i find that there are plenty of road that have more traffic lights than necessary, all coming one after the other, much like the picture below, but of course with more distance in between.
and sometimes, each of these traffic lights will have one or two traffic police handling the traffic. what completely puzzles me is that when the policeman at the first traffic light lets the traffic flow, the second one doesn't follow and all the cars end up pilling at the second traffic light until there is no longer any space for any more cars from the first traffic light to pass. why isn't there some sort of coordination between the police from both traffic lights?
i'm pretty sure each of the police officers carry one of those radio walkie-talkie things...so why don't they communicate with each other to ensure a smoother traffic flow? i presume that their presence there at the traffic lights are to reduce the jams, but what is the point if at one traffic light the cars move only to stop at the other and wait just as long?
so, i hope that traffic policemen and women would actually take measures to remedy this, i.e using their communication devices. but at the same time, i'm not counting on it.
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Tham Sue Fern
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