'Lorries not meant to transport people.'
The following letters were published in the Straits Times forum on 24 June 2010.
'Lorries not meant to transport people'
MS TAN CHUI HUA: 'It is time for the Land Transport Authority to take passenger safety seriously. To insist on technicalities such as overcrowding of lorries or whether railings should be installed over a specified period does not address the core issue which is lorries are not meant to transport people. The attention paid to passenger safety in buses and cars versus the indifferent attitude towards the risks faced by passengers in lorries suggests double standards.'
'I cannot comprehend why LTA raised the speed limit'
MR CHIANG MENG LEE: 'My answer to Wednesday's report ('Must workers travel this way?') is yes. Provided, of course, the Land Transport Authority (LTA) effectively ensures that these lorries observe the 60kmh speed limit and they are confined to travelling on the slowest lane on the expressways. I cannot comprehend why the LTA raised the speed limit for vans, lorries and trucks and allowed them free rein on all expressway lanes bar the speediest. It is common these days to see such vehicles hogging most of the lanes, holding up the flow of expressway traffic.'
'Workers must be ferried in buses or vans'
MR ROGER OH: 'People should never be ferried on pick-up trucks and lorries that offer them little or no protection. Workers must be ferried in buses or vans. All too often, I have seen drivers of pick-up trucks tearing down the expressways with a load of passengers at speeds of 90kmh or more.'
'Lorries not meant to transport people'
MS TAN CHUI HUA: 'It is time for the Land Transport Authority to take passenger safety seriously. To insist on technicalities such as overcrowding of lorries or whether railings should be installed over a specified period does not address the core issue which is lorries are not meant to transport people. The attention paid to passenger safety in buses and cars versus the indifferent attitude towards the risks faced by passengers in lorries suggests double standards.'
'I cannot comprehend why LTA raised the speed limit'
MR CHIANG MENG LEE: 'My answer to Wednesday's report ('Must workers travel this way?') is yes. Provided, of course, the Land Transport Authority (LTA) effectively ensures that these lorries observe the 60kmh speed limit and they are confined to travelling on the slowest lane on the expressways. I cannot comprehend why the LTA raised the speed limit for vans, lorries and trucks and allowed them free rein on all expressway lanes bar the speediest. It is common these days to see such vehicles hogging most of the lanes, holding up the flow of expressway traffic.'
'Workers must be ferried in buses or vans'
MR ROGER OH: 'People should never be ferried on pick-up trucks and lorries that offer them little or no protection. Workers must be ferried in buses or vans. All too often, I have seen drivers of pick-up trucks tearing down the expressways with a load of passengers at speeds of 90kmh or more.'
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