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Driver rams steps outside Raffles Place MRT station
By Teo Xuanwei, TODAY | Posted: 30 April 2008 0747 hrs

 
 
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SINGAPORE: A driver rammed through several reflective posts and crashed into the steps outside Raffles Place MRT station during the evening peak hour on Tuesday.

The driver, a man in his 30s, was conveyed to Singapore General Hospital after he complained of chest pains. It is believed he was driving his grey Hyundai Getz down Robinson Road when he skidded at the junction of Cecil Street and Robinson Road and crashed.

This comes more than two years after the Land Transport Authority (LTA) made traffic changes to better regulate traffic flow at the busy junction. In July 2005, a raised kerb was installed along Cecil Street to create an interrupted two-lane slip road. This meant motorists from Robinson Road could no longer travel towards D'almeida Street.

About two and a half months later, the kerb was removed to prevent jaywalking, and a flat red marker with white stripes took its place. The controversial change sparked off a slew of accidents at the junction involving motorists who didn't know about the rule changes.

Several drivers wrote in to TODAY and complained that the new rules were confusing and the markers not visible enough.

The LTA then made changes again, with a row of yellow-and-black reflective posts erected on top of the red markers.

But drivers complain the rules at the junction are still too confusing. Said Mr Ali Abdul, 62: "New drivers or those unfamiliar with the roads here may panic when they realise they can't turn where they want to."

One cabby sad he has seen some near-misses. Another taxi driver, Mr Ang C H, 43, said the reflective posts are not sufficient to warn drivers to keep to their lanes. "Imagine if someone was walking on the pavement and an accident like today's happens?" he said.


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