Bt Timah 10-mile Junction: Which lane you think is correct

[mechwira]

Some of you may know bukit timah ten mile junction. it links bukit panjang, bukit batok road, woodlands road and upper bukit timah road.

 

i keep having problems, and i see motorists always having problems, if they are coming from woodlands road and want to right turn to bukit batok road. from woodlands road there are two 'right-turn-only' lanes, but one you turn you have 5 lanes to enter, and the middle of this 5 lanes is where motorists are confused.

 

see my image:

 

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can i have all your opinion. see my lane marked 'C'? who can rightfully enter this lane from Woodlands Road; vehicles from Lane G or Lane F?

 

both these lanes try to enter Lane C to go straight to Bukit Batok road. Worse is sometimes vehicles in Lane G think they rightfully can enter Lane D for a U-turn, crossing everybody's path.

 

your opinions: which lanes rightfully belong to Lane G and which to Lane F? I just sent a feedback letter to LTA to paint dotted lines so that motorists confirm can see which lanes belong to them.

 

very angry, see many arguments including near collisions, a few times involving me.

[gohjohan]

Should be lane G. Lane F by right, is like a u-turn back.

 

I can't believe they still haven't fixed this problem for 2 years. I've been lucky by checking blind spots and making myself seen and heard

[mechwira]

Should be lane G. Lane F by right, is like a u-turn back.

 

I can't believe they still haven't fixed this problem for 2 years. I've been lucky by checking blind spots and making myself seen and heard

 

and thats precisely the problem.

 

ppl familiar with this junction will know plenty of motorists (including myself) go from Lane F to Lane C. Most of the time, its not a problem because this junction 'regulars' from Lane G straightaway go Lanes A or B precisely to avoid all this confusion.

 

but once in a while, a motorist will interpret it like you do and go from Lane G to Lane C, causing all the near-miss and arguments. please note i am not saying i am correct and you are wrong; my whole point is that nobody knows who is correct.

 

in all other junctions with two right-turn lanes, you will enter a road with either two lanes or three lanes. if two lanes, no issue. if three lanes, the rule is "rightmost lane enter rightmost lane, other lane enter middle lane". but this junction two-into-five cannot possibly apply same rule.

 

the ultimate champion was a few mornings ago a TIBS bus intending to U-turn into the temporary bus terminal used Lane G to enter Lane D, cutting off the car in front of me. then still horn the car and stopped his bus just to scold the driver. i also not happy i hand-signalled to the bus driver he was wrong, if he wanted u-turn obviously he should use Lane F but he defiantly hand-signal back we are all wrong he is correct, ie, Lane F can ONLY enter Lane E.

 

thats why i feedback LTA, paint dotted line settle the issue once and for all. btw, this junction isn 2 years old, the layout is fairly recent, previously it was a 4-lane roundabout which was much worse.

[gohjohan]

It's amazing. The last 2 years, don't tell me there's no reported accidents so they still don't do anything about that junction