Faulty traffic lights spells danger

Vehicles from BS3/1 (left) turning right into Jalan Besar face speeding vehicles from the left which do not slow down or stop due to the faulty traffic light on the main road - MUHAMAD SHAHRIL ROSLI/The Star

THE lights turn green so you drive on, thinking it's safe to go. But just as you start to move, a vehicle suddenly whizzes by, missing you by mere inches and leaving you with a pounding heart.

Such has been the hair-raising near misses experienced by Seri Kembangan residents when driving through the Jalan Besar-Jalan BS3/1 traffic interchange for the past four months.The traffic lights at the main road of Jalan Besar, which is a straight road cutting across the traffic interchange, is not functioning.