since when the bus arrive on time or on cue/schedule anyway. I
once waited for a bus to arrive (10 mins schedule) and it took
20 mins. I am sure you have your fair share of waiting longer than
usual for the bus to arrive.
there are variables on the road like traffic accidents,
traffic jam, exigent circumstances on the bus, like
people fighting, molesting, sick, or passengers fell down the steps
and got injured and so forth. if there is an accident on
the road, there is no way the bus is meeting the
schedule. furthermore, there are manpower issues faced by
the bus company, as not many sg tend to
take up the job. what abt those drivers who are on mc and
unable to work for the day, those who took urgent leave, annual
leave and so forth. if the driver has a stomache and he has to
drive out in 5 mins time from the interchange, there is no way he
is going to do that.
why the bus drive need to adhere to the schedule so punctuality.
I feel that the driver should be given leeway to make his/her
judgement and drive according to the road conditions, not as if
telling BS to speed like F1 drivers, as some implied, hell no.
Drive according to the road conditions, and at the speed limit
given, no more, no less. driving at 10-30 km/hr seems like a
nuisance to passengers and other road users, not asking the BS to
overdrive at 70 km/hr. I believe the speed limit for bus is
between 50-60 km/hr.
if the time to arrive at the interchange is at 11.30pm, change
it to the range of 11.30pm to 11.50pm, 20 or even 30 mins time
for leeway and other circumstances.
Finally to suggest deducting pay or bonuses for BS who do not
meet the schedules, its very extreme and ridiculous as the pay for
BS is already very low and the takeup for BS it
already low by sg. if you are going to punish these and that,
who the hell will go take up the job. for those who are doing their
job well, pay them in the form of incremental increase yearlyand
giving out higher bonuses to reward them.
