS........, other drivers' so-called "don't get caught" will not suffice to you surely. U will want to hang them if anything happen to your..., agree ? Play safe while u chiong for better life (taking more monies), take care of yourself as well as others on the road. BE CONSIDERATE n u'll be safe for your love ones n others as well.

fudgester SG

Which is why I was being so damn harsh in my post.

I have the right to safety on the roads, and so do my loved ones. I'll be damned before I let some daredevil taxi driver who speeds in excess of 60km/h above the legal speed limit inflict harm upon them.

As the threadstarter himself has stated, he knows the consequences of speeding by so much: 12 demerit points. However, that seems to have no deterrent effect on him. So I'm just reminding him of the other potential consequence: death through a terrible crash.

These daredevil drivers can learn the easy way, or they can learn the hard way. If they crash and die while choosing to learn things the hard way, well, I'm not shedding any tears for them.

MDT2410 SG

haaa Bro Gotcha111, my post might give an impression that I am okay with speeding, so long dont get caught.... but maybe I should have phrase it better...... my reply is actually just a tongue in Cheek reply to TS lar.... like what we were told in SAF... can do anything, but dont get caught......

Just to set the record straight..... like what the Highway Signboard state.... Drive Safely For Your Love Ones........

We all got family to go back to lar... so drive safe....

Just_do_it_lah SG

Drive this.....

Speed is no limit....

komade SG

Drive this.....

Speed is no limit....

i olredi reserved 1 liao waiting to collect keys nia..... :P