Wednesday, November 02, 2011

Road Traffic Sign ~ Speed Regulating Strips Ahead

In Singapore, it is commonly known as 'Speed Regulating Strips'... but on the internet it is more commonly known as 'Rumble Strips'. Here's what it actually does.
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Road Traffic Sign ~ Speed Regulating Strips Ahead

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Speed Regulating Strips
Posted on 11/12/2009

Speed regulating strips reduced number of accidents due to speeding
We refer to Mr Luo Wei Guang's letter "Suggestion to Improve Road Conditions at Two Roads" (Lianhe Zaobao, 25 Nov). Mr Luo has suggested to replace the speed strips along South Buona Vista Road with humps and to improve the traffic signs at the side-road leading to the former Capitol Building.

The Land Transport Authority (LTA) adopts various road safety measures, such as speed regulating strips, speed humps and traffic calming markings, to discourage speeding along different types of roads. Road safety measures are carefully selected based on the existing traffic conditions as well as the road geometry. Speed regulating strips is a common road safety device used in many countries to moderate drivers speeds, and they are unlikely to cause damages to vehicles, especially if the vehicles do not drive through the strips at high speeds.

In the case of South Buona Vista Road, the speed regulating strips have been effective in improving road safety. Since the implementation of these strips, we have seen fewer speed-related accidents along South Buona Vista Road.

For the side-road leading to Capitol Building, the traffic lanes are configured in such a way that vehicles entering and exiting the side road will not conflict with each other. We noted Mr Luo's feedback on the directional signs. We will review the traffic signs and add more signs if necessary.

We thank Mr Luo for the opportunity to clarify.

HELEN LIM
DEPUTY DIRECTOR, MEDIA RELATIONS
LAND TRANSPORT AUTHORITY

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Rumble Strips ~ on the Internet

Rumble Strips alert motorists of an approaching "stop", "slow down", or "dangerous road conditions" ahead.

Rumble strips, also known as sleeper lines, are a road safety feature that alert inattentive drivers to potential danger by causing a tactile vibration and audible rumbling, transmitted through the wheels into the car body. A rumble strip is usually either applied in the direction of travel along an edge- or centreline, to alert drivers when they drift from their lane, or in a series across the direction of travel, to warn drivers of a stop ahead or nearby danger spot. In favourable circumstances, rumble strips are effective (and cost-effective) at reducing accidents due to inattention. The effectiveness of shoulder rumble strips is largely dependent on a wide stable shoulder for a recovery. "...although in the present study rumble strips did not produce the desired speed reduction effect, its use for work zone applications is still highly encouraged; though, not as a speed control measure but as a driver's attention-catching device."

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Prayer For Our Dearly Departed

Dear Father, we pray for our loved ones who have left this earthly world, that they will find everlasting peace in the heavenly kingdom which You promised. Lead them out of the valley of darkness and bring them into the light of Your presence. We also pray that one day, we will be reunited with them and dwell in Your house for eternity. Amen.

Love Crucified, Arose ~ by Michael Card (Lyrics)

Gospel Music ~ Christian Music. Very Good Singing by Female Soloist
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Love Crucified Arose

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Love Crucified, Arose ~ by Michael Card (Lyrics)

Long ago He blessed the earth
Born older than the years
And in the stall a cross He saw 
Through the first of many tears

A life of homeless wandering
Cast out in sorrow's way
The Shepherd seeking for the lost
His life, the price He paid

Love crucified, arose
The Risen One in splendor
Jehovah soul Defender
Has won the victory

Love crucified, arose
And the grave became a place of hope
For the heart that sin and sorrow broke
Is beating once again

Throughout Your life You felt the weight
Of what You'd come to give
To drink for us that crimson cup
So we might really live

At last the time to love and die
The dark appointed day
That one forsaken moment
When Your Father turned His face away

Love crucified, arose
The One who lived the died for me
Was Satan's nail-pierced casualty
Now He's breathing once again

Love crucified, arose
And the grave became a place of hope
For the heart that sin and sorrow broke
Is beating once again

Love crucified, arose 
The Risen One in splendor
Jehovah soul defender
Has won the victory

Love crucified, arose 
And the grave became a place of hope
for the heart that sin and sorrow broke
is beating once again

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Here's Michael Card

12. Michael Card - Love Crucified Arose

Michael Card - El Shaddai
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0dorEYyfuUQ

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News ~ K-pop girl group SNSD (aka Girl's Generation)

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SNSD to hold second show in Singapore after sellout first night
By Han Wei Chou | Posted: 31 October 2011 1606 hrs

SINGAPORE: K-pop girl group SNSD (aka Girl's Generation) will be staging a second performance on December 10, 6pm at the Singapore Indoor Stadium, after all 5,500 tickets to their first show were sold out within four hours of going on sale recently.

Tickets to SNSD's second concert will go on sale from November 2 for Samsung customers and OCBC cardholders while members of the public can purchase their tickets from November 4 via SISTIC.

"We're over the moon that the girls are able to perform a second night here as we understand there are many fans who might not have gotten their tickets.

"With the additional show on 10 Dec, we hope this will give fans a greater opportunity to watch the concert and deter anyone from purchasing tickets from the black market", said concert promoter Running Into The Sun's (RITS) Managing Director Beatrice Chia-Richmond.

Tickets to the nine-member girl group's first concert on December 9 were exceedingly popular and attracted the attention of black market profiteers, who began selling tickets on the black market for as much as S$1,000 per ticket.

The most expensive ticket to SNSD's concert here costs only S$218.

A spokesperson for RITS said the company has already begun taking various measures to combat black market profiteers.

The company is also working with their ticketing service provider and the concert venue on a new system to identify and turn away people who had purchased their tickets on the black market.

-CNA/ha

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