Camry sedan and Lexus SUV Ang Mo Kio road rage

Another case of two vehicles not giving way to each other and ended up with some sort of a road rage. That stunt by the black SUV looks like one from the movies; pushing the tail and making the car lose traction.

SJM303P in Katong area

This is terrible driving. Thank god he only manage to go this far before his incapability stopped him.

Racing on AYE

Amazing stuff, when such a big group of highly tuned cars taking the expressway like a racing track. The red Honda Civic has got great balls and skills to have made that lane cutting maneuver.

HOWEVER, this is illegal. No matter how skillful you are, the rules of the road have to be obeyed at all times. By racing illegally on public roads, you're endangering yourself and every other road users' lives. Such actions must be condemn and the traffic police have to clamp down these racers.

How sending a "Brian O'Conner" as an undercover?

Road Idiot - SFZ2848A

What do you think of such drivers in Singapore roads? Being totally impatient and full of rage. With the prominence of DVR, I would think most drivers will be more subdued. However it seems to be the opposite.

Hit & Run Lexus SGD5233H

It is a very serious offence to hit & run from an accident in Singapore. This accident further emphasize the importance and a need to install a in-car DVR to prevent the culprit from running away. Hopefully the driver of the video poster is alright and will get justice served.

Secretly fast and furious in Hong Kong's street racing world

As night begins to give way to dawn, 40 high-performance cars pull up on an empty Hong Kong backstreet. While the city sleeps, their revving engines fill the air with a heavy smell of petrol.

The drivers huddle together to set the route, always at the last possible minute. One of them spots the red and blue glare of police lights and they scramble to their cars, regrouping a few miles away to continue the race.

By day, Eva is a nurse. For one night each week she is also an illegal street racer -- one of hundreds in Hong Kong who are bound by their addiction to breakneck speed.

With the engine of her black Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution VII modified to generate maximum power, the 25-year old is only the second woman to join an illicit club whose members include teachers, businessmen, lawyers, and even a Taoist priest.

Most of them would not even cross a pedestrian walkway on a red light in the day -- jaywalking is an offence in Hong Kong -- but the rules of a normally ordered city are put to one side in this twilight world of street racing.

Tearing along public roads at speeds of up to 200 kilometres (124 miles) per hour, Eva is fiercely proud of her secret identity as an illegal racer -- one that she never plans to reveal to her parents.

"They cannot imagine what racing is because I'm a girl and I'm a little girl in their eyes... So I will not tell my parents. I don't want to bother them."

While illegal street racing is a global phenomenon, rife in cities from Los Angeles to Sydney and Kuala Lumpur, in Hong Kong it is as much about being part of a racing community as it is a battle on the road.

"Every day we do the same thing, the same time. And then suddenly we can have our time to drive together," says Alex, 27, who has been racing for four years.

Blazing down a clear road normally clogged with traffic unleashes the tension of living in an overcrowded city, he explains.

All other cars are obstacles "when you're driving at 250 kilometres an hour", the jewellery trader says.

"All of them are walls. I'm the one who can win, win the road... I'm king of the road."

Alex didn't overtake anyone on this particular morning, after noticing an unmarked police car following friends ahead, but drove at more than 200 kilometres per hour on a road where the speed limit is 70.

"A dangerous, selfish act"

The potentially devastating consequences of racing are far from the minds of the drivers comparing cars after the "morning drive" -- the seemingly innocuous term they use to describe breaking the rules of the road.

"When I'm driving very fast, I feel I've combined with the car. The car is part of my body. I am in control," says one 36-year-old, even though like most racers she knows at least one person who has had an accident while speeding.

Hong Kong police said there are no figures on injuries caused by illegal racing and there have been no related deaths in recent years, but stress that one fatal case would be one too many.

"Road racing is a highly dangerous and selfish act that puts other members of the public in severe danger... What we want to try and do is to make sure that the road is safe," Inspector Ngai Chun-yip, who heads the illegal road racing unit in the northern territories of Hong Kong, told AFP.

Last year there was an eight percent rise in the number of illegal racing complaints compared to the year before. Ngai led 291 anti-racing operations, increasingly using online videos uploaded by racers to help track them down.

Richard was one of the 1,700 people prosecuted in the crackdown.

Back at the winding road where he was caught speeding, he points at the bushes in which police rigged speed cameras. After 120 hours of community service and losing his driving license for a year, the 41-year-old says he rarely races anymore.

"If I really want to drive fast, maybe I will go to China (and use) the racing track. But not on the roads in Hong Kong."

He added that if arrested again he may face jail and would lose his job as an English tutor.

Police describe racing in the city as an ad-hoc rather than a large-scale or well-organised activity. The racers gathered for breakfast paint a different picture.

Morning or midnight races take place every week in several different parts of the territory, while there are also more spontaneous contests when drivers eye a willing competitor on the street or simply take a chance to rip down highways alone.

Beneath the racing community's camaraderie lurks an undeniable sense of the status that cars and racing bring.

"There are too many rich people in Hong Kong. All my friends race, all own sports cars. Most of it is to show off," says Nick, who owns a Porsche and a Ford Focus rs500.

With the cost of cars and modifications -- faster wheels and engines or louder exhausts -- running into hundreds of thousands of dollars, it's an expensive as well as a risky way to make a mark.

Amateur racers have long been lobbying for an official race track in Hong Kong which they claim will stop people racing illegally on the streets.

Some already cross the border into mainland China to use a circuit where two races over a weekend can cost as much as US$10,000.

Others admit a track will never replace the thrill of racing on public roads. "You cannot match the excitement," says Nick. "Some people will always race on the streets."

(All racers' names have been changed.)

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So it's all real, those HK films in the 1990s namely The Legend of Speed and Full Throttle. Street racing do exist in a congested city like Hong Kong. While it may sound cool and exciting, and every speed lover will be eager to take up the challenge of maneuvering those the public roads in high speeds, but the consequences often happen to be fatal. It's good to hear there hasn't been any fatalities in these illegal races for the past few years, but why risk it?

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Reckless and not needed. Leave such "racing" to the tracks and not on the public roads. It is endangering everyone's life.

SJL9216D refused to give way to an ambulance

As a fellow driver, I feel disgusted with such drivers in Singapore. Have we all became so indifferent and selfish that whatever that doesn't concern us, we don't give a shit about it?

To the driver of the Honda Airwave, I hope you'll reflect on your action. Imagine one day your loved one is in need of emergency medical attention and the ambulance is being hindered on the highway by someone like you, you might just lose your loved one with the added minutes delayed.

Cable catches fire in tunnel at Newton MRT station

A cable caught fire in the tunnel at Newton station, causing train services on the North-South Line to be disrupted on Wednesday morning.

SMRT said the fire has been put out.

In a tweet by SMRT, it said northbound train service from Marina Bay to Toa Payoh is expected to resume at 11:25am.

In a statement, SMRT said the incident happened at around 9:05am.

Free bus services were activated immediately between Newton and Toa Payoh stations.

In addition, the train operator said bus bridging services were provided for commuters between Marina Bay and Toa Payoh stations.

At 10am, the northbound train service between Marina Bay and Toa Payoh was disrupted as traction power was switched off for the removal of the damaged cable.

At 10:40am, SMRT said it is working closely with the police and SCDF to recover train services. It advised affected passengers to take free bus services available at affected stations, the Circle Line or the North East Line.

SCDF said they were informed of the incident at 9:04am and despatched two red rhinos, two fire engines, two fire bikes, two support vehicles and an ambulance to the Newton station.

SCDF added that the fire involved electrical wiring about five metres away from the platform of the station.

The fire was extinguished using fire extinguishers and a small quantity of foam.

It added that no injuries have been reported so far.

Investigations into the cause of the fire are ongoing.

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SMRT is burning itself, literally. As far as my memory serves me, I think this is the first time a fire of such a "big" extent happens at a train station. What's more it's the first working day of the week, right after Chinese New Year. The cable was probably still in holiday mood.

Jokes aside, it is important that there is no casualties. SMRT will have to investigate thoroughly on why a short circuit happened.

Fast & Furious 6

Check this out. Another franchise of the F&F series. Looking very promising there. Opening on this coming 24th May

Lorry driver caught on tape crashing into motorcyclist on PIE

A three-minute long video of a lorry crashing into a female motorcyclist on a busy expressway has gone viral on local forums and on Facebook.

Uploaded by a driver who witnessed and recorded the entire accident from his in-vehicle camera, the video shows a white lorry tailgating a motorcyclist on the Pan-Island Expressway (PIE) between Eng Neo Avenue and Stevens Road on Friday afternoon.

At about 2:10 minutes into the video, the lorry tries to overtake from the right but clearly barges into the hapless motorcyclist at high-speed.

The impact of the collision sends the motorcycle crashing, as the female rider is flung onto the road. A loud "waah" can be heard as the shocked witness sees the crash unfold right ibefore his eyes.

As he pulls over to the road shoulder to assist the fallen motorcyclist, the in-camera unit continues to record and shows the lorry pull up in front, as the driver -- a slightly chubby Chinese driver -- get out, first walking and then running backwards, presumably to check on the fallen rider.

"I stayed very neutral and looked at this road accident as a mishap where nobody [wanted] it," said Facebook user Liew Yew Leong, who witnessed the accident and posted the video on behalf of a certain Aaron Ng.

According to Liew, the lorry driver showed little remorse as he went back to check up on the injured motorcyclist.

"While waiting for the ambulance and traffic police to come, I took an umbrella to shade the injured motorist who is still lying on the road. The [lorry driver] took over my umbrella ... to shade himself from the sun!" he wrote.

The video, which has been shared nearly 5,000 likes as of Monday morning, has sparked debate among netizens, many of whom said it looked like the lorry driver almost intentionally hit the motorcylist.

Others said the motorcyclist was also partly at fault and should not have road-hogged.

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What do you make of such an accident? First of all, why is a lorry travelling on the second lane of the expressway? Was he dreaming while making an "overtaking" move that doesn't seem to be an overtake at all?

As for the biker, she seems to be indifferent about her surroundings. Was she road hogging? If a lorry is tailgating you in such a precarious manner, please move aside and give way. And she didn't make any evasive move when the lorry was momentarily right beside her.

Well I guess it's all too late to say anything now. I wish her a speedy recovery.

Accident at Ang Mo Kio Ave 3 under CTE flyover.

Seriously, what's wrong with drivers nowadays? Dreaming? Blind?

Pedestrian involved in motorcycle accident recovering in hospital

A female pedestrian involved in a motorcycle accident that occurred last Saturday is recovering at Khoo Teck Puat Hospital.

The pre-dawn accident happened at the junction of Woodlands Avenue 6 and 7.

The motorcyclist who hit her was arrested on the spot for riding dangerously.

A video of the accident, captured moments before the pedestrian was hit, has gone viral on the internet. The motorcycle which hit her had beaten a red light.

The woman was flung a distance on impact, with the motorcyclist involved eventually returning to the scene.

The pedestrian, who is in her late 40s, was conscious after the accident and brought to a hospital.

Police investigations are ongoing.

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Why are Singapore roads getting so dangerous nowadays? It seems that no matter how long have the red light come on, there will still be idiotic drivers/riders wanting to dash through it. It is lucky that the lady survived. Hope she'll have a speedy recovery.

SUV in Orchard Road turns turtle on 7/12/12

What do you think? Recently there has been alot of such videos/accidents surfacing on Singapore roads; drivers dashing through red traffic lights.