The Punishment Of Fare Cheats

last SG · 2005-10-19T02:21:40+00:00

like that one, sqeeze every penny out of u thats why year after year got profits then people ask why gahmen no intervene then gahmen say its private coomp...

leon_lai89 SG

on the spot penalty for underpayment or non payment $20. on the spot penalty for abusing concession cars $50.if u dispute the penalty, you can appeal to the Public Transport Council (PTC). if the PTC says pay up but u still refuse it goes up to $500. if still refuse you can be hauled to court. first time offendes $1000. repeated offenders faces up to $2000 fine or 6 months jail or both.

mr yeo cheow tong :" i dont see people who are aspiring to come to parliament (as) the types who are going to cheat on 20 cents bus fare. im sure mr chiam doesnt do that too"

mr chiam see tong: "i would take objection to the minister being so personal to point to me to ask me whether i would cheat on 10 cents or 20 cents. i think its very unbecoming of him as a minister"

Mr Fugue SG

Wow!!

what heinous sin!! Laughing

Xcert SG

cannot blame him...he where got take bus one? Rolling Eyes Laughing Mr. Green

leon_lai89 SG

damn bus fare so ex he still say 20 cents farking. 20 cents also not money ar

shade343 SG

How come minister can make fun of MPs? What is the Speaker of Parliament doing?

Mr Fugue SG

bean stalks burning a pot of beans. Laughing

Mr Soh SG

nomood SG

ya lor. my sentiments exactly.

horrible.

nanren4ever SG

of course can mah…different party one what, so can ‘suan’

nomood SG

uh so like, hence the question, what's the speaker there for?

sit down and watch them suan each other?

lighthand SG

Is this the topic on the killing a fly with a 10 pound hammer aka fare cheats?

SMAPLionHeart SG

Im surprised , with this comment , mr yeo made himself worth a 20cent bus fare

cornyfish2000 SG

Since they wanna punish people who underpay their fare, they should punish SBS whenever they overcharge with their bloody ez-link system.

May I propose that everytime an overcharging incident is discovered, SBS is fined $500 and this money shall go to the passenger who kenna overcharged.

Alternatively, we can make the SBS CEO take responsibility whenever overcharging occurs. For each overcharging incident discovered, the CEO shall be awarded a 1-day jail term. I think this will really make him wake up his farking idea and to try his best to stop this overcharging nonsense. Mad

Goondu74 SG

Sorry SBS doesnt own the EZ-link system, if you get overcharged and approach any SBS or SMRT office, they will tell you to please proceed to the ez-link office.

The going to jail for fare evading has been played up by the media, as with any offence in Singapore (even the non-payment of a $8 motorcycle fine) will result in you going to jail, that is the only after all avenues have been exhausted and you still dun pay up.

hisoka SG

correct but please note that SBS and the mrt decide unilaterally to adopt the ezlink forcing us to use it so even if they are not owners they are responsible for it especially since they chose it

cornyfish2000 SG

Ok, let's punish the ez-link folks then.

The thing is, they know full well that nobody is going to go all the way to the ezlink office to seek a 60 cents refund when they have been overcharged.. and honestly, how many people who got overcharged actually realise it?

Hence the need for a harsh deterrent, just like the one for fare cheats.

Goondu74 SG

I think the main issue here is intention, overcharging only happens when the bus system readers misreads fare stage info from the bus stops. SBS have no intention to cheat. Where else fare evaders are intentionally trying to beat the system. SBS will not go to such lengths if there were no evaders in the first place, chicken and egg problem in my opinion.

NuLife SG

thumbs up for that Very Happy

FireIce SG

so why use a flawed system?

then later give excuses......technical fault.....software bug..........

NuLife SG

Well done.

Fine $2000 for fare cheat.
Wanna add Caning for chewing gum???
Wanna add Jail term for Jaywalking???

Well done PAP.
You had just shown the world
how you 'think' and 'treat' ur citizens, again.
Well done.
Very Happy