I AM writing to highlight a road safety matter for the kind attention of the Land Transport Authority (LTA).

As I live just at the end of South Buona Vista Road, my family and I travel along that very curvy and narrow road every day. The road has only two lanes, one for each direction of traffic.

I have noticed that there are two signs at the starting points of the winding road, one at the Pasir Panjang end and one at the North Buona Vista Road end near the Science Park, indicating that lorries (no tonnage were mentioned) are not allowed to go on that road. However, the signs are not prominent at all.

Does the LTA monitor such things? Because lorries of all sizes and tonnage have been seen whizzing by on the road.

Maybe these drivers who use the road know they are breaking the law, so they are trying to do a fast job.

It is a convenient short cut for those who want to get to Pasir Panjang Road or West Coast Highway without having to go all the way to Clementi Road.

Recently, for example, I was driving behind a 40-foot Malaysian lorry on that road at around 4pm, and because of its length, it had to slow down when an SBS bus appeared in the opposite direction and the two big vehicles had to navigate around each other, slowing down traffic behind them.

Pedestrians who work around the Science Park area sometimes walk on the pavements on that road and joggers use it too.

Safety is paramount. So would LTA look into this?

This article was first published in The New Paper on Sept 26, 2008.