Lawrence Wong should do the hard way.. just ban all these PMA, PMD and PAB outright.. For handicapped, just stick to the battery operated wheelchair.
then go for buses. Let SBST, SMRT, TT and Go Ahead operate more short trips..
having more short trip bus services means ppl will think less to own cars..
10 years ago talk about being carlite, yet the infra and law does not support all these. As a result, they just get more and more. You see Punggol and Tampines alone.. the amount of PMA, PMD and PAB are so many.
It's not going to work. If it won't convince the elites to do that, it's not gonna work for the rest of the population. The point of a car is to retain absolute control over when you have it, esp when you need/want it. Not about if it's going to be green or whatever nonsense the Govt is trying to push, that's for the peasants to follow and do.
Now obviously if the head is not leading naturally the body won't follow, and ppl not blind also. Until ur ministers start taking bus regularly like normal ppl, cars will always be the prized target to hit and ppl who can afford it will cont to buy.
Carlite culture dun work here becuz as a ppl, we simply cannot stand it when unfairness is perceived. That's the Singaporean culture here, we rather 20 ppl die with us then to see 1 baby saved. It's in everything we do to a certain deg. Carlite promote sharing of resources (bus, road) in a harmonious way. Today we get as close as to almost touching a lady due to space constraint, the % of guys getting reported for ''harassment'' is close to 50% already via social media policing.
And many studies have shown that lifeforms including humans, dun work well with one another if and when space constraint become socially uncomfortable.