With the ever increasing car population in Singapore, I always
wonder the original intentions and objectives of controlling the
car usage during peak hours via the OPC
scheme are really being accomplished.
Last year, I rarely see OPC cars on the
road at 7.30am while on my way to work and 6pm on my way back home.
Probably because of the need to display OPC
coupons prominently on the front windscreen.
With effect from 25 Jan this year, LTA has
scrapped the OPC coupon and introduced e-day
licence and also implemented a revised OPC
scheme that has no restrictions on saturdays + eve of public
holidays. It becomes more attractive for aspiring car owners who
has budget constraints to purchase a OPC car
nowadays.
refer to:-
http://www.lta.gov.sg/motoring_matters/motoring…
As a ‘normal’ car owner, I noticed recently that there is an
increased trend of OPC cars on the roads
during peak hours of 7.30am and 6pm. In my mind, I always wonder if
they are ‘legitimate’.
With the elimination of the need to display OPC coupons nowadays and with ‘flexibility’ for
OPC owners to purchase e-day licence by
2359hrs the following day after their usage. I wonder how
authorities is going to enforce checks on errant OPC abusers.
I am not trying to start a flame war between normal car owners
and OPC owners. I am sure that some normal
car owners can more or less feel that why are they paying more when
they park their cars at their offices during 8am to 6pm and have to
join the traffic jam during morning and evening with these
‘questionable’ OPC cars…(in comparison
between normal car owners and the revised OPC
scheme car owners, the line of seperation is really thin.)
It seems like normal car owners are paying more for annual road
taxes and COE when our privileges are just
seperated by a thin line.