Much has already been said - about LTA's brilliance - in the thread
: 'Online View of
LTA - Millions spent with little in return'.
Yes, you are truly right that LTA is as brilliant in their thinking
as the flash from the 'Traffic
Light Camera'; however, such brilliance is merely momentary
and seldom produce everlasting positive effects to benefit
anyone.
Their penchant for putting all kinds of camera goes against all
logic.
Along the CTE, PIE, ECP, BKE and KJE - LTA and the Traffic Police
seems to be obssessed with Singaporeans travelling beyond the speed
limit of 90kmh.
Each time during peak hours - or not - drivers will be seen to step
on their brakes in anticipation of arriving in front of these Speed
Cameras, causing the heavy flow of traffic to slow down from a
regular speed of 80kmh to approximately 50-60 kmh - (or to 70-80kmh
during off-peak hours).
Such long lines of vehicles will back-up for over two kilometers
before the camera and all crawling at a turtle-like
'stop-start-stop' speed - as evident in all the Expressways during
peak hours.
This has been the cause of multiple vehicle bumper-to-bumper
accidents - some occurring at higher speeds during off-peak
hours.
These Speed Cameras act like a valve on a water pipe, and throttle
the flow of the water through the pipe.
What was the purpose of building expressways ? Was it not to
deliver a high volume of traffic at the highest and safest speed
possible ? Why bother to add cameras with a purposeful designed
dummy camera back so that no-one will know which side the camera is
facing ?
All these can only end up with drivers beating the Speed Camera by
slowing down before arriving at its position, and speeding off at
BEYOND the speed limit after the camera position.
Has the Singapore Economy succeeded based on every driver observing
the various speed limits of 50kmh, 70kmh, 80kmh, and a maximum of
90kmh ?
How often have we seen - on a daily and hourly basis - at all times
of the day, cars zipping along even on minor trunk roads, such as
Upper Bukit Timah and Upper Thomson Road, at a speed of 90kmh in a
70kmh restricted area ?
Even the 3 lane carriage way - in each direction - from AMK Ave 3,
to Hougang Ave 3, to Jalan Eunos, to Sims Avenue are imposed with a
speed limit of 70kmh at 24hours a day, irregardless of traffic
volumes.
Yet, cars are zipping past at 80 to 90kmh along this artificially
suppressed speed of 70kmh.
Throughout Singapore, cars are zipping by at speeds of 10-20kmh
above the artificially suppressed speed of 70kmh.
At 70kmh, all kinds of vehicles will have to drive on 3rd gear
throughout its journey, and travel time will have to be increased
by at least 30 minutes.
Can the Singapore Economy arrive at its present status at
this speed of 70kmh ?
Singaporeans have been cheated by LTA and the Traffic Police, who
knows that everyone is driving at speeds 10-20kmh above the
officially set speed, and found this to be safe.
Yet it has been a convenient revenue generating format to simply
catch Singaporeans for speed violation, when none actually
exist.
