Though the ERP is to 'sooth morning traffic', but it also makes drivers broke by $2 - $15 when they have to travel within the ERP Zones. To give credit, i must say, that it does sooth morning traffic to a certain extend.
People are smarter too. They leave for work earlier to avoid the ERP at 7am. So, they leave for work at 6am.
I'm seriously just waiting for that 'one fine day' that we are told that ERP will start at 6am, because the jams start from 6am, because people jam the expressways so that they can beat the ERP at 7am. Grrrrllll....
Imagine if ERP expands its territory to the waters and the air.
I'd be inclined to turn vegan, instead of my current state of pseudo-vegan. Because fishermen do not want to come in to Singapore to deliver their fishes, Jurong Fishery Port will feel empty, the wet markets will smell only meaty, because there's no fish for sale. Even if there is, Fish will be such a sought-after commodity that people will pay $50/kg for it. And i'm just talking about the normal Ikan Tinggi. (Abalone is like a rarity) Ahhhh.... Nooooo!!!!
Imagine that ERP is in the air...Airplanes will refuse to fly into Singapore Airways. In the air also kena ERP. I can imagine other airlines doing this: Fly from Australia to America. Only fly from Aust to Japan-Transit to America. Cannot direct flight because will past by the Airway in Singapore. I can't imagine how much the ERP will be...
During National Day, no more performances in the air. Fighter jets will only be 'vases' stationery on land for people to see. The moment they fly, they have to pay ERP. Parachuters also have to pay ERP the moment they just off the plane (they must also pay ERP). So imagine them having a cash card terminal strapped on them and that totally annoying "Beep" that tells u that your cashcard is being debited.
Thankfully, this is only my imagination. I still love Singapore, because it's my home.
But still, ERP is not and will never be something that i will love about my homeland.
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