I am one of many 'victims' unfairly fined $130 under new 'give way to bus' rule
STOMPer BlackRose was shocked to get a $130 fine for not giving way to buses, as she did not know such a scheme had been implemented. The STOMPer elaborates:
¡°I have been noticing many yellow banners near areas with bus-stops, saying ¡®Mandatory Give Way to Buses¡¯ so I thought it was a campaign.
¡°This was until I received a letter from LTA asking me to pay $130 fine for not giving way to the bus.
¡°They added that they will show me the evidence. They had still photos.
¡°What can still photos prove in scenarios like that?
¡°I was expecting them to show a video clip and we can establish the benchmark of ¡®Give Way¡¯ but they tried to close my case with still photos.
¡°I then checked out the internet and LTA said that it has distributed 600,000 brochures to all registered car owners and companies. I did not receive any!
¡°My trip down to LTA was an ¡®eye opener¡¯. There were many ¡®victims of this new scheme¡¯ queuing up to pay for the same offence.
¡°I was positive that many drivers were unfamiliar to this new rule and probably thought they were summoned for speeding.
¡°I seemingly heard someone speaking to an officer over the counter and he said, ¡®I didn¡¯t know there is such a rule for buses.¡¯ The officer replied, ¡®Never mind, now you pay you know.¡¯
¡°What is the definition of giving way when approaching the yellow box with an arrow? Must we always come to a complete halt when there is a bus in the bus bay?
¡°And if the bus is about to move off and somebody comes running to the bus, does that mean I have to wait for that passenger as well?
¡°Since this is a new scheme, many of us are unaware, so why must the fine be that heavy? There is inadequate public education on this.
¡°If they insist that $130 is necessary to enforce this rule, shouldn¡¯t we receive a warning letter first?¡±
Bro ff, it's the road tat leads to Bt. Batok road, near Teck Whye. Tat stretch very congested in e morning, hence the yellow box there. Basically don stop in e box and look out for buses coming out from there. Now I try to look out for buses coming out fm bus-stop whether got box or not cos I don wana remember whr got box whr don have. $130 bery hard to make ah...
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Bro ff, it's the road tat leads to Bt. Batok road, near Teck Whye. Tat stretch very congested in e morning, hence the yellow box there. Basically don stop in e box and look out for buses coming out from there. Now I try to look out for buses coming out fm bus-stop whether got box or not cos I don wana remember whr got box whr don have. $130 bery hard to make ah...
oh so i was correct to say it's Old Choa Chu kang Rd leading to Bt Batok Rd
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