Wednesday 9 July 2008

Speeds up, with new ERP gantries: LTA - 9 July 2008

Just wondering.. what were the 1st thoughts that swept across your mind when you saw this headline?

For me, I was insulted. Deeply insulted. Did LTA think I was an idiot? Any person with the most minimal brain cells can tell you that. It doesn't take a team of civil servants to do any checks or survey after the implementation. I could even have told LTA that before 7 July 2008 and made a bet of a million bucks. But of course if there was really a bet in place, I'm pretty sure the speeds would have been skewed to such that the erection of the new gantries resulted in loss of speed as the million bucks which is guaranteed to be lost would be much more than the revenue collected.

Couldn't LTA do a more meaningful research, such as surveying the outlying areas & study how traffic & lifestyles overall were affected and produce to us information that is more useful. Afterall we don't pay taxes for nothing. But then again, on 2nd thought, would I really want to read a report which will most likely be full of cover ups or excuses. Nah, forget it, save the efforts, don't waste our taxpayers' money.

Bewildered AND disillusioned.

On a lighter side, received this picture via email yesterday, for sharing, just for laughs.

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