There have been a whole bunch of news of how bad drivers in Singapore are and theres a perfectly reasonable explanation - you have the
- rich towkay or expat who drives like he (or she in the case of the towkays or expat wife or wives),
- you also have the typical harrassed executive who after a whole day of being pissed on at work wont take any crap from other drivers,
- then theres the totally irresponsible taxi driver and bus driver (why would they they dont own their own vehicles) and
- the crazy lorry/pickup/van driver who gets paid by trip;
- worst of all, you have the women drivers who are just plain dangerous - sudden and/or persistent braking and generally driving with little road sense and awareness of whats happening around them.
With this circus on the road how do you expect the "bad driving" situation to inprove? As a guide to new drivers on Singapore roads, avoid the above mentioned moron drivers and vehicle types and also the following passenger cars whose drivers/buyers tend to be the worse culprits when it comes to bad driving:
- Most Nissan sedans - especially the Sunny and those people who moved on to Latios, Sylphys and Cefiros. Bad drivers who dont know what a good driving car is buy Nissan sedans.
- Mercedes E-class drivers - they jolly well act like they own the road dont they?
- Alfa Romeo drivers - these guys and girls think the road is their speedway. Also most likely to "jam brake" to test the reflexes of the drivers behind them.
- Honda Stream/Toyota Wish drivers - especially those that have been "benged" up.
- Large SUVs e.g. Toyota Fortuners, BMW X5s - who will swerve into your lane probably because they cant see you while sitting so high up
- Drivers of a small French make e.g. Citreon C4, Renault Megane tend to be shitty drivers. Same Nissan syndrome as above.
Oddly enough, the drivers of supercars or sports cars are the tamest drivers of all.
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