Driverless Sv 155 bus rolled out of Toa Payoh Int
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Driverless bus rolls out of interchange and onto road
Straits Times, The (Singapore)
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February 1, 2008AN UNMANNED bus which rolled backwards out of its parking bay at the Toa Payoh Interchange and onto a nearby road tripped off a chorus of honking from motorists on Wednesday evening.
On board were a bus driver and two of his passengers.
The bus, service 155, had its engine switched off and had been parked in its berth at about 11.20pm, when the bus driver got out of his cabin to help a commuter and her child look for a missing bag on board the vehicle.
SBS Transit said the driver failed to engage the handbrakes fully, so the bus rolled out of the berth and towards Toa Payoh Lorong 6.
After some 60m, it came to a stop when its rear wheels mounted the pavement in front of Toa Payoh Gardens.
The sight of the reversing bus on the road bewildered motorists, who honked to warn others.
One motorist, Ms Neoh Chong Eng, said in an e-mail to The Straits Times: 'I heard a loud continuous honking from the vehicle next to mine. I had to stop to let this strange reversing SBS bus cross the road.'
She said that it was only after the bus had come to a stop that she saw a child, followed by a man and a woman on board, running to the front of the bus.
SBS Transit's director of corporate communications Tammy Tan said the bus driver 'may have been doing a good deed at that point, but he should have been more careful with the brakes'.
She added that disciplinary action would be taken against him.
No one was hurt and no damage was done to the surrounding property or bus.
SUJIN THOMAS
Copyright, 2008, Singapore Press Holdings LimitedSBS Transit said the driver failed to engage the handbrakes fully, so the bus rolled out of the berth and towards Toa Payoh Lorong 6.
Haha... this is used to smoke those who're not trained technically in this aspect.She added that disciplinary action would be taken against him.
We only see BC biting the bullet. Will the ops head shoulder part of the blame for the BC? The management only need to say "he will be disciplinary dealt with" and expects to answer the public? hahaha... SBS style of senior management. -
Originally posted by SBS9888Y:
N113s the super duper lousy piece of scrapped metal ar? rego? it sounds dam funny n stupid
Explain this then
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Originally posted by HyuugaNeji:
P is parking gear.I think you meant D?
P or N no gear is engaged at allBut dun think you can off or start an engine in D gear... Manual car boleh, just clutch in
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whats with the roll eyes =.=
ok here,sit up straight class...
the story of the bus rolling out i find is funny and stupid althoguh is dangerous
a CRB ar? <-----isit a CRB which i find is a super duper lousy piece of scrap metal
and i asked for the rego of the bus
understand dude?
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Originally posted by SBS9888Y:
i said CRB ar? cos i notice and because of experience from talking to BCs... BCs that drive CRB tend to be less careful cos they dam pekcek after drivin them..esp AM/BR BCs...
is this some shooting against me? i notice that usually you are one of the few that ENJOYS shooting at me...
So cos you notice, you jump into mentioning CRB at the start?Wat if it's a O405? Wat -ve comment you want to come out with?
Pls la, now you say ppl flaming you when in the first place, you say one bus model is a piece of scrapped metal
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I've ever encounter a malfunction handbrake on 2 CRBs before(OAC & CAC),the only thing i can do is engaged D button,press foot brake and shout for help @ Interchange(inform OCC too),the darn bus will move after 1-2 mins if you leave it for break
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There's a high chance that its a merc. the perm bus for that 2318hrs departure is SBS 0248 D.
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Originally posted by carbikebus:
I've ever encounter a malfunction handbrake on 2 CRBs before(OAC & CAC),the only thing i can do is engaged D button,press foot brake and shout for help @ Interchange(inform OCC too),the darn bus will move after 1-2 mins if you leave it for break
whoa...at least SMRT maintained their CRLs well enuff. CRB and CRL handbrake same, steering wheel same, signals and lights all same, dashboard also same, only body, door, bell and seats all different
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Originally posted by carbikebus:
I've ever encounter a malfunction handbrake on 2 CRBs before(OAC & CAC),the only thing i can do is engaged D button,press foot brake and shout for help @ Interchange(inform OCC too),the darn bus will move after 1-2 mins if you leave it for break
I've seen some LO3x handbrake cannot lock in the up position. So they put rubber band to hold it in up!
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if im not wrong up is release position.. hehe
so if the rubber band snap when the bus is moving.. hehe