Picanto 3rd Gear February 7, 2009 Author Share February 7, 2009 Actually reduction of road tax or abolishing it may help the car industry to a certain extent. Like what they mentioned earlier, ERP will be the one used eventually to "tax" you. Regards, it will help the car industry, but the revenue loss is a lot. this will result in a win-lose situation for LTA. you think they will agree? ↡ Advertisement Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snowbell Neutral Newbie February 7, 2009 Share February 7, 2009 then when the roads are in bad condition,wif bumps and potholes,they say no road tax,no $ to maintain the roads conditions. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigg 1st Gear February 7, 2009 Share February 7, 2009 you know the rules, and so do i.. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irenee Neutral Newbie February 8, 2009 Share February 8, 2009 Actually reduction of road tax or abolishing it may help the car industry to a certain extent. Like what they mentioned earlier, ERP will be the one used eventually to "tax" you. Regards, Agree Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phang79 Neutral Newbie February 8, 2009 Share February 8, 2009 What's wrong with those OPC owners asking for half day $10? If it happen, what's next? Ask for hourly coupons? Please do not ask for the sky. Do ya maths, if it's not worth to get $17k rebate upfront, and $800 road tax rebate annually, covert back to normal plate. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Picanto 3rd Gear February 9, 2009 Author Share February 9, 2009 What's wrong with those OPC owners asking for half day $10? If it happen, what's next? Ask for hourly coupons? Please do not ask for the sky. Do ya maths, if it's not worth to get $17k rebate upfront, and $800 road tax rebate annually, covert back to normal plate. dun worry. unlikely to happen. any OPC changes will result in normal plate car owners being unhappy. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Friendstar Supercharged February 9, 2009 Share February 9, 2009 Just keep the OPC scheme as it is. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mcf777 Turbocharged February 9, 2009 Share February 9, 2009 Half day coupon for S$10? Then the OPC rebate will also drop to S$8.5K (instead of S$17K) Why make things so messy? 1 category is more than enough Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quirky_ster Clutched February 9, 2009 Share February 9, 2009 The best that they can do is give 30 mins stretch at start and stop... that is.. 7.30am till 6.30pm.. that will be good enough. These days most companies are on 5 day work week... so instead of full day Saturday... a 1pm Saturday will do... Just dream'in... the best we can have these days.. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Friendstar Supercharged February 9, 2009 Share February 9, 2009 by doing 7.30am, opc will be contributing to the morning peak jam, then it defeats the purpose of Off-Peak scheme. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unltd 5th Gear February 9, 2009 Share February 9, 2009 by doing 7.30am, opc will be contributing to the morning peak jam, then it defeats the purpose of Off-Peak scheme. Peak hours have changed, thus if there is a need to revise the Off-Peak scheme. I would think the Peak hours for weekdays should be longer, start earlier and end later. Only then should Sat be revised to Off-Peak. Being fair about the issue of Off-Peak is key. If they allow Off-Peak to start later on weekdays and end earlier, the jams would be far worse than what we currently face. This only contributes to jams and more jams during morning rush hour and evening peak hours. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quirky_ster Clutched February 9, 2009 Share February 9, 2009 This reminds me on how I was caught in a traffic one evening along PIE from Adam Road to Tampines... I've been transitting from Tampines to Woodlands in the morning and W'land to Tampines in the evening. Always cruising at 90km/h... never been to crawling traffic. Yeap.. there's really a lot of cars these days on the road... I was just thinking that, if it's stretch to 7.30am, then I can use my OPC car to send the children in the morning and be back by 7.15am.. and then pick up the wife from school in the evening at 6.45pm. Normal car use for work... Well.. ok, seems like did not see the big picture.. then I agreed.. make it 6am till 8pm... BUT Saturday declared as off-peak day!.. So my normal car can rest on the weekends.. Changing dreams ... another thing that can be had for free... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tjkbeluga 5th Gear February 9, 2009 Share February 9, 2009 I think slide the timing to between 7:30 am to 7:30 pm will reduce the jam... every morning when I drive to work before 7, it's jammed due to school bus and parents faring kids to school. Knock off at 7 pm, if drive off at exactly 7 pm also, PIE, CTE, KPE jam like hell. Usually if I drive off at 7:30 pm, the jam is much lesser. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wt_know Hypersonic February 9, 2009 Share February 9, 2009 haha. this is a good one. you think you know something that the gov don't already know Half day coupon good idea? Not for LTA. Go to work at 9am. Pay $10. Leave at 7pm. No need to pay. You just halved your cost. You think LTA doesn't know? LTA has slowly reduced ARF and road tax in the past few years. Plus the lower COE, there's fewer and fewer reasons to choose OPC cars now. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zxcvb Turbocharged February 9, 2009 Share February 9, 2009 Pls do not change the timing of the OPC, i find the system a perfect fit for me. i drive everyday to work. i work at night one. sui sui!! saturday full day or not doesn't concern me, i still gotta work in the night. you ppl work day time but drive opc car dun disturb ppl like us work graveyard shift one ah.. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Friendstar Supercharged February 9, 2009 Share February 9, 2009 (edited) This reminds me on how I was caught in a traffic one evening along PIE from Adam Road to Tampines... I've been transitting from Tampines to Woodlands in the morning and W'land to Tampines in the evening. Always cruising at 90km/h... never been to crawling traffic. Yeap.. there's really a lot of cars these days on the road... I was just thinking that, if it's stretch to 7.30am, then I can use my OPC car to send the children in the morning and be back by 7.15am.. and then pick up the wife from school in the evening at 6.45pm. Normal car use for work... Well.. ok, seems like did not see the big picture.. then I agreed.. make it 6am till 8pm... BUT Saturday declared as off-peak day!.. So my normal car can rest on the weekends.. Changing dreams ... another thing that can be had for free... yes yes everything that u've written makes absolute sense, but only for yourself. the bigger picture is about the whole motorist community. if they declare saturday off peak... then motorists who use the east coast parks etc in the morning will have to compete with u for lots. they complain and the cycle repeats. what about the motorists who go for morning breakfast at popular food centres like bedok interchange? they'll detest seeing more OPC in the carpark, competing with them for lots. How is LTA goign to convince them when they don't enjoy the same 17k rebate? so LTA will sure think, why change a system which everyone is used to? but yep, i understand that dreaming is free. Edited February 9, 2009 by Friendstar Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jsf777 1st Gear February 9, 2009 Share February 9, 2009 encourage more traffic on the road? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Friendstar Supercharged February 9, 2009 Share February 9, 2009 personally for me, i don't understand why buy OPC when u can buy a much smaller 2nd hand car. there are people who really need OPC, but most OPC people don't need. for instance, why choose vios OPC when the amount can buy a new picanto? road tax of picanto is surely manageable at $400. its only the subtle differences like boot space etc, but how many of us need the boot space on a daily basis? if u talk about engine performance and branding, then i rest my case. ↡ Advertisement Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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