What do cement mixers and trailers and expressways have to do with the other incident you mentioned?
I wonder what is the reason(s) the vehicles needs permit in the first place. :think:
Need to get into the root cause and think of a solution, for example LTA can use all red/pedestrian crossing on busy traffic light intersection. On such intersection, there is one single pedestrian phase rather than usual two. When pedestrian phase comes on, all the vehicles on 4 sides will stop and pedestrian and cross the road, they can even choose to cross diagonally if they want too, this had been in practice in downtown Auckland since the early 80s.
because they're big, bulky and move slowly. hence to use the expressway, they need to apply for a permit.
As far as I know, only mobile cranes and extraordinary loads are banned from using expressways. Trailers, low beds, cement mixers, tipper trucks, lorry cranes, etc are still using them.
and these things can be fast if they wanted to........
well, the list from LTA pretty much said those vehicles I mentioned earlier are not allowed on expressways :bsmilie:
so regardless of speed they travel in, they are still breaking the law.
Under Road Traffic (Use of Expressway By Excluded Vehicles) Rules 2010, no excluded vehicles shall be driven or allowed to be on any part of an expressway. However, an authorisation may be granted to excluded vehicles to travel along the expressway on occasions deemed fit by the Authority.
When travelling on expressways, the permit must be readily available in the vehicle for checks by LTA at all times.
errr duhhhhh.... dude, buses HAVE to ply residential areas to pick up and drop passangers..... if you force buses to only use highway then how?
Move the bus stops and waiting passangers to reloate to the highways ??