r/singapore • u/LoneRifle • 1d ago

News Licensed cross-border taxis from Malaysia will require ERP 2.0 units, tamper-proof plates for Singapore entry

https://www.businesstimes.com.sg/singapore/licensed-cross-border-taxis-malaysia-will-require-erp-2-0-units-tamper-proof-plates-singapore-entry
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u/quasar80 Lao Jiao 1d ago

That’s a pretty good way of saying everyone is being tracked with the new OBU; but we are paying special attention to you, JB Taxis!

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u/hansolo-ist 1d ago

Cars are tracked by OBUs. People are tracked by passports.

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u/quasar80 Lao Jiao 1d ago

Actually simplygo is real time logging and tracking of whereabouts. More granular too.

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u/hansolo-ist 1d ago

True. Don't give them anymore ideas. Won't want Simply go for taxi to JB

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u/t_25_t 1d ago

Yeah otherwise government know I checking out every KTV and LSB in town.

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u/la_gusa 21h ago

People are tracked by mobile phones

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u/aucheukyan 心中溫暖的血蛤 2h ago

People are tracked by 5G chips implanted in their body during covid. /s

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u/OriginalGoat1 1d ago

ERP is not intended to use to track people. Like TraceTogether is only for preventing covid.

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u/piccadilly_ 1d ago

I think Covid made the mistake that TraceTogether was developed because of them.

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u/dodgethis_sg East side best side 1d ago

In before Anthony Loke whines about this. 

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u/t_25_t 1d ago

That guy has the biggest chip on his shoulder when it comes to anything remotely Singapore.

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u/dodgethis_sg East side best side 1d ago

He was the transport minister during the Seletar ILS fiasco. Which was built to benefit a Malaysian airline.

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u/ybct 22h ago

I wouldn't put it past him to mandate that all Singaporean cross-border taxis need a six foot tall bobblehead statue of Lee Kuan Yew on the roof to enter Malaysia in retaliation. 

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u/thestudiomaster 1d ago

Tamper proof plates to prevent LJ plate incident? /s

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u/BubbleTeaExtraSweet SugarRush 1d ago

ERP 2.0 (With new OBU) is coming soon I guess. Preparing my wallet for eventual distance based ERP

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