I want to go straight, how?
When you drive off the north exit from the PLUS highway to Sungai Petani, you’ll come to a crossroad. There are traffic lights there. What confuses first-time visitors to the area is, there’s a road straight ahead to the Western Bypass but there’s no lane marked for vehicles that want to go straight. I wonder whether the MPSPK (Majlis Perbandaran Sg Petani, Kedah) knows about this problem.
There’s no arrow to mark a lane for vehicles intending to go straight.
Of course, the smart people of Sg Petani don’t bother with this oversight and just use the “right-turn” lane to go straight. As you can see, the traffic lights do show a straight arrow.
Next, is the issue of traffic from the opposite direction. There are 2 lanes for traffic. The left lane is marked with a straight arrow and the right lane is marked with a straight and right-turn arrow. The problem is, there are many more vehicles intending to turn right than go straight to the highway. So, some drivers use the left lane to turn right when there’s a long queue on the right lane.
I expect that accidents may occur when a driver uses the right lane (which he has the legal right to) to go straight. Besides, the queue on the right lane becomes longer than is has to be at this junction because the left lane is underutilised. All it takes to correct it is to change the arrows to allow vehicles to go straight and turn right from the left lane and, of course, to use the right lane exclusively for turning right only.
Lining up at the traffic lights.
Cars turning right from the left lane to avoid the queue on the right lane.
i suspect the person who draws those lines and arrows doesn’t drive.
BC: Yup, you’re right. Probably don’t drive. haha. Or don’t drive this way.
Think the guy is testing the motorists common cow-sense? My first taste of misleading road signs was in KL. Until now, I still have no idea where is the cursed Jalan Ipoh! >:p
Bad roadsigns happen when the fella din double check his work. He’s not pround of his work
Well, probably the MPSPK is a slow thinker, slow to see what goes wrong, and only take action one at a time… very slowly too. Let me guess.
First one - right arrow instead of straight arrow. Probably, that crossroad used to be a T-junction.
Second one - The MPSPK must had underestimate the potential of SP town. (Right is to SP town, right?)I agree, accident rate will be higher w this kind of arrows.
Hmmmm… Bernard, u better sent a copy to MPSPK la. otherwise, i think nothing will be done till the lines on the road got faded off.
The crossroads have been in existance for at least 8 years ard wor. That’s quite a long time, don’t ya think? Yup, i think some to the council ppl feedback is in order
wahhhh…sei fatt mou lor…like tat oso can?…but but 8 yrs..n no one realised meh?..
Dunno wor, i oso din realise for almost a year. *Shy
Hi Bernard, Fancy stumbling on your blog
Hi Annie, … ok, ok pssst which Annie is this? Anyway, all Annies are welcome.
hoiling, please try to avoid following the roadsing in KL.
Once when I was in Kajang, I try to follow the road sign back to Ipoh. I end up in Ampang +.+”
Not wrong mah…. if you go summore will end up in Ipoh what??
I’m going to drive from penang island to Ipoh. Will I get lost? First timer here to the northern states.
No larr, from Penang to Ipoh is too easy. But dunno about the small roads lah.
Annie, as in Ginny’s classmate…
Ring a bell???
Hi!! Annie T., of course i remember.
Bernard, haha, for me, I panic.
I turn back all the way to Kajang, and luckily found the Kesas highway
Are you the Bernard Chan from Stowell School, Bukit Mertajam?
Yup, it’s me. That was a looong time ago.
this is SO the problem faced by us students who stay in BLM.. urgh~!!!
Hello Yen Chiew, welcome here. Yes it is, isn’t it?