stroller is allowed, but need to be folded.. actually recently
also got an article in ST Forum. i posted the link before. next
time, SBST will print sticker and paste on windscreen.. - no Open
Stroller on bus... :)
http://www.straitstimes.com/STForum/OnlineStory/STIStory_480367.html
read through the comments given by ST forum user.. cut and paste
some comments/fact
http://www.sbstransit.com.sg/doyouknow/facts_bus.aspx#6
"Are prams/strollers allowed on
board the bus?
Yes, they are but they must be folded up when travelling on our
buses for safety reasons. In an emergency braking situation, opened
prams can pose as safety hazards to both the child within and
fellow passengers around as it can be thrown forward. As passenger
safety is important to us, we do not allow opened prams/strollers
on board our buses. "
i'm not sure if you did not or
could not/did not want to see. you obviously can't fold a
wheelchair when it is occupied by a disabled person but you can
pick up the baby and fold the stroller, which otherwise not only
takes up space (just bec the bus isn't crowded at point of boarding
doesn't mean it can't get crowded along the way - this is sg, mind
you!) but is also dangerous bec in sg there is nothing to strap the
stroller/wheelchair to a fixed point. moreover, the
wheelchair-bound person may be able to hold on to the railing next
to him/her, certainly not the baby.
Poor Driver, get paid $1,300
per month, need to drive bus, riskhimself from assault, able
provide direction to lost passengers in multi language, know
company policy at the back of his head, help passenger to carry
baby pram, reason with unreasonable PRC family... give him a
break...
I disagree with the last part in brown.
I'll break it down here so we all get a better understanding.
you obviously can't fold a
wheelchair when it is occupied by a disabled person
True.
pick up the baby and fold the
stroller
OK, let's see how many different scenarios I can make of this
one.
1: While waiting for the bus, put the baby on a seat (nearly
impossible these days with those thin metal seats) and then fold
the stroller (that requires two hands). What if, the baby rolled
off the seat? Let's not forget this is a single person we're
talking about.
You can say, ask members of the public to help. Will they? Some
Singaporeans are nice about it and may even offer without asking.
But more often than not, they're not very nice.
2: So baby cradled in one arm, stroller in the other. How is she
going to tap the card? Moreover, it's a sleeping baby - she's not
gonna tap the card while the baby's in her arms and then let the
ear-blastingly loud BEEP wake the baby?
3: Roll onboard the bus - then fold. But the driver already
disallows her from doing so.
I think things like these should be viewed on a case by case
basis. If it's a regular stepped bus like our Volvos and O405's,
then rolling a pram up is unreasonable. B10M's have no standee
space, and while the O405's have standee space, it isn't quite as
big or wide as a KUB's or B9's. So on a WAB bus that is practically
empty then I think it's OK to let prams on.
Companies should be more flexible in handling matters like
this.
And on other matters like the one where the bus was being held
up for hours due to an unreasonable passenger, that should be taken
care of in a stern and professional manner. And I don't mean free
taxi ride to shut them up. Wheelchairs are bigger than prams (I'm
comparing the 2 instances here), and even then, that's not a WAB
bus with the proper facilities. In the news picture I didn't see
said mother on wheelchair on board the bus, so I guess said PRC's
haven't actually carried said mother on.
I'd like to see them do that without actually having the wheelchair
get stuck at the turning after the doors, or without it crashing
into something.
Yeah, yeah, wheelchair has brakes, some might say, but given the
O405's 'rolly' character I'll see if it can stay straight while BC
makes a wide turn.
