Parking in URA parking lots requires the uses of parking coupons. No coupons - you get a fine.
But the parking cops do not have jurisdiction outside the specific boudaries of the URA carparks. So if you ride a motorbike and do not have coupons or there are no parking lots left, just park on the foot path next to the URA carpark and you wont get a ticket - from the URA parking attendents anyway.
If a traffic cop comes by you may get a ticket, but its not likely as they dont look for stuff around the URA carparks.
Tuesday, May 1, 2007
Sunday, March 11, 2007
What the....?
Well the Singapore Traffic Police took some of the vigilante's advice and sent out a patorl car (a WRX no less) to one of the spots they were told was pretty dodgy. The crazy thing is that the WRX sits on the top of the hill with his lights flasshing so everyone can see him - that's not the problem - the problem is that the drivers get out of the emergency lane when they see him and once past him and over the hill they jump straight back in the emergency lane.
I know the police dont want to be seen as handing out fines for the fun of it like they do in many other countries. But just being seen doesnt stop people doing the 'crime'. They need to start handing out tickets and hitting Singaporeans where they hurt the most - the wallet. A small fine will stop these bozos for months and then the cops will have to come out and book a few more again. It doesnt stop just because the police say it should. Singaporeans are not draft horses being lead around by the nose anymore.
I know the police dont want to be seen as handing out fines for the fun of it like they do in many other countries. But just being seen doesnt stop people doing the 'crime'. They need to start handing out tickets and hitting Singaporeans where they hurt the most - the wallet. A small fine will stop these bozos for months and then the cops will have to come out and book a few more again. It doesnt stop just because the police say it should. Singaporeans are not draft horses being lead around by the nose anymore.
Saturday, February 10, 2007
Singapore Traffic Police Seek Vigilantes
I sent an email to the LTa the other day telling them of some serious traffic hot spots near where I live and on the way to my work. I suggested they should come out and police these things a little and people would stop them straight away. Things like running red lights and driving up the hard shoulder when the traffic gets a little busy.
It took about 10 days but eventually I got a reply and it was along the lines of:
"In these instances please record the details of the offenders and send them to the Singapore Traffic Plice and we will investigate accordingly."
Of course I could not hesitate but to send an email back telling the writer (a Traffic Police employee) that he was asking me to go out and become a traffic cop. For me to go out and record traffic infringements and report them to the police for prosecution. In other words, for me to go out and do their job for them.
I was quite surprised that these guys would respond with ideas on how I should go out and do their job for them but told them I would not be doing it and as a tax payer I expected them to do their job.
The best part was that it was only a few days later that the official accident statistics for 2006 were released and the number of minor accidents has sky rocketed in Singapore in the last 12mths. It is all because the Traffic Police do not really make their presence known - and now they are asking the public to do their job for them. Shame on them I say...
It took about 10 days but eventually I got a reply and it was along the lines of:
"In these instances please record the details of the offenders and send them to the Singapore Traffic Plice and we will investigate accordingly."
Of course I could not hesitate but to send an email back telling the writer (a Traffic Police employee) that he was asking me to go out and become a traffic cop. For me to go out and record traffic infringements and report them to the police for prosecution. In other words, for me to go out and do their job for them.
I was quite surprised that these guys would respond with ideas on how I should go out and do their job for them but told them I would not be doing it and as a tax payer I expected them to do their job.
The best part was that it was only a few days later that the official accident statistics for 2006 were released and the number of minor accidents has sky rocketed in Singapore in the last 12mths. It is all because the Traffic Police do not really make their presence known - and now they are asking the public to do their job for them. Shame on them I say...
Saturday, January 27, 2007
Mountain biking in Singapore
I moved here 7yrs ago and got into mtn biking about 4yrs ago and it was only abt a year that I found some of the single track that Singapore has to offer. We are still fining more and more and the bigest problem with them is that these tracks are officially off limits to bikes.
Anyway, I have an idea to create a single track that run the circumference of the Singapore catchment area. I'm guessing this would be a 40km ride - enough to create an Epic ride.
Does anyone have any idea of where some trackes might be?
Does anyone know what sort of barriers we might come up with when trying to arrange an Epic Race for Singapore
Anyway, I have an idea to create a single track that run the circumference of the Singapore catchment area. I'm guessing this would be a 40km ride - enough to create an Epic ride.
Does anyone have any idea of where some trackes might be?
Does anyone know what sort of barriers we might come up with when trying to arrange an Epic Race for Singapore
Thursday, January 25, 2007
Malaysia's Motorcycle Hoodlums
Anyone been to Malaysia lately? Anyone been out driving (or even in a taxi) after about 8pm at night in KL or any of the big towns? That's where and when you'll find these clowns that are constantly looking for a way to die fast.
I have ridden a motorcycle for 20years and I still ride too fast in and out of the traffic but these clowns are beyond stupid. They are inexperienced, inconsiderate, incapable, lazy motorbike riders with a death wish. Some of them may actually be decent racers if they got on a track, but they take their races to the streets while everyone else is still using them and that's where the biggest part of this problem is. They dont care about anyone else, and hate anyone stopping them having the fun.
The problem is they are now getting to be so common they are regularly putting other people's lives at risk. Because of this they know they are unliked where ever they go and as such they are becoming thugs and gang members to protect their dumb behaviour.
I had a recent run in with two of these clowns while driving a car in Shah Alam and the simple act of me honking my horn as they nearly rode under my bumber bar at 80km/h thru a round-about was enough for them to decide they should work out how to 'attack' me. They waited for me at the next lights where I had nowhere to go because of traffic and a large traffic island and they kicked the side of my car three or four times. I got out of the car to chase them but of course they rode off in their infinite bravery.
The biggest problem for me was that I know at that very point in time I would have happily run these two idiots over in my car and made sure I killed or maimed them - with a preference to maiming. I dont really care about the dent in my car - it came out easily enough - but what if I had been in a position to chase them and knock them off their bikes? I would have done it and at some point would have regretted it.
What if my wife or kids had been in the car?
The issue for me is that they brought me to this state and I hated myself for feeling like this. These monkeys may not have a deathwish, but they are truly too stupid to know how close to death they come on a daily basis. Or maybe they do and that is what excites them - if it is then they are truly dumber than I thought.
When one of their mates dies in an accident - and it happens all the time - they put it down to a crazy motorist getting in their way. That's why they hate the other road users so much. And why they happily beat the crap out of small town cops when they are confronted.
The solution has to be in the adequate policing and convicting of these hooligans. If you start a riot in Malaysia you will likely be hanged for sedition - this is another form of public nuisance that should be considered almost as harshly. These idiots need to be shut down.
Right now it is DON'T Visit Malaysia Year 2007 for me and that's a problem because my wife is Malaysian!
I have ridden a motorcycle for 20years and I still ride too fast in and out of the traffic but these clowns are beyond stupid. They are inexperienced, inconsiderate, incapable, lazy motorbike riders with a death wish. Some of them may actually be decent racers if they got on a track, but they take their races to the streets while everyone else is still using them and that's where the biggest part of this problem is. They dont care about anyone else, and hate anyone stopping them having the fun.
The problem is they are now getting to be so common they are regularly putting other people's lives at risk. Because of this they know they are unliked where ever they go and as such they are becoming thugs and gang members to protect their dumb behaviour.
I had a recent run in with two of these clowns while driving a car in Shah Alam and the simple act of me honking my horn as they nearly rode under my bumber bar at 80km/h thru a round-about was enough for them to decide they should work out how to 'attack' me. They waited for me at the next lights where I had nowhere to go because of traffic and a large traffic island and they kicked the side of my car three or four times. I got out of the car to chase them but of course they rode off in their infinite bravery.
The biggest problem for me was that I know at that very point in time I would have happily run these two idiots over in my car and made sure I killed or maimed them - with a preference to maiming. I dont really care about the dent in my car - it came out easily enough - but what if I had been in a position to chase them and knock them off their bikes? I would have done it and at some point would have regretted it.
What if my wife or kids had been in the car?
The issue for me is that they brought me to this state and I hated myself for feeling like this. These monkeys may not have a deathwish, but they are truly too stupid to know how close to death they come on a daily basis. Or maybe they do and that is what excites them - if it is then they are truly dumber than I thought.
When one of their mates dies in an accident - and it happens all the time - they put it down to a crazy motorist getting in their way. That's why they hate the other road users so much. And why they happily beat the crap out of small town cops when they are confronted.
The solution has to be in the adequate policing and convicting of these hooligans. If you start a riot in Malaysia you will likely be hanged for sedition - this is another form of public nuisance that should be considered almost as harshly. These idiots need to be shut down.
Right now it is DON'T Visit Malaysia Year 2007 for me and that's a problem because my wife is Malaysian!
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