Not only limited to 60 their acceleration also kena de-tuned by
Technician to prevent accident.What a crap reasons to save fuel.To
be exact SBST buses only 25% can exceed 60kmh while SMRT is about
40%.I hate it when 6 speed gear buses are lock till 60.At least
give till 65-70.
Believe it's not only to save fuel. It also is a rule by LTA
that buses are to only run at a maximum of 60km/h. But personally,
some services need to run so they need to go at a faster rate. I've
ever boarded 858, 965 and 969 buses going at 60km/h, and the rides
are horribly pathetic and some SLs complain they will be late for
their schedule. Safety comes first, but their timings are also
important. I see 61 buses on Sundays running like crazy just to
meet their time, and I can hear the speed limiter for the AMDEP 61
rigids going off often till the SL needs to jerk the bus.
Basically, the slow acceleration of buses can be due to fuel
saving and also the scheduling of buses. The bus companies either
give too much or too little time to the bus services. For SBS
Transit, because they've got plentiful supply of buses, most of
their services travel at a slow speed, which explain for their slow
acceleration. As for SMRT, some services go slowly to not overshoot
the timings or else the SL needs to answer. And others fly like
crazy just so that they meet the timings and so that their buses do
not get overloaded.
