Bus, taxi fare cheats could end up in jail

last SG · 2005-09-20T21:00:21+00:00

Somehow that sounded satirical. I laughed.

fudgester SG

Until the day they can come up with a perfectly foolproof system which doesn't cheat bus passengers of their fares at all, this law should not be implemented at all.

Otherwise, that just smacks of pure hypocrisy.

ShutterBug SG

Nothing man-made, can ever be, FOOLPROOF.

There is no PERFECTION.

What matters topically here, is WHO erred.

We are inexcusable, while THEY are.

The Boss, can NEVER be WRONG. Always RIGHT.

Get it?

shade343 SG

I noticed that most of the replies in the thread are gravitiated towards unfairness towards the passenger. But what about the Bus company? What about the Bus Drivers? Did you not spare a thought for them? They have families to feed and parents to support. If the company would incur a loss of 8-9 million because of cheating passengers, this would mean that employees of the company would be losing out on their bonuses and salary.

So please think of the bus drivers as well.

gorby107 SG

The VLS now sort sort one not so smart. Some time took the bus with the VLS thing it never update by itself and need the driver to do that. That time took the bus and the fare stages was unstable going up and down. Some end up pay more because of that. Spend so much on the VLS and not so successful(for me) Should spend more on improving the transport system meaningfully and not those that are useless

gorby107 SG

If like that it would be very chaotic already Laughing Anyhow accusing people to get rewarded

sbst275 SG

Some svs, the VLS on the buses is screwed up

Shotgun SG

What about the taxi drivers that like to bring me go “Holland” or “hor lan.”? Can send them to jail for over charging?

hisoka SG

therefore we should send one board member to jail for every one person who gets cheated by the stupid systems since the board decided to do the system. in fact we should also send the pple who decided to force teh ezlink card on us at the same time. one year per person sounds good to me Cool

I-like-flings(m) SG

ya and i expect the CEO pays to go up by 20% too Mr. Green

Cindyfeh SG

hisoka SG

oh yeha one wonders if they couldn’t catch the pple who cheated how did they come up with the 9 million figure? i sense some agency playing fast and loose with figures with very generous estimations

crazy monkey SG

think abt the drivers ? i think you shd tell the co management tat. bus co earn million and millions every yr but bus driver pay is still so miserable so more hire so many malaysians.

BillyBong SG

There is a difference between condemning a company and condemning its employees.

SBS transit and SMRT are making millions. They DECLARED it in their annual earnings report. Their top brass undoubtedly receives profit sharing bonuses.

We should not confuse low pay with the cheating cost loss in revenue. Ultimately, a quick glance at the profit margin will show that it has a marginal (almost negligible) impact on the earnings.

The focus of these companies should not be to legislate to solve their problems, but instead to implement problem solving solutions.

Crying to the govt will not succeed if one was a 100% privatised firm.

LazerLordz SG

Yeah man.

And to penalise the drivers for loss corporate income is not the way for a PUBLIC transport operator..

Some people clearly need a dictionary.Need the audio tape version too while they're at it? Rolling Eyes

crazy monkey SG

how many million did they over charged ? Rolling Eyes

iveco SG

SBS and Tibs can be fully privatised. If we do so, we just have to re-organise TransitLink along the lines of Transperth. However, it might result in ALL buses bearing TransitLink's livery (boring).

crazy monkey SG

Temasak is a shareholder thats why govt protect them.

TooFree SG

Actually, I don't undertand why are there so many negative replies here.
Isn't this law a righteous one. Beside, it only apply to those who attempt to cheat not honest people like you and me. Cheating by itself is already wrong, the law only toughen its stand over it.

As for one being overcharged when using the transport, one may seek the bus company for refunds or compensation.

Give me 2 Cents. Mr. Green

fudgester SG

We all have no doubts about the fact that cheating is indeed wrong and that cheaters ought to be punished.

However, we are all riled at the fact that while we can be jailed for cheating the bus companies of the correct fares, we can sometimes also get cheated of our fares in return by the bugs of a system which was forced upon us. Make no mistake about it... being overcharged for no apparent reason is no joke at all for people who don't have a lot of money.

Sure, refunds and compensation schemes do exist.... but it involves making troublesome trips down to the relevant offices just to rectify an error which wasn't even our fault to begin with. If it's not our fault... why should it be our problem? Even if the further simplify the compensation process (I don't see how they could do that), it's all about the principle of the matter.... no one likes to feel punished for something which isn't even their fault to begin with. That's how the system works, though.

My S$0.02 of opinion is worth less than the normal bus fare... but I really hope that the relevant authorities think hard about this.

drawer SG

What the hell are u talking about,Mr Ben?There in Canada what is the average salary down there?Is it "higher" or "lower" than Singapore?Canada n States got social welfare,DO WE HAVE?If u want to compare,compare with those things Western world have n we do not have,dont BLOODY HELL GO N COMPARE US TO THE THIRD WORLD OR NEGATIVE SIDE OF WESTERN WORLD!!!!Becoz in every god damn country,there will definitely got negative sides,and it seems like our country has "MORE" than the others!!!!

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