Showing posts with label Cars and taxis. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Cars and taxis. Show all posts

Friday, March 13, 2009

Cars and taxis


There are no 'dud' cars on the roads in Singapore. The line-up in the photo shows the typical kinds of vehicles everywhere - they are always immaculate and clean. Cars are a status symbol, and people will have big mortgages to own one - even the young people. Because apartments are small, people are more likely to be 'seen' in their car than in their home - hence the importance of their vehicle.
Taxis, on the other hand, are much more 'typical-looking' as in the photo, and of course there are thousands of these. 
You do see open-back trucks carrying workers to and from work - usually without seatbelts. But you have to look pretty hard to see a plain old private vehicle anywhere - they all seem very swish!