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Video footage from a car's dashboard-mounted camera (dashcam) captured a conversation between a woman and a man, which seemed to predict — with eerie accuracy — an accident right in front of them.

In the video, the couple can be heard conversing in Mandarin about the need to check for oncoming traffic coming from sides of a vehicle before making a turn.

This conversation took place as their car drove past a carpark gantry while heading in the direction of New Upper Changi Road.

Ahead of them, a white car was preparing to turn onto the main road.

Their conversation seemed to revolve around the dangers of cyclists suddenly entering the path of vehicular traffic.

As if on cue, a cyclist suddenly entered the path of the white car ahead, and came to a stop in front of it, slightly to its left.

The white car then moved forward, turning left onto New Upper Changi Road and hitting the cyclist.

The driver of the white car stopped, got out, and began to have an exchange with the fallen cyclist.

What was the conversation about precisely?

The woman and man appear to have been discussing the exact scenario that led to the collision.

W: Check this side, you might not know —

M: You have to check both sides, how can you only check one side?

W: When you want to turn out, a cyclist may suddenly come out from the other direction.

M: It's like that here [at this junction] too.

W: Oh! Oh!

M: Wah, he's been knocked down already lor.

W: Oh my god!

M: It would be just like this, where a cyclist has got knocked down lor.

W: Go help him, go help him. Hurry, go help him. Hurry, hurry.

M: How to help him?

The video, uploaded by the Roads.sg Facebook page on Aug. 13, attracted over 400 comments in around 12 hours.

But the main reason many were drawn to comment was not the uncanny coincidence, but rather, some controversy over which party was in the wrong — including the question of whether the cyclist had been cycling on the road, against the flow of traffic prior to being hit.

This is because the collision was filmed from a distance.

What were the responsibilities of both parties?

Cyclist:

Even assuming that the cyclist had been cycling on the pavement, he was in fact required to stop before reaching the car park exit, and look for on-coming traffic.

This is according to the Road Traffic (Pedestrian Crossings) Rules.

It is no excuse that he was not able to stop due to his speed, or that he did not see the white car sooner.

This is because the rules also require cyclists approaching an an informal crossing, or an entrance or exit to a car park, to "proceed at such speed as will enable him to stop his bicycle".

The cyclist is also required to give way to "to any motor vehicle or stream of vehicles immediately approaching him... or leaving or entering the car park".

Driver:

On the other hand, the driver was required to "give way to vehicles going straight on and to pedestrians" — this is according to the Highway Code.

The Code also states that drivers at a junction should "look right, then left, then right again" and should not move off until they are sure that it is safe to do so.

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