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Hi fellow motorists,
We all know stopping along a road with dbl zigzag lines carries a
fine of 140 (?) and demerit pts of 4. And thats what i kena.
Long ago, i was along shenton way. Lost my way, and didnt want to
kena ERP coz of entering wrong road, then back and kena another
ERP, i had to stop to check the street directory. I stopped behind
a taxi stand taht is good for 2 taxis. I remembered that day, the
taxi stand was full with a few taxi (more than 2 for sure). I am
effectively a taxi in a queue if my car is painted with COmfort
logo, and im on the dbl zigzag line. I was happily reading the map,
and when i looked up, a scooter carrying the traffic marshal rode
away after writing something on his notepad. I know im dead. bEing
a good citizen, i paid the fine, took the points, and moved
on.
Recently, when i was back in the area again, i saw that the taxi
queue along either Shenton way or Robinson road are always very
long. Far more taxis are waiting in the 'just for 2 taxis' stand,
and encroaching into the roads where the double zigzag lines are
painted. And when a traffic marshall road past, nothing was
done.
In case like this, doesnt it carry double standard? How come a
taxi, being on the ZZ line, is able to escape the penalty just
because it is queuing? Then what is the 'For 2 Taxis only' sign
for?
If i was in line with the last waiting taxi, doesnt that render me
immunity as well? Or does TAxi is a special group that is free from
the ZZ lines rule?
Puzzled, i wrote to LTA.
to be continued.
TAXI STOPPING ON DOUBLE ZIGZAG LINES
FEEDBACK NUMBER: 20100615-0230
We refer to your email of 15 June 2010.
Following your email, we
have checked with the Traffic Police (TP) call centre and confirmed
that your feedback made on taxi stopping on double zigzag lines is
under TP's purview and they will look into the matter. To
expedite the response, we have, by copy of this email forwarded
your feedback to the TP for their attention and reply to you.
LTA treats all feedback we receive seriously. For matters that LTA
handles, our standard operating procedure is to provide prompt
replies on straight forward issues and periodic updates if the
issues raised are complex and need more time to study. For matters
handled by other agencies, we forward the writer's feedback to the
relevant agency directly, to expedite the response.
Once again, thank you for writing in. If you have other feedback on
land transport related issues, please call our 24-hour Customer
Service Hotline at 1800- CALL LTA (1800- 2255582) or send a SMS to
77LTA (77582).
And here is the TP's reply:
I refer to your preceding email.
Please be informed that your email is receiving attention from our
Patrol Unit.
Our officers from Patrol Unit will take your feedback into
consideration when planning our operations.
Thank you for bringing the matter to our attention.
cc LTA - Kindly address
to this issue seriously too as over-queueing of taxis at taxi
stands come under your purview.
So here is the ping pong again: the taxi is actually wrong queing
on the zz line, so now TP will highlight to their patrol unit to
enforce. But since the enforcement unit is traffic marshall (from
TP or LTA?), they did not take action because they actually closed
their eyes to both zz line rule and the taxi stand overcrowding
rule. So now TP telling LTA that they should look into the taxi
stand problem, that spilled over to the zz line prob, which is
actually TP's problem. 
So in any case u get booked , its thanks to this bastard. i
sincerely curse him with all the bad luck that i can emit out and
all TD bros curse this fucker to hell too. may he and his family
become taxi drivers for 10 generations
