Time to give traffic police right to tow away illegally parked vehicles

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An honorable member of the Coffee Shop Has Just Posted the Following:

It is time to give the traffic police the right to tow away and destroy illegally parked vehicles without any recourse of appeal from the inconsiderate drivers.

illegally parked vehicles may be those that block a rubbish disposal site so that NEA cannot clear the rubbish on time, or those that park next to fire hydrants, or those that block critical entry and exit points. Imagine if there is an emergency -- fire for example -- and people cannot escape because your car is parked illegally at a critical road junction or in front of the only exit of a building. You can literally cause the death of hundreds of lives.

In cases where it is very critical to remove the illegally parked vehicle promptly to avoid endangering the lives of others, the traffic police should be allowed disperse the area and then destroy the vehicle on the spot.

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• Pritam Singh
  
  <a class="uiLinkSubtle" href="https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=612691978753119&set=a.3551050711784 79.84789.211352328887088&type=1">5 hours ago
  
  
  
  Location: Blk 641/642, Jalan Tenaga. Every now and then I receive feedback from residents from house visits/email that the rubbish collection truck will be blowing its horn for a considerable period of time because a resident/visitor has in...considerately parked their vehicle such that it blocks access to the rubbish collection point. Sleep is broken, and the blissful serenity of the Tenaga cluster is disturbed....sometimes for a rather long period of time. Just a gentle note to all residents to please desist from doing so. Many thanks!

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