Silent Complaint About the COE Prices

This is my silent complaint about the ridiculously COE price. You can call it "lor soh".

I remmember before ERP start, someone mention that they will cut the car tax. They will shift the cost of owning a car based on usage.

So many years later, EPRsss become ERPsssssssssssss. And COE price hit a new time high. The car usage price indeed is increasing, but the car price is getting higher because of COE. That piece of paper can be more expensive than a real car.

So now, the reason for higher COE price is to control the number of cars, so that it can ease the traffic.

Q: So what about ERP?
A: Errrrr, ERP is another way to ease the traffic lor.
Q??? Hmmm, ERP is not working without raising COE, so why not just raise COE at the very beginning. Build all those ERP for what ...

Q: What's next?
A: More ERP gantries so that we can monitor and control the traffic in the WHOLE Singapore island.

Q: What's next?
A: Increase the car park fee.

I just wonder, I am now paying ERP so that I can reach home in time to accompany my family for dinner. We need to pay for this, errrrr. Now, the car price is getting so high that many middle income people cannot "affort".

I suppose owning a car is only for those rich people in Singapore now.

A: If cannot own a car, there is public transport. Our public transport is considered world class.

So when more people use public transport, will it get over crowded? Will the public transport price get higher?

A: ..... If the people cannot afford a car, just use public transport. We cannot help the people to own a car.

Q: If there a promise that because of the price increase in COE, it will not affect the public transport at all?

A: .... The condition of public transport depend on usage and many other reason. Not COE. There are different thing.
Q???? ya ERP and COE are different things as well. So public transport will be affected lah, not because of COE, but because more people is using it.

"Reposition" the reason, like that I also can .....