Stepping into a car of a stranger is getting very common today with
private hires all over the islands. How many parents would warn their
children, especially the girls, not to go out with strangers, not to
talk to strangers, but are willing to let their girls, wives, to enter a
car with strangers that could be just waiting for them to rob, molest
or rape them? The thought is so scary and the pain is unacceptable and
could ruin the lives of the victims. Some may even lose their lives
because of this reckless act of allowing it to happen and hoping for the
best, that all is well. It is so dangerous but allowed by the govt with
barely any controls or checks. Once in the car, the victim is totally
at the mercy of the driver. Imagine your wife or daughter is in the car
now, driven by a stranger to a secluded spot, to be molest, raped and
robbed or beaten?
The recent reports of private hires out just to molest and rape the females, not to fetch them from point A to point B, is too much to take and to think that the authority is still taking this so lightly. Never mind, only a few cases. Can you believe that is the thinking of people in charge of the safety of your loved ones? One case is too much, not talking about 15 to 18 cases a year and many went unreported.
Would the govt do something about this, NOW? Regulations is a must to protect our loved ones and the fairer sex from falling easy prey to the criminals waiting for them to step into their cars. To think that it is now so easy to prey on the females for sex with the victims unwarily and voluntarily walking into their cars that the govt allows it to happen is shocking and totally irresponsible.
Some people need a source of income. Fair. But the govt cannot say it cannot do anything about it, would not to anything about it, would not legislate it when the safety of our loved ones are at stake. At the very least the drivers must be registered and vetted before being allowed on the road to prey on the victims. It is not a fool proof solution but at least it would reduce the odds and put the potential criminals on notice that they are being watched.
The ordeals of the victims as
reported are so sickening, so hapless in the confines of a car with a
criminal wanting to harm them and there is no way to get out and no one
to help them. How can this continue to go on and the govt doing nothing
about it? Millionaires with super talents must have some brains to think
of a solution to prevent such situations to continue, immediately. Do
not wait till your loved ones are harmed to regret that you have not
done the proper thing when you could. Ok, millionaires would not exposed
their loved ones to such situations as they have their own private
vehicles to bring them around safely. It is the peasants that would be
taking the risk. Nothing to worry about, no need to rush to do anything.
The statistics said it is quite safe, only a few cases a year.
Acceptable risk. The victims just blame it on bad luck. Might as well
say the victims are willing to as they know the risk?
What do you think? How many of you think it is safe to allow your vulnerable loved ones to enter a car with an unknown stranger?
The stupidity has no cure sickness in Singaporeans is getting worse. Taking things for granted, not thinking and believing everything is safe and sound. How many of the drivers are out there waiting to pounce on the weak fairer sex that willingly walked into their cars?