why there were so many bus crashes

[leetahbar]

Bus crash after bus crash after bus crash. Why?
Is recent spate of accidents a coincidence? Possible, say experts, who caution: Don't generalise
By Lediati Tan

May 18, 2010




Public buses seem to be in the headlines for all the wrong reasons lately.

Is the recent spate of bus accidents a coincidence?

Or could it be that drivers are under greater pressure to keep to tighter schedules?

Though there are no figures to show a rising trend of accidents involving buses, netizens have voiced concerns about drivers' safety standards.

National Safety Council of Singapore president Tan Jin Thong is also concerned.

Mr Tan said that it was unlikely the accidents would have been the result of defective buses because both SMRT and SBS Transit send their buses for stringent safety checks often.

He added that there were other factors that could affect safety standards on buses, such as a driver's experience and tight bus schedules.

But Associate Professor Chin Hoong Chor, who specialises in transportation at the National University of Singapore, said it was premature to infer a trend from recent accidents.

"Accidents are rather rare events and in most accidents there are multiple factors that cause the accident."

 

[leetahbar]

how many of you realise that now your public bus driver is a PRC?

one day i boarded a sbs bus which was almost vacant except me and the driver. so we chatted...

PRC xiamen dirver: lao xiong (old brother), ur gahmen must treat us well...

me: huh? what u mean?

PRC: they must provide us with good pay and a good place to stay. but most importantly, they must give us a good bed and allow us to sleep well. if not, all the lives in the bus we are driving are in jeopardy....

me: wow, li kong simi?? what jeopardy?? (cold sweat breaking out)

PRC: if we don't sleep well....or happy, we might just ram the bus and we shall see who suffer a great loss. (he smirked. then broke out into hysterical laughter.)

great! i was in alone in a bus driven by a psycho PRC.

ding-dong!! next bus stop, i alighted - better be safe than sorry.

 

[leetahbar]

there! probably one of the reasons bus crashes are so often now.

PRC geges didn't have enough of their beauty sleep. pls observe facial expression of bus driver when u board the next bus. if he looks drowsy or panda-eyed, better skip and wait for the next bus.

BETTER BE SAFE THAN SORRY!

 

[Watchman]

 

[ahleebabasingaporethief]

Many of these FOREIGN DRIVERS were conned into taking their jobs.

They were promised what they thought was a FANTASTIC PAY 4-5 times what they earned at home.

When they came here, they found to their HORROR that the COST OF LIVING in Singapore is 10-20 times HIGHER than home.....and they could not survive.

So many crash their buses in the hope of an escape clause from their contracts.

This is what I heard from my Binjai bak kut teh store.
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[leetahbar]

next prc ge ge might be demanding for a good BONK to go with the bed of good nite sleep.:p he desperately needs "release" after a stressful day.

 

[eQuipment]

ah-tiong bust driver cant read english, so they dont know what contract they sign. then when they're told about the T&C of the contract, they faster go langa, so they can be sacked from their jobs.

 

[fukyuman]

These bus drivers really crazy. Move across 2 lanes and move back just to overtake. One was chasing me no matter how fast I go. Maybe next time they get lucky and run over some elites.

 

[leetahbar]

some of the prc bus drivers are more suited for driving a train or upgrade themselves to tbe F1:o

 

[scoobyhoo]

if the bus company is enpowered of administering caning on buttocks of those drivers who have bus accidents, this can solve the problem of increasing bus accident.

 

[Char_Azn]

How come his name card has a pen written number on it. Did he created a name card and forgot to print his phone number?

 

[kelingkia]

How come his name card has a pen written number on it. Did he created a name card and forgot to print his phone number?

 

[leetahbar]

obviously, my pet snake misses me very much.

 

[leetahbar]

great romance in bus between mei mei & ge ge!!

this is just great!!

now we get to listen to real life romancing of prc mei mei and bus ge ge when she boards his bus. wow!! happening!!

 

[NancyKwan]

Bob Sim Kheng Hwee aka leetahbar of Blk 171 Stirling Rd,

You want ppl to believe a compulsive liar's story?

You are not a coward smearing your dad in this forum knowing that he is not here to defend himself?

Why don't you tell all the folks here when did all these domestic trouble started? Of coz you dare not.

As a coward, you dare not tell us the true that it all started when you became jobless. Why were you sacked and then refuses to get another job thereafter? I can fully understand your dad frustration and disappointment with a jobless bum like you.

Which parents wouldn't if their son is a 50+yr old unmarried jobless bum like you, refusing to find work but instead laze around the house surfing the net and keep asking money from them. Why don't you tell us the real truth that the frequent quarrels you have with your dad is over his nagging at you to get a job?

Why must your elderly parents support you, a healthy 50+ yr old man? Yes you are diabetic, but that shouldn't stop you from finding a appropriate job, as it has never stop you from going around the island to watch getai shows and attend the 7mth dinner right?

It does not stop you from buying 4d and toto almost every weekend queuing for hours right? And where did you get the money to buy 4d and toto? Your dad did the right thing to nag you about finding a job to feed yourself and contribute to the household expenses instead of leeching on both your elderly parents.

Yes, you dad's words may be unkind and blunt at times, but you not a kid, you are a 50+ yr old man, so you should not feel hurt, but should be ashame of yourself.

Instead you get angry and quarrel with your dad day in and out, turning once a peaceful household into a "hell hold", causing great disturbance to your neighbours.

You truly have no shame at all, smearing your dad here and try to paint yourself as a saint, when it is actually you who is the tyrant in your household.:oIo:

 

[QXD]