No exceptions when it comes to transport safety
The following letter was published in the Straits Times on 8 July 2010.
No exceptions when it comes to transport safety
Jul 8, 2010
I REFER to Mr Tan Lek Lek's letter last Friday ("Banning lorries for transport is wrong").
Essentially, if we measure a policy only by economic impact, then it would make economic sense to use lorries for public transport as well. After all, lorries can take more passengers than school buses and taxis.
The question is why safety overrides economic impact when we are talking about transporting office workers, children, executives and factory workers - while foreign labourers are exempt.
The question of practicality is important, but what the Government can do is to look at subsidies and incentives for implementing safe transport. It is up to industries and the authorities to marshal the effort and resources to come up with a solution. If we are really that concerned with safety, it should be safety for everyone, not just those who can afford it.
Tan Chui Hua (Ms)
No exceptions when it comes to transport safety
Jul 8, 2010
I REFER to Mr Tan Lek Lek's letter last Friday ("Banning lorries for transport is wrong").
Essentially, if we measure a policy only by economic impact, then it would make economic sense to use lorries for public transport as well. After all, lorries can take more passengers than school buses and taxis.
The question is why safety overrides economic impact when we are talking about transporting office workers, children, executives and factory workers - while foreign labourers are exempt.
The question of practicality is important, but what the Government can do is to look at subsidies and incentives for implementing safe transport. It is up to industries and the authorities to marshal the effort and resources to come up with a solution. If we are really that concerned with safety, it should be safety for everyone, not just those who can afford it.
Tan Chui Hua (Ms)
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