bus shelter broken glass

Broken glass near bus shelters are a common scene here in Melbourne.  Especially after a long weekend and during school holidays. I drove past many bus and tram shelters last long weekend, I lost counts of the numbers of shelters/stops that looked like the picture on the left.

These smashed broken glass pose serious safety hazards to commuters and they are also very expensive to replace too.  And after replacement, these glass panels get vandalised and broken again.  It is a never ending cycle of breaking and replacing.  It’s tax payers like I that have to pay the bill.  :-(   I am sure the money can be better spent somewhere else, like in schools and hospitals.

I reckon bus shelters should be simple, just a roof and no glass panels.  This way, vandals that do not have respect over other people’s property will have less delicate things to ‘play’ with.  If they are caught vandalising these shelters, they should foot the bill.  Repeat offenders of vandalism should be caned!  This should pose as a huge deterrence to would-be vandals.

With this law in place, public utilities such as the train and bus shelters will be free of vandalism, or maybe less vandalism.

What do you think?