Salary of bus drivers
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so huge different between SMRT and SBST!
omg! A SMRT bus driver's basic salary onli a few hundred dollars as compare to SBST. -
U dun talk so much lah!!
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Refer to this thread
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Being a Bus/Service Captain sometimes test your patience to the limits.I dare to say only few motorists will give way to buses ie:2 out of 10(Taxis are out of question).Firstly there are some stereotype country bumpkins who had this thinking that ALL of SBST/SMRTB drivers are Malaysian so that they can be easily bullied(Find trouble).Secondly if they were to give you way then probably they will had to travel slowly behind you if it's a single lane way(Kiasu drivers thinking).Thirdly,Motorists who really don't/Can't understood heavy vehicles movements.
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Totally agreed. The "Give Way" sign is just "another ad" to them.
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is BUS CAPTAIN ^^
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Which reminds me. I took my Uncle from Sarawak on a sight-seeing tour on public transport and yesterday I took him from HG to WDL on 161 (9171G). he has never taken double-decker before, so it took me some time to convince him to seat in front to get a clearer view.
Anyway, the BC was in a bit of rush and as we were hurtling down the TPE at what must have been in excess of 65km/h, some crazy car driver cut in front of us and jam brakes to enter Jln Kayu. The bus swerved and my poor Uncle was not quite the same for some time. Imagine my Uncle's face when he saw the give-way ad he asked me to look at, I felt quite embarrassed to tell him it was to encourage drivers to be more patient for buses. Of course a whole host of ugly events followed, eg. taxis turning right just in front when we were speeding down the road. Small wonder I saw an accident some time ago involving a taxi(coincidence?), and a poor MB0405 on 72 at HG Ave 8 junction, it was quite easy to tell that the taxi was at fault, trying to turn in front of the bus. Small wonder the taxi managed to spin to the curb(bus must have hit it in the rear wing), fortunately no-one was hurt. -
why have give-way ads when everybody is doing it voluntarily? obviously our drivers dont practise such courtesy.
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Agreed with you Pal,The things we only need is that LED signal lights(Especially on rear top) on all of our buses only to have better view from the far.Originally posted by dragg:why have give-way ads when everybody is doing it voluntarily? obviously our drivers dont practise such courtesy. -
u are?Originally posted by WiNtEr'SkiLL:is BUS CAPTAIN ^^