SG: Hit-and-run suspect still at large

  With a top speed of 244km/hr, not many drivers would be brave enough to try and reach it with the new Volkswagen Golf GTI.  However, everyone can now experience a whole lot of fun at a fraction of that speed with the GTI Fast Lane. Following up on the official launch of the new Golf GTI on 6 July 2013, Volkswagen Singapore has created the GTI Fast Lane. A first-of-its-kind, high-velocity slide located in the heart of Golden Village VivoCity, the GTI Fast Lane is an exciting alternative to walking down the long flight of stairs linking the cinema’s two floors.

A Tuscani nearly collided with a C Class along KPE yesterday while street racing. The C class was travelling rather quickly when it pulled in front of the car that captured the footage. Virtually out of nowhere, a Tuscani appeared from the right, pulled into the same lane, narrowly missing the Merc. To prevent a collision, the Tuscani swerved, sending it into a half spin that nearly took out another car. Despite that near miss, the Tuscani kept at it; at the exit of the expressway, the C Class gave the impression that it intends to exit the expressway, so the Tuscani drove on the exit lane. When the C Class kept on the expressway, the Tuscani cut across the chevrons to keep up with the C, causing another near miss again.

ERP rates will increase by $1 or 50 cents during various time frames at seven gantries island-wide. The new rates will be implemented on the 5th of August, and gantries along the CTE and the ECP will be affected. Four affected gantries along the southbound route of the after Braddell Road and on the Pan-Island Expressway slip road into the southbound CTE will see a $1 surcharge from 7am, to 7.30am, up $1, and it will cost a motorist $5 from 7.30am to 8am, up from $4. The southbound route isn’t the only route that is affected. The northbound CTE will see an increase in rates ranging from 50 cents to $1 from 5.30pm to 6pm, and from $1 to $2 from 6pm to 6.30pm. Two gantries along the ECP will go up by $1 to $6 between 8.30am and 9am. Looks like the motoristst would just have to bear with the added cost for now, for the next rate review will be in November.