- Features - FEMALE PETROLHEADS LOVE THEIR HANDBAGS AND THEIR CARS Luxury handbags and luxury cars are "accessories" that this columnist loves equally. - Features - COMPARING CARS IS LIKE COMPARING YOUR KIDS Motoring journos compare cars the way parents compare children, and it should be done fairly in either case. - Features - SINGAPORE’S ROAD NETWORK STILL HAS ROOM TO GROW Singapore needs more roads and has the space for them. - Features - GPS-BASED ERP SHOULD BE ROLLED OUT PROMPTLY Satellite-tracked electronic road pricing (ERP) offers clear advantages over today's gantry-based system. - Features - SINGAPORE’S CAR POPULATION SHOULD BE ALLOWED TO GROW Singapore cannot afford a zero growth rate for its car population. - Features - THE LIMITATIONS OF ERP Electronic road pricing (ERP) can only do so much to minimise traffic congestion. - Features - USING A SMARTPHONE WHILE DRIVING ISN’T A SMART THING TO DO The proliferation of smartphones and other personal digital devices is a problem "behind the wheel". - Features - SMOKING WHILE DRIVING SHOULD BE AGAINST THE LAW The authorities should make it an offence for motorists to smoke while motoring. - Features - THE OFF-PEAK CAR SCHEME CAN BE BETTER Singapore's two-decade-old OPC (off-peak car) scheme can be optimised in more ways than one. - Features - Roadworks in Singapore should entail a congestion charge There are about 10,000 roadworks a year in Singapore, which has only 3500 kilometres of roads. - Features - ONLY THE WEALTHIEST WILL HAVE CARS IN SINGAPORE? Twenty years from now, only the top earners in Singapore will be able to afford cars. - Features - OVERHAUL THE COE SYSTEM ONCE AND FOR ALL This is how we would improve the COE system. - Features - SLOW HOMOLOGATION OF COE CATEGORY A CARS Since February 2014, several COE Category A models have been taking a long time to be approved by the authorities. - Features - The COE is not the most costly part of a new car purchase The COE is not a new car's biggest cost component when you factor in the running costs over 10 years. PreviousNext
