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03 May 2018

Making right turns right

With a spate of fatal accidents at road junctions in recent weeks, I support the stopping of all discretionary right turns and install turn-right signals at all road junctions. Why?

Due to the over use of mobile devices, some people are always distracted and simply stop thinking totally. Some bad drivers are impatient and cannot judge whether it’s safe to turn or not. Either they are too slow to turn or they turn at the wrong timing. Coupled with some foolish pedestrians and PMD users, cyclists who have a habit of always beating the red-lights, all these elements are perfect match for accidents to happen at road junctions.

These days, our roads are congested and heavily used by many types of users. Many are always rushing for time and do not obey traffic rules. These incalcitrants should be penalized heavily to make them learn the hard way and to inculcate a sense of compliance to traffic rules. No pain no gain.


However, enforcement is weak here due to resource constraints.

We are a smart nation, aren’t we? We can do this using smart technology to penalize offenders, no? It’s not how but when to do it. Let’s Take Actions now! Don’t just NATO.