accident on paya lebar road

(New model mazda MX 5 crashed onto a BMW during test drive, sales exec killed, driver survived)

Another accident again, this time this seems to be causing alot of discussion, as from what i saw from Sgforum (Cars)... 2 threads headings and more than 13000 views in juz around 2 days. While many was angry at the driver, many felt sad for the poor sales girl.

Until this moment, people are still arguing online... While many pushed to blame to driver and refer him as reckless and speeding, there's also his friend who posted that his lane was been cut by a car, hence forcing he to serwe and lost control. Also some other people commented everyone was jumping into conclusion and it could not be the driver fault...and all the cursing and arguement continues..

actually to me, as very much i'm pretty concerned with this news, but i sort of dont understand why some of the forum readers online could get "agitated" over it, such that they are actually arguing about whether the guy was speeding....

What if the families read all these? would they gotten more sad? the girl is dead, and that is a sure fact. And that young guy is living in guilt too...gods know would he ever be able to have the courage to drive again in future.

Anyway, this also shows how much the responsibiltiy one have, while behind the wheel. Anything wrong it would cause lives, especially when perhaps his skills wasnt that "matured" yet, and the road was slippery with the metal plate instead of tarmac (LTA construction going on), and the speed.

What i learnt came into my mind : always anticipate the dangers on the road...

and talking about skills, what we all have might not be enough... so i really hope for a track to be built in SG, so Defensive driving courses could be conducted locally... The feeling of cornering at 40kmh during L-plates days is totally different when you did it at 70,80kmh...and what to do when grip is lost? Even me could not master that right after my short advance course... Need a proper one again in future...

For now, bless those affected.

(p/s: for me as a petrol-head, i was also quite "sad" too to see the first local pictures of the new MX 5 in a disfigured form, before the launch.... wasted for such a great car. Hope it doesnt affect the sales (....but it certainly will.) )