NSE Safety

Just not so long ago, an express bus crashed into the barrier along the NSE at Ipoh, which caused the death of 11 people. Yesterday around the same spot, there's been another similar accident happened. Why is it so often accidents happened at the same place, with the similar scenario?

I think apart from the driver's condition, road design is also another issue. I actually passed by the spot where the bus crashed, and I noticed the bridge barrier design must be something not right, if not wrong. Along the highway, it's all emergency lane, and right at the spot of the bridge, there's no emergency lane, which also the barrier is built along the edge of the left lane.

That means if a vehicle happened to be punctured, or some misfortune happened just before the spot, their chances of heading towards the barrier is greater than anything else, which will also endanger the passengers' life. So when accident of such happened, we must not only blamed all to the drivers, but to look more into the actual scenario before concluding the blame to someone.

This is only one of the many dangerous traps "set up" by the highway builders, and it's time for them to look into their own design rather than wash hand off any incidents happened.