I've always wondered who controls what gets put up on those signs, you know, the ones that are put up on all the major arteries/highways in the Klang Valley. I am a frequent user of the KL-Putrajaya highway - very interesting that the signs continue to advertise such important traffic information as "Gerai Makanan sudah dibuka" and my all time favorite "Sila pandu dengan cermat" on the LDP.
I suppose these signs are supposed to help with KL's traffic congestion but I seriously doubt its effectiveness - most drivers don't bother looking at the signs since they're either out of date ("trafik perlahan" when the road is clear as far as the eye can see) or contain non-relevant information (see above).
Maybe what's missing is the link between ITIS rewards and actual traffic congestion. What happens to ITIS if traffic in KL gets better? Worse? It would be interesting to see the consequences if the person in charge of ITIS gets a 6-month bonus for improving the average travel times in KL by, let's say, 30% over a period of time. Maybe we'll start to see:
- More useful, timely information on the Variable Message Signs (the technical term for those LED signs)
- VMSes that are located some ways before a strategic turnoff so that drivers don't get stuck with no other turn off when traffic is slow ahead
The trick is to be able to quantify the travel time improvements - should be possible given all the cameras available to ITIS. I am sure someone, somewhere would have implemented this successfully before. Maybe a "lawatan sambil belajar" is in order?
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"Lawatan sambil belajar"? It's more like CHOGM. No, it's not that Commonwealth meeting thingy. CHOGM is Cheap Holiday On Government Money! Our money, that is.
Oh, by the way, if your blog is going to be like Che Det's, let it be on record that this otai was here first. The first to desecrate your virginal post! Bwahahaha!
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