Self-Entitled Man Scolds SBS Bus Driver For Driving Too Slow Despite Passengers’ Attempts To Cool Him Down

Boon Hun

2019-01-15 , 1:42 pm

I‘m pretty sure you’ve been through this before.

You get onto a bus, you might be running late for an appointment or just can’t wait to get home

But the bus is moving so damn slowly.

In Fact, This Has Happened in S’pore Before

And it went pretty viral online.

So viral that we just had to write about it.

To put a long story short, man finds bus driving slowly.

So man complained about it online & how he “schooled” the driver into driving faster.

Man get schooled online for not knowing how the public bus service in Singapore works.

If you want to know more, you can read the article here.

But It Appears He’s Not The Only One That Doesn’t Know About Bus Services in S’pore

Because a passenger once again hit the internet headlines for losing control over a slow bus.

This time on bus service 156.

On 12 Jan at about 10 am, a man was caught on video ranting at a bus driver on bus service 156.

The passenger was pointing his mobile phone at the bus driver, presumably intending to capture the entire incident and post it online.

Unfortunately (or fortunately) for him, another person was filming him filming and scold the bus captain.

Why Are You Driving So Slowly?

The video started with the driver asking a boy in a blue bag to explain to the man in English.

The young boy moved away after trying to explain, presumably afraid.

The driver then enlisted the help of another man dressed in stripes.

The bus had allegedly arrived at the bus stop two minutes ahead of schedule, which was why the bus driver had to drive slowly to keep to the schedule.

A voice could be heard trying to pacify the irate passenger, “Buses run on a tight schedule. They can’t be faster, they can’t be slower.”

Refused To Calm Down

However, the passenger refused to be calm down and asked the bus driver to get back into his seat and drive.

“Can you hurry up and drive or not. How much of time do you want to waste?”

When the man (in stripes) attempted to further explain the situation to the man, he refused to listen to explanations.

“Yes, but it is rubbish. You know he’s driving at 20 kilometres per hour.”

“It’s bad for the bus you know. It’s bad for himself and bad for all of us.”

“Whatever reason he has, his place is still Sengkang. So far away.”

Netizens’ Reactions

Now, whenever we listen to such divisive news, you’d know we need to look at what the rest of the internet is saying.

There are those who felt that the passenger was onto the right thing:

But there are loads who felt that the man was being unreasonable:

You can view the video here.

But there’s a logical comment that needs to be highlighted:

A wise old man once told me, “You don’t know if the driver is lazy or not, but you can judge others based on what’s in it for them.”

And based on what we think we know about the bus system in Singapore, there’s no incentive for them to drive slowly. After all, they are scheduled to move out at specific timings.

So if they reach the station early? They’ll probably be able to chill for a longer time. #JustSaying

And here’s SBS Transit’s official stance on slow buses

It’s to prevent something called bus bunching.

Here’s what SBS Transit has to say about this phenomenon of slow-ass buses:

Road conditions vary every single day but routes and schedules can only be planned according to what is expected to happen.

Which is why, sometimes, the traffic conditions and roads are clear and buses get ahead of their schedule.

Bus captains, when they notice that they’re ahead of schedule, have to adjust their speed to meet the schedule given to them.

So that you won’t meet with a situation like this:

You’re waiting for bus service 185, and three buses arrived at almost the same time. Someone who missed the three buses might have to wait half an hour for the next bus to arrive.

By ensuring that bus drivers keep to the schedule as much as possible, bus arrival frequency at the bus stops will at least be kept at constant as possible.

So, the next time you notice the bus travelling slowly, it’s not because the driver’s eating snake.

He or she had to do it.