really pity some of them, heard they didn't have anything to eat
while waiting for 14 hours.
government should at least provide them with some simple
meals.
if this carries on, i wonder which delivery driver want to
deliver foodstuff to Singapore.
Anyone who says they waited for 14 hours only is crap. I'm
utterly disgusted when i realised that they waited at least a day.
I went to talk to one of the drivers and one of them said they
waited from 9am on Tuesday (4/3/08) until 10am on Wednesday
(5/3/08) and they were still stucked in SG.
Anyway don't worry. Don't listen to people who exclaimed that they
never eat for 14 hours and above. That's not true. They have people
to help them tapao food for them to eat (obviously its their
friend, not people from our government whatsoever.). However, i saw
alot of them ended up eating maggie mee. Alot of maggie mee
wrappings were strewn on the pathways. This is pathetic. The
drivers were earning a living for their families, not on army
training. Absurd!
You guys may think its just jam only right? No. Before
barricades were set up, drivers cutting queue was a common scene.
At one junction near the Checkpoint [ (not the main juntion that
links to the causeway) Lets call this Junction A], a nicely done
grass patch was totally ruined. The trucks cut queue by driving
over the grass patch and kerb, digging up the mud as a result. The
entire area stank. At one point, a small portion of the (what you
guys call it? I can't rmbr lols.) was demolished by the trucks.
Tempers rage when drivers cut queue. On Tuesday (4/3/08), a tractor
trailer went to cut queue near Kranji MRT. One of the waiting
drivers behind got so mad that he came down and smashed the
windscreen of the truck that had cut queue. TP came to take over
the situation. At Junction A, drivers were cutting queue as well.
Drivers behind came down to confront the situation. Most of them
were indian drivers. One of them then said in Tamil "Whoever cut
queue don't ever let them cut. If they still insists, smash their
side mirrors off!". Once the trucks get moving, drivers forced
their way thru that there were barely inches to spare between the
trucks, in an attempt to force off those who cut queue.
It doesn't end there. Most of the trucks were old trucks. Old
trucks meant dirty exhaust. Yeah i mean real dirty exhaust.
Whenever the trucks started moving and trottles up, the entire
stretch of road becomes a choking hazard. The road gets covered in
thick white or black diesel fumes. At night, it looks as if theres
fog. Sad to say, those are poisionous fumes from the trucks.
I went there since Wednesday (5/3/08) morning 8am to check
out the condition. As i went further inside, so many drivers were
blaring their truck horn in frustration. For BusFans here, you know
the loudness of the K230UB horn right? The trucks' horn were twice
louder than that. Not only 1 trucks is sounding its horn. At least
4 were sounding. Imagine the noise and chaos. Imagine trucks
sounding their horn repeatedly and those toxic, thick black diesel
smoke. Its the most chaotic scene i've seen with my eyes. Even in
the night some trucks still blare their horns.
Not to forget that the length of the jam totals up to almost 4km
(estimated).
This is real chaos man. No joke.
