A fatal accident at a roundabout in Marine Parade has renewed calls by residents to make the junction safer. But road safety experts and Mountbatten SMC MP Lim Biow Chuan told The New Paper yesterday that there was no perfect solution. They emphasised the need for...
"But I am not sure that you can have a full solution because if a driver is reckless, if he drives at a fast speed, makes sharp turns, then he will mount any kind of kerb. Even if you have a railing, he will crash into it."
Mr Lim said residents had requested for railings and a widening of the footpath during a 2017 dialogue on making the roads there safer. Lane-merging on Marine Parade Road, which has three lanes, before the two-lane roundabout also helps reduce vehicle speeds, LTA said.
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