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Dear all, In view of the increasing number of accidents at traffic-light junctions where vehicles have hit and killed crossing pedestrians, I will be writing to LTA to propose changing the right-turn signalling sequence at all traffic-light junctions with pedestrian crossings. Presently many traffic-light right-turn signalling works by allowing the pedestrians to cross the roads simultaneously as vehicles turn right across their paths. This method theoretically reduces the overall waiting time for everyone in the system because it allows right-turning motorists to utilise pockets of time to go-ahead whenever there are no crossing pedestrians. However, due to fatigue, carelessness, blind-spots and other reasons, there have been many instances of pedestrians getting run over by right-turning vehicles. Many of such accidents involve larger vehicles which, due to their size and larger blind-spots, are harder to control. I would like to propose that the right-turning signalling be changed at such junctions so that right-turning vehicles cannot proceed to do so until the traffic lights have turned red for the crossing pedestrians. While this cannot totally eradicate similar accidents that arise due to jay-walking pedestrians, it will likely reduce the overall accident rates given that most pedestrians do obey the traffic crossing signals. Through this petition I hope LTA will treat this issue with greater urgency and have it implemented sooner than later before more innocent lives are lost. If you support this initiative, please indicate your user name below and I will update this first post: a. OmOm b. I will send out the petition to LTA once we achieve at least 50 (do suggest if you think this number could be smaller or larger) on this list. Thanks to all for your help!

really feel like reporting this fellow https://az665436.vo.msecnd.net/asset-db6e7ca1-58a2-4c25-8433-7cec17489ce5/90365.mp4?sv=2012-02-12&sr=c&si=62aab577-7d3d-4ae0-8c43-38bfa02fc785&sig=ATrEC1FR9Zxadc9rIR9SS%2BxpbngLpH%2BtP4jUMqFeyVo%3D&st=2014-09-17T13%3A27%3A45Z&se=2024-09-14T13%3A27%3A45Z

Hi all I was on a main road 4 lane and speed 60 to 70 km. Along this road there are various left turns to their respective condos. I was trailing behind this white Audi and he did not signal and jam brake at his speed of 70km then turned to his condo. Am I supposed to stop and anticipate cars turning left in front of me for every turn and every condo property? Good thing I was alert and also jam brake in time. But signalling is very impt especially you are High speed no one expect you to turn left Any feedback guys

I'm sure I'm not the only one having to deal with this problem on the roads of our sunny little island. Lanes will be cut by these imbeciles who don't know how to use their right or left hands to flick the indicator switch when they want to change lanes. Maybe if they were driving a Ferrari 458 (not saying that just because they drive a Ferrari they can afford to be idiots, but the indicator buttons are on the steering wheel so that makes things a little more confusing, just fyi) I'd understand but the fact of the matter is, they don't. Why in the first place do people change lanes or filter out without using that stalk behind the steering wheel which has 2 arrows on it, one left, one right? Well, one can deduce that they may be stupid. Or two, they just can't be bothered because they feel that other drivers have to look out for them instead of them taking the responsibility of their own cars and their own lives in fact. This has been a problem on many roads, not just ours, for eons now and such people still exist. As one of our fellow bloggers on myautoblog coined it, it really is a part of motoring hell.. I've been trying not to write about this point for quite a while now hoping that there will be some drivers here who can change my mind about the situation at hand, but to no avail. A car just squeezed into what would seem like the length of a Perodua Kelisa, right in front of me on an expressway despite the ample room behind me which the driver could have waited just a second longer to change lanes. Are we Singaporeans really that busy? Is there no time to spare to accommodate for safe and considerate driving? So please, this is an appeal to all drivers who read this blog and this article.. use that signal stalk of yours! It'll make driving slightly more pleasant on our already terrorized roads.

Lets say if someone is signally and wants to cut in front of your. Will you slow down and let him cut or accerlerate/ignore him?

http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/sin.../313374/1/.html Singapore motor insurers report 300% rise in Q3 losses By Loh Kim Chin, Channel NewsAsia | Posted: 23 November 2007 2251 hrs Photos 1 of 1 SINGAPORE : Losses in motor insurance are hurting profits in the general insurance market. According to the General Insurance Association of Singapore, or GIA, gross insurance premiums rose 3.7 percent in the third quarter of this year to S$572 million compared to the same period a year ago. But the motor account - the largest single class of general insurance business in Singapore - continued to see losses. The loss came in at S$40 million - the largest ever quarterly loss for motor insurers in Singapore. The GIA attributed the losses to rising claims, high acquisition costs and underpricing due to fierce competition. It warns that for the whole year, the loss on the motor account would top the S$100 million mark. - CNA/ch