picking passenger
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Yesterday in Hougang there is a taxi picking his fare along a two-way single lane road... I cut into the opposite lane to overtake the taxi. Just as I was about to overtake him, he drove off too and thus we were driving together with me on the opposite lane . I tap my horn to signal to him to let me over take as there is an on coming truck some 50 m away ... I speed up and over took him. We came to a traffic junction when I turned my head to see the taxi driver.
The Indian man was gesticulating with his hand and I know he was saying I overtook him or something like that .... what the fark is he doing, he is stopping to pick up passenger and he should have the basic courtesy to let other vehicle passed him safely before moving off ... his action is already wrong and he still want to pick a quarrel ... does all taxi driver do that ??? -
of course not all taxi drivers do that.... there'll always be irresponsible drivers around...cant avoid...
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typical taxi drivers...
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if both of you are head-to-head, and there isn't much space ahead to overtake safely, juz slow down and go behind the cab lo... I don't see what's the fuss that you have to tap horn for the cab driver to let you overtake... As he moved off, he won't be able tell that you were trying to overtake him since you wasn't in front of him. All he can see is that you are another car on the next lane.
Less than 50m and the cab having juz moved off from stationary, you are still neck-to-neck with him? That's far too slow of you right. By right if you are already moving and you cut out while the cab juz started moving, you would have more than ample clearance to overtake him. -
wad speed are u overtaking at?
how can he just catch up head to head from 0 while you are overtaking? -
Precisely!Originally posted by Pitot:wad speed are u overtaking at?
how can he just catch up head to head from 0 while you are overtaking? -
maybe he driving the Skoda taxi... then he gun the pedal, wheelspin, thus caught up with himOriginally posted by Pitot:wad speed are u overtaking at?
how can he just catch up head to head from 0 while you are overtaking?
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The road is a curve road, and there is a shopping centre near there.. I did not want to speed just in case .. when I driving out he started to drive too. Sorry I forgot to add, there a motor bike behind me and I don't want to swerve back.. that why I tap the horn . .. I think I am being careful and I want to be careful.. that's why we come head to head.. my point is this ... when you pick up your fare, before you drive off, don't you check before driving off ... since you had stopped and inconvenient some one, won't you just wait for the car to pass by before driving off ...Originally posted by Pitot:wad speed are u overtaking at?
how can he just catch up head to head from 0 while you are overtaking?
I do pick my friend and I make sure I give way to people before driving off ... it's my way of saying thank you ... I don't expect the taxi driver to thank me but he must has the basic courtesy, still want to show sign ... pointing here and there !!! -
What a dangerous situation you are putting yourself in. Should the taxi also speed up and you cannot overtake him in time, what would happen next?
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Well, I am a new driver, so I hope you wouldn't mind me sharing.
I agree with you being careful and needing to give way to people before driving off - that's very considerate of you.
However, at the point of happening, people only have time to react at times and may forget certain things. For this instance, the taxi driver may be in the wrong, but just bear this in mind and think about how you can do better in a similar situation in future?
Because I am a new driver, I think I will get quite nervous if I were to be in the same situation as you were in. I would usually stop behind the taxi when I can - I know it can be rather cowardly to do that, but knowing how some taxi drivers just need to "chiong", I would rather be safe than sorry. However, I also have the impression that you didn't expect him to move off just as you overtake - so that's quite a tricky situation to be in.Originally posted by ORIGAMIST:The road is a curve road, and there is a shopping centre near there.. I did not want to speed just in case .. when I driving out he started to drive too. Sorry I forgot to add, there a motor bike behind me and I don't want to swerve back.. that why I tap the horn . .. I think I am being careful and I want to be careful.. that's why we come head to head.. my point is this ... when you pick up your fare, before you drive off, don't you check before driving off ... since you had stopped and inconvenient some one, won't you just wait for the car to pass by before driving off ...
I do pick my friend and I make sure I give way to people before driving off ... it's my way of saying thank you ... I don't expect the taxi driver to thank me but he must has the basic courtesy, still want to show sign ... pointing here and there !!! -
taxi drivers again ....
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Ya.. you are right ... When I was approaching the taxi, his door is open, I guess I did have enough time to overtake, it's seem that that was not to be as the passenger was already in the car and was closing the door .. I err in my judgement this time round ... I had been driving for more than 10 years and had been very careful in such situation, but I don't really expect the idiot to just drive off without due consideration ...Originally posted by ellisbeck:Well, I am a new driver, so I hope you wouldn't mind me sharing.
I agree with you being careful and needing to give way to people before driving off - that's very considerate of you.
However, at the point of happening, people only have time to react at times and may forget certain things. For this instance, the taxi driver may be in the wrong, but just bear this in mind and think about how you can do better in a similar situation in future?
Because I am a new driver, I think I will get quite nervous if I were to be in the same situation as you were in. I would usually stop behind the taxi when I can - I know it can be rather cowardly to do that, but knowing how some taxi drivers just need to "chiong", I would rather be safe than sorry. However, I also have the impression that you didn't expect him to move off just as you overtake - so that's quite a tricky situation to be in.
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I thought overtaking is not allowed on a curve road?Originally posted by ORIGAMIST:The road is a curve road, and there is a shopping centre near there.. I did not want to speed just in case .. when I driving out he started to drive too. Sorry I forgot to add, there a motor bike behind me and I don't want to swerve back.. that why I tap the horn . .. I think I am being careful and I want to be careful.. that's why we come head to head.. my point is this ... when you pick up your fare, before you drive off, don't you check before driving off ... since you had stopped and inconvenient some one, won't you just wait for the car to pass by before driving off ...
I do pick my friend and I make sure I give way to people before driving off ... it's my way of saying thank you ... I don't expect the taxi driver to thank me but he must has the basic courtesy, still want to show sign ... pointing here and there !!! -
Originally posted by ORIGAMIST:
Noone's expecting you to speed or swerve back. As part of defensive driving, if you see a vehicle neck-to-neck with you and there's an obstacle in front, you should be slowing down and be ready to either come to a stop or go behind the vehicle when it is safe to do so. And not be insisting on wanting to overtake in front.
[b]The road is a curve road, and there is a shopping centre near there.. I did not want to speed just in case .. when I driving out he started to drive too. Sorry I forgot to add, there a motor bike behind me and I don't want to swerve back.. b]
As a vehicle that just moved off, how would he know that a vehicle on the next lane is trying to overtake? Does that mean that if you see a chain on vehicles on the next lane you should never move off even though your lane is clear? It is the responsibility of the overtaking vehicle to check if there's sufficient clearance.
Yes the cab driver could have done better to allow you to overtake first, but you have also erred in believing that you must overtake the cab. What's wrong with waiting behind the stationary lorry until it is clear to shift back to your previous lane? Your action has endangered your car, the cab as well as the lorry. -
agree...Originally posted by w2k_83:if both of you are head-to-head, and there isn't much space ahead to overtake safely, juz slow down and go behind the cab lo... I don't see what's the fuss that you have to tap horn for the cab driver to let you overtake... As he moved off, he won't be able tell that you were trying to overtake him since you wasn't in front of him. All he can see is that you are another car on the next lane.
Less than 50m and the cab having juz moved off from stationary, you are still neck-to-neck with him? That's far too slow of you right. By right if you are already moving and you cut out while the cab juz started moving, you would have more than ample clearance to overtake him.
TS might be one of those slow croaches that hog the road... -
Nich, dun sterotype la, it's just ppl dun notice taxis that are road polite. People only kpkb when taxi cut into their lane, sighOriginally posted by nicholademus:of course not all taxi drivers do that.... there'll always be irresponsible drivers around...cant avoid... -
haha....i aint stereotyping ah...i'm saying nt all taxi drivers like tat...Originally posted by donex:Nich, dun sterotype la, it's just ppl dun notice taxis that are road polite. People only kpkb when taxi cut into their lane, sigh
N there'll always be irresponsible drivers around...nt only cab drivers -
I am not insisting to overtake .. I tap my horn to sound to him I was next to him and is overtaking ... if situation is bad, well surely I would let him go .. there is no point getting hurt .. what I am trying to say is, I tap the horn as a signal .. I wasn't blasting the horn or what .. he should in the first place give way as he had first inconveinent someone ... then why stare and start gestering here and there ... I mean is this right in the first place ... some say I road hog, yes indeed I seldom speed as I do not see the need to ... Singapore is a small country, how fast can you go ?Originally posted by w2k_83:Noone's expecting you to speed or swerve back. As part of defensive driving, if you see a vehicle neck-to-neck with you and there's an obstacle in front, you should be slowing down and be ready to either come to a stop or go behind the vehicle when it is safe to do so. And not be insisting on wanting to overtake in front.
As a vehicle that just moved off, how would he know that a vehicle on the next lane is trying to overtake? Does that mean that if you see a chain on vehicles on the next lane you should never move off even though your lane is clear? It is the responsibility of the overtaking vehicle to check if there's sufficient clearance.
Yes the cab driver could have done better to allow you to overtake first, but you have also erred in believing that you must overtake the cab. What's wrong with waiting behind the stationary lorry until it is clear to shift back to your previous lane? Your action has endangered your car, the cab as well as the lorry. -
There are also irresponsible car drivers as well.Originally posted by nicholademus:of course not all taxi drivers do that.... there'll always be irresponsible drivers around...cant avoid...
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I think it is allowed.Originally posted by cloud210:I thought overtaking is not allowed on a curve road? -
Taxi drivers are always like this most of the time.Originally posted by selfobliged:typical taxi drivers... -
That is vey funny!Originally posted by tomsss:maybe he driving the Skoda taxi... then he gun the pedal, wheelspin, thus caught up with him 
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Originally posted by w2k_83:
think i saw ur nick at fd
Noone's expecting you to speed or swerve back. As part of defensive driving, if you see a vehicle neck-to-neck with you and there's an obstacle in front, you should be slowing down and be ready to either come to a stop or go behind the vehicle when it is safe to do so. And not be insisting on wanting to overtake in front.
As a vehicle that just moved off, how would he know that a vehicle on the next lane is trying to overtake? Does that mean that if you see a chain on vehicles on the next lane you should never move off even though your lane is clear? It is the responsibility of the overtaking vehicle to check if there's sufficient clearance.
Yes the cab driver could have done better to allow you to overtake first, but you have also erred in believing that you must overtake the cab. What's wrong with waiting behind the stationary lorry until it is clear to shift back to your previous lane? Your action has endangered your car, the cab as well as the lorry.[/b] -
u accelerate la then overtake the cab then slow down. drive recklessly is ok, juz cut str after u overtake him. since he is behind u, u infront u the king. he hit ur back , he pay. easy.