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Experts on what to do if your driver blacks out
Turning on hazard lights, waving to alert others or taking over steering wheel may help
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To stop the out-of-control taxi, Mr Chalmers Chin drove his car in front of it so that it struck the rear of his vehicle. The cab passenger in the front seat steered the taxi to the road shoulder as it came to a halt.
PHOTO: CHALMERS CHIN
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What should you do if the driver of the car you are in blacks out?
The passengers of a taxi found themselves in this situation on Tuesday morning when the cabby lost consciousness behind the wheel.

