Chairman for the Government Parliamentary Committee for Transport, Dr Lim Wee Kiak, said new rules to enhance the safety of workers transported on lorries should kick in sooner rather than later.

He was referring to measures introduced by the Land Transport Authority last September, some of which will only take effect in 2012.

It is ridiculous that humans are still allowed to be transported on lorries like animals. In Hong Kong, lorries are banned from transporting people; only buses / mini-vans are allowed to do so due to safety reasons.

To cite economical practicality reasons in not banning lorries from transporting people is ludicrous. Placing economical practicality above the value of human life is unacceptable, even for animals.