[Discussion] Sg road getting from bad to worse

[Calv]

hey guys. is it all of sg roads are getting worse with the road works or is it only me?

[Jundeang]

those idiots behind the steernig wheels also getting from bad to worst..

[qeith]

There are many threads for Singapore roads already. Maybe you don't need to create a new thread?

[xXxRatedxXx]

hey guys. is it all of sg roads are getting worse with the road works or is it only me?

 

you should go to shanghai and see... even the locals say everytime they keep digging up roads and repaving to lay various infrastructure.... power cables, Fi op cables, Underground MRT systems.... etc. Soon we will become like them.

[Blahhh]

I am very happy to see my roadtax money being put to good use. GOOD JOB LTA!!

[impastokitsch]

those idiots behind the steernig wheels also getting from bad to worst..

 

 

LOL, not all drivers, just tht biker are more vulenrable cause of the advantage of squeezing thr traffic jams... think about it.

[haoKR]

LOL, not all drivers, just tht biker are more vulenrable cause of the advantage of squeezing thr traffic jams... think about it.

 

maybe

if u inside car.nt v obvious.lyk when u go over jumpy road or sandy road

 

summore bike 2 wheels ?lol

[haoKR]

I am very happy to see my roadtax money being put to good use. GOOD JOB LTA!!

 

LOL

any1 notice e 'HUMP' bhind jurong library there ?

 

think they 'lower' e hump 4 1 side

[scubasimon]

i used to think that sometimes they put up road works to boost employment figures. but then again, most of the people working are foreigners so that didn't make sense. then i thought that maybe they are just doing this as part of some project plans - infrastructure lah, enforcement lah, improvement lah...you get the idea. then i thought how come some work is done so badly and never repaired...but eventually they do get repaired...albeit it takes a number of years. maybe the inspection window is too wide? maybe the resources available is too thin?

 

but i think the biggest problem is maybe they don't have a good enough method for prioritizing what kind of road works are most important and critical. after all, a badly positioned hump or hole can be dangerous to riders...and some to drivers as well. so maybe if they had a better system of prioritizing, resources can be put to use in the more critical areas first as long as key infrastructural and enforcement type things don't get too compromised.

 

i'm rambling...but i think it is still good to see road works happening. my biggest gripe really is that they should pick better times to work on certain roads. i always wonder why some choose to do work when traffic seems heavy...that irks me to bits especially when driving.

 

the solution? have great music...and leave early...then i find i enjoy my ride/drive...no matter what

[eRr0r]

yesss esp along bukit timah road where the circle line is at... need to invest in a better suspension soon! haha

[papabread79]

SG has one of the best-paved roads in the world, generally speaking.

[steel_headz]

Actually spore roads r not as bad as our neighbouring country Malaysia.....

[mild_slevin]

agreed, sillypore road are better maintained... m'sia highway road condition are good too.. but road leading to small town are kind of bad.

Beside my m'sian classmate told me that it take donkey years to complete a road in their country. Certainly this something we don't get to see here.

[Pandoras Kitten 3]

LOL, not all drivers, just tht biker are more vulenrable cause of the advantage of squeezing thr traffic jams... think about it.

 

 

In this respect, from 2003 until now it has been getting steadily safer; I can ride at 70kph if I wanted to and not worry of being run off the road.

 

can't do that in my earlier days (more like 120 or else).

[thrasher]

upper bukit timah road... wahh u ride on road but the conditions are offroad, best if supermoto... i think can slide here and there

[Jundeang]

agreed, sillypore road are better maintained... m'sia highway road condition are good too.. but road leading to small town are kind of bad.

Beside my m'sian classmate told me that it take donkey years to complete a road in their country. Certainly this something we don't get to see here.

 

their gov take yrs to make a road? at least they trying..

 

 

ours take yrs to think. then yrs for approval. then yrs to buget, then they start.

 

LOL, not all drivers, just tht biker are more vulenrable cause of the advantage of squeezing thr traffic jams... think about it.

 

 

how often do u see a bike bang a bike? and how often u see a car bang a car?

 

then, how often u see car bang bike?

[Pandoras Kitten 3]

ours take yrs to think. then yrs for approval. then yrs to buget, then they start.

 

Case in point - CTE.

 

Now the 25c ERP for northbound highway in the evening is worth it, as there is little congestion from TPY onwards.

 

However the BKE-> PIE intersection is horrible. Lets see how many years needed for an improvement.

 

i think can slide here and there

 

There's an interesting chicane leading to Yishun. another at Adam Road. Must try when wet :3

[Jeethan]

hey guys. is it all of sg roads are getting worse with the road works or is it only me?

 

It''s not you. the roads are getting more worst.

[Blahhh]

Comparing Bolehland and Sillypore, of course we have the better roads. I was told that a cub over there pays 2RM for roadtax a year, while a cub here pays about $64 a year. Say 10 cubs uses the same road that has uneven patchwork/pothole, that's $640 of moolah of budget to properly repair the road. That's just 10 cubs. Or what about 10 super fours? 10 R1s maybe? About what 10 Mercs/BMWs?

 

Also Bolehland is a huge country, unlike our "if whole of china spit, we sink" island.

[Jundeang]

Case in point - CTE.

 

Now the 25c ERP for northbound highway in the evening is worth it, as there is little congestion from TPY onwards.

 

However the BKE-> PIE intersection is horrible. Lets see how many years needed for an improvement.

 

suspect they haben start thinking about it yet..

[swiftee]

actually the roads in sg are quite ok la, i would say nice, even

 

except for the bloody bumpy kpe and there is this part of orchard road outside cathay, the road is so uneven that once i was squeezing traffic and i stop beside a taxi, to my surprise the taxi looked very short, i looked down and omg there is a visible difference between the part of the road i was on and the part the taxi was on

[botak]

personally,sg road is very ok,compare to JB road,really terrible ah..

[burboy]

we will see how the new LTA ruling about reducing the COE issued improve the road condition.

[PaLmEr]

The condition of the roads in SG is generally okay compared to the other countries i have ridden in. Have come across potholes (think the size of a kelisa) where even 18 wheeler trucks avoid like crazy.

 

It's our drivers that are the dangerous ones.

[Pandoras Kitten 3]

There are nice drivers and there are 'terrorist' ones all over. Not fair to judge by vehicle type, or etc. Although I keep a wary eye on "junkyard tuner" EK/EG series Civics, old Corollas... and new Civics with big spoilers on the back.

 

Big spoilers don't mean the right to terrorise other road users for amusement.