Thursday, June 23, 2005

the traffic watch

Yesterday lunch time, i was driving to lunch and as usual the car radio was tuned to Class 95. Mediacorp radio has this regular Traffic Watch segment, every 15 mins i think, mainly reporting on which roads are experiencing traffic jams to warn drivers in advance. Source of traffic info came from TRAFFIC POLICE, the Meteorological Service Department, group of taxi drivers and private car owners plus public call-in.

As Vernetta Lopez the DJ was reporting on the latest on the road, i was pleasantly surprise at what she had announced. Not her exact words but something along this line...

"A word of caution to drivers on the ECP heading towards Changi Airport direction, STAY WITHIN THE SPEED LIMIT, after the Bayshore exit. We don't want drivers to suddenly jam their brakes and go eeeee.... if you know what I mean."

In the evening about 6 pm while I was driving home, again the radio was tuned to Class 95 and Jean Danker another DJ was again reporting on traffic watch, asking drivers to stay within the speed limit if they are driving along ORCHARD BOULEVARD, listed at number 25

The Public teaming up against the sneaky open and honest traffic police armed with the new-expensive-high-tech-super-duper-portable-speed-laser-camera-that-can-even-capture-the-driver's-face-clearly one.

I wonder how long will it take for the authorities to tell traffic watch to concentrate on their accidents and vehicle breakdowns reporting and PLEASE DON'T PICHA OUR LOBANG.

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