Errant drivers could face harsher penalties...............

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Second Minister for Home Affairs S Iswaran said there are some possible areas that the authorities are looking into -- errant drivers could face harsher penalties, while more speed cameras will be installed and more Traffic Police officers will be deployed to make the roads safer.

Speaking to reporters on the sidelines of a visit to the Police Security Command on Thursday, Mr Iswaran highlighted concerns such as speeding and beating the red light.

He said the authorities will step up road safety in areas that are more prone to accidents and better protect road users, such as young and elderly pedestrians.

Mr Iswaran said besides enforcement and penalties, road users have to be educated.

His comments came on the heels of an accident in Tampines on Monday, when two boys died after they were hit by a cement mixer.

Asked about a suggestion by Tampines GRC MP Baey Yam Keng to re-route heavy vehicles in residential estates, Mr Iswaran said it is not possible to completely avoid having heavy vehicles going through residential areas.

He said heavy vehicle drivers have to understand their responsibilities because the accidents they could be involved in have severe consequences.

 

[Slow_poke_driver]

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No amount of speed cameras or traffic light is going to help if people cross the road like idiots.

In my little town with just a few zebra crossing and NO traffic light, pedestrians really stop, look left, look right, look left again, then cross.

 

[Black Beauuuty]

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No amount of speed cameras or traffic light is going to help if people cross the road like idiots.

In my little town with just a few zebra crossing and NO traffic light, pedestrians really stop, look left, look right, look left again, then cross.

Agree. Education should also target the heavy vehicle drivers. Just outside the crematorium, one truck drifted into the opposite lane and nearly sideswiped a vios. The truck driver was laughing and chatting with his passenger, rather oblivious to whatever is going on outside his truck cabin.

As wobbles very aptly mentioned before, Newton's second law does apply, whether we like it not.

 

[wobbles]

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Pity not too many of them were awake and paying attention to their physics teacher while at school, sigh.....

 

[Baby1M]

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Their teacher taught them this - when u are in a larger, higher and harder shell, dont worry about hitting others or getting hit, very high chance u will not get hurt.

 

[MW]

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Near misses and countless of feedbacks last time gahmen doesn't want to do anything. LTA n TP always say they are monitoring the situation. Must someone die then gahmen suddenly damn active come up with all sorts of campaigns and simi considering harsh penalties blah blah. Cb lah all of them

 

[Baby1M]

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Near misses and countless of feedbacks last time gahmen doesn't want to do anything. LTA n TP always say they are monitoring the situation. Must someone die then gahmen suddenly damn active come up with all sorts of campaigns and simi considering harsh penalties blah blah. Cb lah all of them

For real problems, they seem to be reactive and not so serious matter (probably because it is easy) they are very proactive.

 

[Red_Bean_Bun]

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an excuse for more $$ .......