Had this bad encounter with a taxi driver who hit me on the back of the car. We finished lunch and was on the way back to the office and I turned a corner on the 3rd lane into the 3rd lane without switching lanes. My car was almost to a halt, as the traffic lights were turning red. Creakkk!! youch!! That was when I realised that someone had banged my car bumper at the back.
The driver was a SMRT taxi driver who then drove in front of me and stopped his car. We came down and I asked him for his particulars, but he blatantly told me off and said that he didn't need to give me any details...just take his number plate can liao. I took photos of the damage, and he came over asking for money. I thought I heard wrongly, after all, he hit me on the back of the car, and brushed him off. He then approached my friend who was in the car during the incident, and when my friend asked if he wanted to settle, he told him, "you pay me money, then I don't report". Faint. You drive and hit somebody's car, and still ask for money? Then he said, "You don't pay me then I'll report what I want lor. You go do your report, I will say that you drove very fast and hit the side of my car." I asked him how is it possible that he hit the back, and he is saying that he hit my side... and he just said "It's up to me to report".
Sigh... It's already a hassle having to bring the car to repair and having to report to insurance. Its been 4 days, and the assessor from the insurance agency has yet to even look at the car, though the report had been lodged on the day of the accident. And this society is really terrible, with people that are totally unscrupulous and have to morals. I can understand that everyone has difficulties, and given the condition, I would be agreeable to just get the car to a mechanic and get it fixed without the need to report. But with people like that, sigh, I guess there really isn't any options available. One day, just one fine day, this cabby will get his karma...
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