13th January 2003
To
YB Dato Lee Hwa
Beng
ADUN Subang Jaya
What must we do or say to have our
access roads made safer ? In your recent meeting with the residents of USJ
27, you said to us that MPSJ is not able to take immediate action to
improve the road conditions as all works have to go through a tedious
tender process before any work can take place. In that short span of time
from our meeting, numerous near-misses and accidents have happened. And
recently, ( approx. 9.30 pm, 7th January 2003 ) an Indonesian
worker and his female pillion rider was thrown from his motorcycle after
skidding and crashing into a lamp post. The impact of the crash caused the
rider to be thrown into the drain where he died on the spot due to severe
head and body injuries. Had I had not arrive at the scene soon after the
accident, I fear that the female companion would have been run-over and
died too, as she was thrown approximately 15 meters across to the other
side of the road. With the help of fellow residents in the area, we had
managed to help the female victim and ensure that she suffered no further
aggravation to her injuries.
These roads are badly maintained
with numerous depressions, pot holes, sandy patches and mud filled
drainages. When it rains, stretches of roads are filled with puddles and
pools of water in which can and have caused vehicles to lose control.
Whoever responsible for the design
and upkeep of these roads should to be held liable for any accidents that
occur here. There has been cases where lorries with long trailers make
dangerous and inconsiderate U-turns near USJ23 opening as they are unable
to do so on the LDP highway. When they make these dangerous U-turns, the
lorry drivers do so with little or no regards to the local residents and
other road users.
As for the signboards directing
traffic to USJ 23 – USJ 27, it is still non existence. It took the St John
ambulance 45 minutes to get there, whereas the UMMC ambulance got to the
accident scene approximately 1 hour after the calls were made. The reasons
given by the ambulance drivers was the usual “unable to find place”. By
the time the ambulance had arrived, the Indonesian female was sent to the
Klang GH by car, further risking more injuries by bundling the victim in
the back seat of the car.
I am enclosing the photos of the
accident and photos of the condition of the roads with hope that it would
help you in highlighting the problems to MPSJ.
Regards
alexiuslim@hotmail.com |
