I wonder how long can three minutes be, three minutes to
accelerate away from Jln Toa Payoh, accelerate up the bridge, and
don't forget the light at junction of Whitley Rd, and this is only
500 metres.
After that, the stop at Catholic JC, ok, full load: no stop.
Finally chiong onto PIE again, zoom under the Mt Pleasant Flyover;
not to forget that Traffic Police with cameras are always there,
and then up again, towards Adam Flyover, chiong down the slope; if
all goes well and without the light, two minutes is gone. And at
65-70km/h true speed.
Along and after Eng Neo Flyover, the threshold of two and a half
minutes is up, our friend with a DAF fully loaded has only half a
minute to reach the finish line. Not to forget the speed camera; he
thinks that the bus is not fast enough...
At the Chantek Flyover at the intersection with BKE, the DAF pulls
some Gs as the bus zooms down the curve, jeopardising the
passengers' safety, and maybe some babies on board would cry. Times
up.
And when the bus reaches the slip road onto Jln Anak Bukit, the
time is already thirty-sixty seconds past three minutes, and the
driver loses the round, by the time some passengers would have
formulated out what they want to write to the poor driver's
company, SMRT...
