Lanes not enough

[Nhyone]

1. Tanglin road just outside Tanglin Mall. It's a four lane road, but the right side is perpetually blocked by waiting taxis or cars parked on double yellow line.

 

2. Serangoon road at Little India. Four lane road, but the leftmost is a bus lane and the rightmost is always obstructed by one thing or another -- cars or jaywalkers. It's effectively a two lane road.

 

3. Closer to my home, Toa Payoh lorong 6 just outside block 18. There is always a row of parked cars on the double yellow line. The MSCP is just beside block 18! This is a three lane road, but the rightmost lane is a 100% right turn, so it doesn't count. With the parked cars, it becomes a one lane road!

 

Sometimes, I wonder the improvement to traffic if there were no illegal parking on double yellow lines. A car obstructing one lane out of three may look like it reduces the road efficiency by 33%, but it's much more. When cars try to filter out to the second lane, both lanes slow down to a crawl.

 

Rather than a flat $70 fine on double yellow line (which is seldom enforced anyway), I propose $1 per passing car. This is fair because if there is no traffic, parking does not hinder anyone. How to enforce? Any citizen with a video recorder can tape it down, send it to TP and get a 5% commission.

Edited July 5, 2007 by nhyone

[Zniper]

ya, i used tat road at toa payoh lor 6 to pie every morning to work... psst seeing all those cars on the left side of the roads... end up actually smooth traffic become slow traffic...

[Icekitten]

Your suggestion won't work at Little India because the cars are the least of the problems. It's the people who use the leftmost and rightmost lanes as an extension of the walkways.

[Tommisu]

Try to avoid those stretches of roads. Else just bear with it lor

[Seaweed]

well....if pple can used their brain and not try to park at places where they will obstruct traffic...all problem will be solve...imagine a high traffic volume road... someone still stop at the side...read newspaper and wait...police catch him...it just become a cat and mouse thing....never ending....education...teach our young generation not to be selfish...must always spare a thought for others...don't some question don't know how to do in exam then complaint here complaint there..etc etc etc