At 6.30pm 9/5/2014, I was driving in the rain along Jalan Klang Lama (KL) towards the traffic light junction of Tmn United. The rain had slowed down traffic and I was approaching this junction with light still GREEN at about 50km/hr. I was the first of the long queue of cars behind me and I always look into back mirror as I approach any junction; at this moment no car or huge vehicle was close behind me. There is an AES at this junction this traffic light and for so many past days and months always 5-GREEN flashes before turning YELLOW. Damn! today, the GREEN light turned YELLOW without the 5 green flashes, and I know I could not make it across this junction without caught by AES.
I slammed on brakes and the car skidded slightly across the 'stop' line. I noted cars behind me also braked hard! Lucky no accident. If there are big buses /big vehicles /speeding cars, no choice but to shoot across the junction even if snapped by AES. But what happened if I did not shoot across and got rammed by following vehicles/buses? Now what happened if there is an accident and in this case I have the video recorder. Who should I sue for damages or even loss of life? Is AES so desperate for income that it changed the traffic lighting system at this junction? The 5-flahes of GREEN have always been very good to reduce accidents, regardless with AES or no AES.
