BUS' DRIVERS * Singapore - 'Lost and dangerous'
Singapore -AsiaOne, The Straits Times, by Tony Ng -Jan 31, 2009: -- Bus accidents (and incidents) seem to have been on the rise recently.
.. (Photo 1 -top- An SMRT bus carrying 20 passengers crashed into a lorry, overturning it at a junction in Clementi. Four were injured)... In a recent letter to The Straits Times forum, a reader highlighted yet another bus accident. According to the reader, the bus driver took a wrong turn and along the way, collided with a car. But not before running over a kerb... 
(Photo 2: Accident scene at the junction of Upper Thomson Road and Sin Ming Avenue. Mr Lee was flung off his bike when he collided with an SMRT bus on Dec 14, 2008. He hit the windscreen of the bus on impact, causing it to shatter)... And on Jan 24, an SMRT bus collided with a trailer in front of it. The impact was so great that several rows of seats were ripped from their bolts. The bus driver and 15 passengers were sent to the hospital...
(Photo 3: An accident involving an SMRT bus and a private bus resulted in 15 people hospitalised)... In another incident, a visually-impaired man missed his bus stop because the bus driver did not know how to speak English...
(Photo 4: The windscreen of this SMRT bus was cracked after a collision near Clementi MRT station on Dec 3, 2008. Seven bus passengers were injured and five of them were later taken to hospital. The accident involved two public buses and two cars)... As public transport ridership increases, these 'lost and dangerous' bus drivers, if not properly trained, will be a menace to their passengers and drivers on the roads... Even as we dedicate road lanes to the exclusive use of buses, it has to translate into a corresponding increase in the standard of service for public commuters... If we have to stop and consider our safety before boarding a public bus, then I'm afraid there is something wrong with our public transport system...Labels: dangerous bus drivers
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