NUS undergrad has to pay $70k after crashing sports car during test drive
He was allowed to test drive a Dutch-made sports car at a private race track, but crashed it.
Now student Mr Sean Liew Cheng En has to pay more than $70,000 in damages for the Spyker C8 Spyder SWB.
According to a report in The Straits Times, Sean had been given a briefing on the vehicle's capabilities and how he should drive it, at the invite-only event at the Singapore Changi Airshow Exhibition Centre.
However, when negotiating a series of turns, the NUS undergraduate lost control of the car, which spun anti-clockwise, hit the kerb and landed back on the tarmac.
He will have to pay Auto Palace after the district court found he had driven "at a speed that was non-commensurate with his abilities".
Then 22, he had turned up for the event in 2009 and was allowed behind the wheel of the two-seater sports car after his father asked the luxury vehicle importer and distributor if his son could take a test drive.
Sean had sat with driving instructor Martijn Schilte, who briefed him and took him on a demonstration lap.
However, when Sean took over, he lost control thrice but managed to recover the first two times. On the third time, on the way back to the start area, he lost control of the car.
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He was allowed to test drive a Dutch-made sports car at a private race track, but crashed it.
Now student Mr Sean Liew Cheng En has to pay more than $70,000 in damages for the Spyker C8 Spyder SWB.
According to a report in The Straits Times, Sean had been given a briefing on the vehicle's capabilities and how he should drive it, at the invite-only event at the Singapore Changi Airshow Exhibition Centre.
However, when negotiating a series of turns, the NUS undergraduate lost control of the car, which spun anti-clockwise, hit the kerb and landed back on the tarmac.
He will have to pay Auto Palace after the district court found he had driven "at a speed that was non-commensurate with his abilities".
Then 22, he had turned up for the event in 2009 and was allowed behind the wheel of the two-seater sports car after his father asked the luxury vehicle importer and distributor if his son could take a test drive.
Sean had sat with driving instructor Martijn Schilte, who briefed him and took him on a demonstration lap.
However, when Sean took over, he lost control thrice but managed to recover the first two times. On the third time, on the way back to the start area, he lost control of the car.
STOMP - Singapore Seen - NUS undergrad has to pay $70k after crashing sports car during test drive