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Saturday, June 09, 2007

 

Communication on the roads

I'm not too sure if this is a Singaporean problem. I seldom see drivers signal their intention or signal late when changing lanes and turning .

If communication is so vital in a relationship, I believe signalling is the method of communication while on the roads. The relationship among all road users is maintained by communicating one's intentions through signalling. The same for pedestrains, cyclists, motorcyclist and motorists.

Somehow, I don't see this happening.

Pedestrains like to jay-walk. Or beating the red light seems to be perfectly fine. It doesn't bother them one bit that they are holding back the vehicles of they do cross a crossing when the lights are flickering. Or they stand by the middle of a road and start to moveeven before the vehicle pass by them.

Cyclist move very slowly as compared to cars. Some cycle on the extreme left lane, on the pavements, across crossings, on the right lanes and even against the flow of traffic

Do you know that it's entirely illegal to cycle against the flow of traffic? Or to even cycle across a pedestrain crossing? Or to be on the extreme right lane? Don't ask me how are you going to turn right. You can't. You should stop, push your bike across the crossing to the other side, and then you start to cycle again.

Motorcyclist, do not think you have God-given rights to be in bewteen the lanes. Don't complain of motorists "squeezing" you off when most of you like to squeeze through the lanes. And please, it's dangerous to overtake during a turn.

Drivers, why don't you signal your intentions? Don't tell me forget. If you can remember to zhng your car, add spoilers ah.. and what you have... very hard to remember to signal meh? If you can remember to step on the accelerator, you can forget how to signal meh?

Taxi drivers ah.. please la huh, I know you very lao jiao. But don't try to overtake or change lanes with signalling la. And when you stop to pick up passengers, please la.. got other road users behind one leh. Don't suka suka stop to pick up and hold up traffic. And when TP sees and give you summon, please pay up and don't KPKB.

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