Re: Two killed, 3 injured in Rochor Road accident
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Where are the overhead traffic light signals?
ONE consideration in the tragic accident on May 12 at the junction of Rochor Road and Victoria Street ('2 dead, 3 injured in three-way Bugis crash', May 13) is the absence of overhead traffic signal lights (see photo).
Each traffic junction along the stretch of Victoria Street, including pedestrian crossings, has a set of overhead traffic signal lights in addition to those on both sides of the road.
These overhead traffic signal lights are crucial, particularly along a long, straight road.
When one is driving, the key indicator to stop at a junction is primarily the overhead signal lights.
Their absence may be a factor in clouding the judgment of motorists, who think there is no traffic junction.
Instead, they look ahead for the next set of overhead traffic signals.
The Land Transport Authority may be able to explain why overhead traffic signal lights are absent only at that particular junction along Victoria Street.
Hong Geok Hua