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\n Most bus passengers know how annoying it is when a fellow commuter blasts music or has a loud conversation on speakerphone.\n <\/p>\n
\n Now in Singapore, bus passengers could be fined hundreds of dollars for doing just that.\n <\/p>\n
\n It\u2019s part of a crackdown on \u201cdisruptive\u201d behavior on public buses in the Asian city-state, with fines of up to 5,000 Singapore dollars (SGD), or about $3,900, for those who break the rules.\n <\/p>\n
\n Passengers who cause \u201cannoyance\u201d to others by placing their feet on seats, playing audio at loud volumes, littering, eating or drinking on the bus could be fined up to 500 SGD ($390), according to a statement by the Land Transport Authority (LTA),<\/strong> which oversees public transit in Singapore.\n <\/p>\n \n Serious offenses like causing danger to fellow commuters or \u201cthe soiling of any part\u201d of a bus or other transit infrastructure carry a maximum penalty of 5,000 SGD.\n <\/p>\n \n \u201cPublic transport is a shared space, and every commuter has a part to play in ensuring a gracious and pleasant commuting environment,\u201d said the statement from the LTA.\n <\/p>\n \n The new penalties align with pre-existing rules on Singapore\u2019s subway system.\n <\/p>\n \n Unlike major US cities like New York, transit systems in Asia are largely known for their cleanliness, order and efficiency, and bans on drinking, eating and playing music on board are common. In Japan, for example, even chatting with fellow commuters is considered rude.\n <\/p>\n \n Singapore, known for its strict laws to enforce public cleanliness, is not alone in its efforts to create a more peaceful commute.\n <\/p>\n \n The issue has become particularly pronounced in London, where last year authorities launched an etiquette campaign to urge passengers to use headphones while riding the tube. Around 70% of London transit users said they found it disruptive when commuters played loud music or spoke on the phone loudly without headphones \u2014 a practice some have nicknamed \u201cbare beating\u201d<\/a> \u2014 according to a poll <\/a>commissioned last year by Transport for London.\n <\/p>\n \n Public transit operators in cities including Beijing, Krak\u00f3w and Toronto have banned playing loud audio without headphones, though enforcement varies.\n <\/p>\n \n While some disorderly commuters may walk away with a verbal warning, others have had to \u201cface the music\u201d for their annoying behavior.\n <\/p>\n \n In February 2025, a man in France was fined $200 for taking a loud phone call<\/a> on speaker while in a train station after he refused to turn the speaker off.\n <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n Most bus passengers know how annoying it is when a fellow commuter blasts music or has a loud conversation on speakerphone. Now in Singapore, bus…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":87229,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2611],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-87228","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-buzz-headlines","wpcat-2611-id"],"brizy_media":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87228","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=87228"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87228\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/87229"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=87228"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=87228"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=87228"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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