View of YCK road accident
So sad, K230 is just barley nine months old and this things are
happenning.
Habit 100% must save, SMRT lack of buses and this is a habit not
a UD, which is so important to ease traffic load in the service, so
SMRT would most probably spend large sums of money into it. The
habit still not so badly damaged.
As for the K230, still got chance to save, now all the K230 is
being saaembled, spare parts should be available from the
unassembed ones from HGDEP and SC and it still have chance, maybe
go to super-long configuration
like 997A.
Sad for the first accident involving eds equipped SD from both
bus companies...sob...sob...sob
Pardon me but... Haha :D
How can it go to long configuration just like this? Stretch the
bodywork? Then let the front and back droop out of the chassis and
then when crash 'safer' cos the 'extra' sections will go to waste
immediately?
Cannot lah like this cannot...
And vehicular repairs always go by the accounting books... Its
not spend money spend money and then repair... If the repairing
cost is more than buying a new bus, then the broken vehicle is just
as good as scrap. You can see why 900K and 1110S are not salvaged
while 1118X and 1063U are repaired... Bodywork and general engine
damage are main guidelines. Filter those all can change, but buying
a new engine+buy new bodywork=better off buy a new bus...
One small tip: To a company, a bus is just a bus, a money tool,
a marketing subject. No matter if its SBS9888Y, SBS997A, TIB1224Y
or any bus, once its beyond their books (money), its 'dump' into
the bin it goes. That is the hard fact. Don't attach dear feelings
to vehicles. They will have to say goodbye one day...
