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ERP woes.
Tuesday, September 16, 2008, 22:54
If Hitler heard about the ERP (Electronic Road Pricing) system in Singapore, he would probably turn in his grave.Watch and read on and I'll tell you why.
( Disclaimer: There will be some crude language here, but please ignore them and really feel the essence and passion of the following video)
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Because i dare speak for everyone that it is just ridiculous.
To make the situation better, LTA ( Land Transport Authority) has introduced another 16 new gantries last month.
You must be thinking, that's news from the ice age yeah? Why don't i get over it?
But assuredly i say to you, its current affair to me, and it should be to you too.
Why?! You asked...
Because when you're late for school or an appointment and you take a cab, the taxi driver will speak to you nicely, until you talk to them about the government.
And the very first time he will tell you is the constant raise in diesel pricing, next he will swear abit more, and followed up an inevitable long string of complaints about the ERP, which THEY the drivers on the road refer to as "Everyday Rob People "
They will complaint that its " sibei bo li you! " which means " XXXXXX RIDICULOUS! " when translated. That their frequency of passengers drop, they get less business and if they have to travel pass the city or town district, they would have to pay for the ERP passenger or not. They will complain that their passengers will ask them to stop a short distance in front of a ERP gantry and alight, leaving the poor taxi drivers no choice but to go past the gantry and bear the charges themselves.
Those oddballs. Sigh.
It's like i took a cab and suddenly i attended a new module (or parts of it) : Swearing in Hokkien (local dialect)
I went to the nearby 24hrs coffee shop downstairs to get my overdose of caffeine earlier on to prepare to write for this and i still overheard the public swearing at the government for this.
Over family dinners , when i head out to party and my friends who drive talk about it... its still pretty much around.
ERP.
The main reason(more like excuse) that the government introduced these fabulous 16 new gantries is because their genius plan is to reduce the number of motorist on the road and promote public transport like the train or bus.
Right. The bus, try taking it during peak hours in the evenings when everyone who boards the bus somehow became illiterate and cant read the sign that says please move in to the rear.
Everyone CRAMPS up in the front, oh we're approaching a school, here comes all the smelly boys and girls who just finished the day with their PE ( physical education).
They are literally still perspiring like it was only half time during a soccer match and you can vividly even smell what sport they came from.
Then when you need to alight you have to push through 12407247129471947194 smelly kids and 53489572385729457928 fat aunties that carry oversize bags which always somehow pokes at you.
The train i heard you say? People squeezing you till you feel like a can of sardine? The fellow at the door trying to be funny by reading the freaking newspaper at rush hour? The irritating fag that pretends he's asleep and not giving his seat right next to the exit for the elderly and pregnant woman? People who went Ikea, Courts or Giant Hypermart to shop but not having the decency not to take the train.
This i swear to you, i actually witness this moron dragging a chair and a small table during peak hour at the Queenstown station into the train.
Seriously, Singapore already lacks the space and sometimes(most of the time) we are compelled to experience this kinda cramping because the population is exploding (oooh, because the government was like: Have more babies, we pay you if you do so! )
We need cheaper, more spacious and better transport. The rich gets richer, and you think if i own a BMW 7 series i would give two hoots about ERP ???!!!!
It's us the commoners, the mid class and the low class that suffers this ridiculous ERP.
I need to go enjoy my $2 happy meal now. Bye.
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