5 Alternate Locations The New FUGLY LTA OBU Processing Unit Could Have Been Placed

5 Alternate Locations The New FUGLY LTA OBU Processing Unit Could Have Been Placed

As many of you know, the LTA machine is moving to ready “ERP 2.0”. The original IU which saw just one design revision, has been in use since 1998. This replaced the paper disc which you had to purchase in-order to enter the city area.

OneShift Editorial Team
OneShift Editorial Team
09 Sep 2020
and you can probably wait long long for a redesign for it to be part of the touchscreen...

As many of you know, the LTA machine is moving to ready “ERP 2.0”. The original IU which saw just one design revision, has been in use since 1998. This replaced the paper disc which you had to purchase in-order to enter the city area.

Fast forward to today, LTA has announced that the next-generation ERP OBUs (On-Board Units) will be installed on existing Singapore-registered vehicles in the second half of 2021. The exercise will take place over a period of 18 months.

Photo: LTA

While the new OBU is intended for the next-generation (nextgen ERP) that leverages Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS), we could not agree with how the new OBU will be installed in our cars.

Photo: LTA

While motorcycles will have a singular robust unit, owners of other vehicles will have three devices within their vehicles. An Antenna, a Touchscreen Display and a Processing Unit. while both the Antenna and Touchsceen are windscreen-mounted in the same spot where our current IUs are located, most of us I believe can live with that. However, the Processing Unit, which looks like it is for your cashcard, will take up some precious knee space for your front passenger, and it does look mighty fugly if you ask me.

Photo: LTA

Since we feel that the boffins at LTA have a thing for making our cars worse, and you can probably wait long long for a redesign for it to be part of the touchscreen, here are 5 proposed places where placing the Processing Unit could make things much better.

1 - Glove Box

Almost every car has a glove box, and it would be easier to simply mount it on a static place within the compartment, or on the side of the box itself.

2 - Small Storage Cubby Beside The Steering Wheel

Many cars have a small cubby storage beside the steering wheel. Good for holding your sunglasses, loose change or even a half-eaten 6” Subway sandwich.

3 - Behind The Infotainment Screen

If your car has one of those standing infotainment screens, we would hardly look behind them, and since it is wasted space, why not?

4 - Centre Console Storage Box

It usually is large enough to accommodate a good few things, placing it here will have it out of sight, keeping our dash neat.

See LTA, even a similar-sized packet of Ribena can fit in here.

5 - Here… Simply Because We Do Not Like It

#nextgen #ERP #LTA #OBU

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