Falling Road Tax
I just paid my road tax and realised that the printed sum on the letter of $402 was reduced to $360 or so when I went to the website to pay. I know I’m paying less than before already. If I did not go to onemotoring.com, I would have been overcharged. Well, at least it somewhat helps to pay for two-thirds of a refuel.
Since I do not drive to JB at all, the increase in prices will not affect me directly. I have friends and colleagues who go there few times a week to pump petrol, so they will be affected.
Food prices will increase as a result of that. Lorries who transport vegetables to Singapore will have to pay more for petrol prices, and the costs will be passed to the consumers. That means that we have to pay more for the vegetables. This price increase is on top of the increase in commodities.
What I’m doing now to reduce the impact in oil hikes is to ensure I do not waste petrol. I finally removed the few bags in my car which had been there ever since I shifted to my new workplace. Excess weight adds to the fuel consumption. In a way, if you have a full tank, the weight of the petrol will mean you have to burn more petrol for that weight. However, as I do not like to be caught in the situation where I run out of petrol, I usually pump full tank.
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