Bus Stops...

I sometimes wonder if LTA works with MOE as well as the local public bus companies.

If ever there was a dangerous school entrance/bus stop/zebra crossing, it'd be the one that's right in front of the main gates to Bukit Timah Primary School (BTPS).

Lets see...

The bus stop sits near the crest of a hill and at the crest of the hill is the zebra crossing and main gates of the school.

Every day, without fail, doting parents would indiscriminately park their cars inches or even on the zebra crossing. Take into account that the road is a single-lane, dual carriageway.

Didn't they forsee this problem when they designed the school? It makes it all the more dangerous when there's a bus in the bus stop (which incidentally does not have a bay) thus forcing vehicles into oncoming traffic.

At the same time, parents who decide that in a housing estate, u-turns are legal anywhere and everywhere, make them without so much as looking to see if the road is clear.

I've had a couple of close calls from these idiots in the past but still, LTA, MOE and whomever else doesn't seem concerned at all (at least enough to do anything about it).

I guess nothing short of an accident's gonna make them budge.