Hard braking leads to new "bodywork" for car
30 Jul 2013|3,882 views
A car was covered in a grey coat after a tipper truck in front of it braked suddenly and relieved its load on it at the junction of Mountbatten Road and Stadium Boulevard on Sunday.
Remisier John Toi, 58, snapped several photos of the incident and sent them to citizen journalism website Stomp that day. Speaking to The Straits Times yesterday, Mr Toi said that he could not be sure if the car was a Suzuki Swift as it looked like one.
Some eagle-eyed netizens have pointed out that the offending material might not be cement as cement was usually transported in concrete mixer trucks rather than tipper trucks. Others suggested that the material could be "green wet mud" or "sea clay".
Dr Ho Nyuk Yong, President of the Singapore Contractors Association, said that the material was likely to be soft clay-like earth, which will never harden and wash away easily.
If it was cement, it would cost the owner a lot more money. Mr Mohd Hanafi, owner of EastWest Auto Service, said it would cost about $2,000 and more than a month to scrape the cement off and spray-paint the car.
The Traffic Police confirmed that they received a call at around 12:35pm about the incident. No injuries were reported.
A car was covered in a grey coat after a tipper truck in front of it braked suddenly and relieved its load on it at the junction of Mountbatten Road and Stadium Boulevard on Sunday.
Remisier John Toi, 58, snapped several photos of the incident and sent them to citizen journalism website Stomp that day. Speaking to The Straits Times yesterday, Mr Toi said that he could not be sure if the car was a Suzuki Swift as it looked like one.
Some eagle-eyed netizens have pointed out that the offending material might not be cement as cement was usually transported in concrete mixer trucks rather than tipper trucks. Others suggested that the material could be "green wet mud" or "sea clay".
Dr Ho Nyuk Yong, President of the Singapore Contractors Association, said that the material was likely to be soft clay-like earth, which will never harden and wash away easily.
If it was cement, it would cost the owner a lot more money. Mr Mohd Hanafi, owner of EastWest Auto Service, said it would cost about $2,000 and more than a month to scrape the cement off and spray-paint the car.
The Traffic Police confirmed that they received a call at around 12:35pm about the incident. No injuries were reported.
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