LTA and SMRT's recent policies

last SG · 2009-07-26T18:19:46+00:00

SMRT would have done the necessary studies before any rules are implemented.If you can think of it, so can others, and that include those in the SMRT.Its jus...

Lee012lee SG

Not long ago, LTA has implemented that all taxis passengers regardless of their health conditions must alight at the designated taxis stands in the CBD areas and this causes a furore before LTA eventually allows taxis passengers to alight at the side road. It is a case of no proper planning and feasibility studies done before a policy is implemented.

Now, SMRT has implemented the no drinking and eating rule inside the trains. SMRT has fined a passenger who has taken a sweet to supplement her low sugar level as doctors have advised these patients to take a sweet otherwise these patient will faint. The irony is that the passenger is not fine because the passenger is throwing the wrapper on the floor but the passenger is fined because the passenger has a sweet in the mouth.

It is going to be another case of no proper planning and feasibility studies done before a policy is implemented.

http://news.omy.sg/News/Local%2BNews/Story/OMYStory200907251702-77996.html

loki_chaos SG

"spare the rod, spoil the child"...

I think SMRT is trying to be a bad guy...so that singaporeans can learn.

Lee012lee SG

But SMRT has overdone it.

The irony is that the passenger is not fined because the passenger is throwing the wrapper on the floor but the passenger is fined because the passenger has a sweet in the mouth.

Fantagf SG

TS, you brought up a good point.

It is the same with regard to cigarettes and smoking.

Kenshin_87 SG

I was about to start a thread about this, just nice…

In regards to the no eating or drinking in trains and buses, I think some boundaries have to be set.

I was drinking water from my water bottle in a train(NEL) home, and I was rudely interrupted by the train attendant in the train to ask me to stop drinking. What the fuck? It’s just plain water, not some coke, pepsi, etc… I find it very absurd. What if my journey starts from Pasir Ris and ends at Woodlands? I have to tahan the thirst until I reach the station, exit the station and then start sipping water from my water bottle? Fucking ridiculous!

Regarding the passenger with low sugar level, what if she really faints in the train? Is SMRT gonna take the responsibility? Is SMRT gonna pay the medical/hospital bills for the passenger? I don’t think so… They will be like: “You are just suay that you cannot tahan throughout the entire journey, so it’s none of our business.”

SMRT, please use some brains(If you guys have any) to plan out how the policy is gonna be both be beneficial and safe for the Singapore community.

Lee012lee SG

TS, you brought up a good point.

It is the same with regard to cigarettes and smoking.

Cigarettes and smoking could cause lung cancer and respiratory diseases but what harm is caused and must be fined when one has a sweet in one's mouth ?

SMRT has overdone it.

Lee012lee SG

I was about to start a thread about this, just nice…

In regards to the no eating or drinking in trains and buses, I think some boundaries have to be set.

SMRT, please use some brains(If you guys have any) to plan out how the policy is gonna be both be beneficial and safe for the Singapore community.

Obviously, SMRT has not done proper planning and feasibility studies before the rule is implemented.

deepak.c SG

If they can impose a fine because you are chewing a sweet, they can also fine you for chewing bits of food leftover from a meal. Say you just had a meal, you have food particles left in your mouth, you start chewing on it, it is also eating.

angel7030 SG

that is chewing, not eating, they will advise you to see a dentist..many old peoples teeth are in bad condition, can store food one

wsy1234 SG

All thanks to those k p o from STOMP complain this complain that. wonder now perfect those people. I think stompers have nothing to do take this pictures that pictures.

angel7030 SG

stomp the stompers.

Anyway, the rules is simple, no drinking, no eating, no chewing, no cooking..take it or leave it.

Then how about babies drinking milk....breast feeding can hor

Ajen SG

Breast feed also cannot..

later the baby kena fine..

Medicated Oil SG

The teenagers that are caught on stomp web site are the starter of all the fine.

SInce their photos constituted the evidence, these pest should be fined and punished for broking the law.

The company should go forward and punish the guilty party instead of bullying people.

flapdoodle SG

I believe if the woman has medical records..she should not be fine...

CannyOng SG

I was about to start a thread about this, just nice…

In regards to the no eating or drinking in trains and buses, I think some boundaries have to be set.

SMRT, please use some brains(If you guys have any) to plan out how the policy is gonna be both be beneficial and safe for the Singapore community.

U shall be smart when do that kind of things. See see and look look first, check out for SMRT personnel before this kind of things.

U all know Singaporean pattern la. If one can excuse, all other will come up with plenty of reasons telling themselves they shall not be fine and excuse.

Actually I am grateful, SMRT is taking action on MRT. Too many bad behaviour and passsengers are not behaving. U all shall be grateful they make yr ride peasant when less ungracious passengers eat and dirty the MRT.

angel7030 SG

Breast feed also cannot..

later the baby kena fine..

then the mother must show that the breast got no milk

angel7030 SG

I believe if the woman has medical records..she should not be fine...

case by case basics, if you got a medical problem, MRT is not a place to be...so crowded..JAM PACKED...like sardine can...lucky me drive, if not long long kenna molest alots liao

starExcaliblur SG

The no eating / drinking rules have been there for quite a number of years. Nobody in the past blatantly violates the rules except occasional sips of water to relieve their thirst or popping a sweet to for whatever reasons. Now, there are a small number of people eating burgers, ice-cream, fruits etc inside the MRT. Because of these minorities, everyone has to suffer. Even those who take occasional sips of water to relieve their thirst or pop a sweet for whatever reasons are also fined.

Though I do not agree of people blatantly eating their food in MRT but I think it should be acceptable for people taking occasional sips of water to relieve their thirst or popping a sweet for whatever reasons.

Does SMRT have the right to fine people for eating / drinking in MRT as I recall SMRT is a private company?

caleb_chiang SG

Good point. what if the parents need to feed their baby in the train premises???

angel7030 SG

Does SMRT have the right to fine people for eating / drinking in MRT as I recall SMRT is a private company?

It GLC linked, what you expect, sitting on the board are Ministers, not laymen hor. Private is only a matter of churning more income, just let me ask you one question, does SMRT got any competitors here?? No right! it a monopoly game for them. Even if they want to increase the fare tomorrow, what are you going to do..take the other private company train ar??/ where got? So dun be stupid hor, be smart can liao.

SMRT stated that it is the responsibility of passengers to take whatever they need before boarding the Train, most commuters will travel only about 1 hrs the most, no big deal, drink before you board, then drink again after disembark. SMRT is not looking into individual, it is looking into a mass, the rules come into enforcement was due to the hygiene problem, so if one can drink, all can drink, and later someone will drink water melon and the next follow...dun you guys like a clean MRT??