Alright, as you can see, the chances of rare cars showing up /
getting bought and shown ard in Singapore is low. Further more, the
amount of cars in Singapore is huge compared to be approximate 4000
public buses on the road. Also that cars are privately owned, you
can't expect us to loiter around carparks or private housings to
snoop around looking at the interior.
Why we bother about the registration numbers of buses? Simple
enough, different buses may have different gadgets onboard, or even
a whole new refurbished interior. Hence we need the registration
plate numbers to identify the particular bus(es) and check it out
ourselves. Imagine, there are a few Double Deckers with refurbished
interior and the number is like 4 out of 400 buses? Further more
the buses might not stay on the same service always, hence this is
another important factor why we bothered about that.
Registration numbers also helps us in indentifying the buses for
feedbacks, commendations etc. The most important thing is during
lost & found, when you can call back and retrieve your lost
items.
Your cited example about SFP XXX Y going on which route- Private
cars can go almost anywhere using any route, so it's no use noting
down the registration number as the chance of seeing the car might
be that only once in your lifetime, especially if the car is of
special breed and it's the one of the few around. Buses go fixed
routes and hence can be easily identified for our own cause.
I hope this will clear your doubts on our purpose of noting down
registration numbers.
