A Letter from TODAY on 27/2/2006
I bought a goods vehicle in my name in January 2002 for my
business. In July 2002, the rules were changed and the Land
Transport Authority (LTA) required goods vehicles to be registered
under a company's name.
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Recently, the LTA required the details of ownership of light goods
vehicles to be displayed on the side panel of the vehicle.
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Last month, I had to send my vehicle for inspection, and was told
if this was not complied with, it would fail the inspection and the
road tax would not be renewed.
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I offered to have my business details displayed instead, but this
was declined.
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So I had no choice but to have my name, address and NRIC number for
all to see.
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My banks have since cancelled two of my credit cards due to the
cards "being compromised". I do not know if these incidents were
related to the information revealed on the van, but I do
wonder.
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Meanwhile, I wrote to the LTA to appeal. Eventually I was told that
the new requirement only applied to vans registered after July
2002.
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The over-zealous officers at the inspection centre who
misinterpreted the rules were apparently at fault.
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