Speed on Expressway
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What the legal speed limit for buses that use the expressways?
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All TIBS and SBST are limited to 60km/h no matter where they are due to the speed limiter installed.Originally posted by Photoshop:What the legal speed limit for buses that use the expressways? -
i can't bear to see slow Svc 985 buses trying to exit on the right lane from PIE to Jln Anak Bt.. holds up traffic and is a hazard also cos all the cars brake on the fastest lane together behind a 985 bus.. they shld review 985 schedule..
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The problem is, DAF buses are very slow, don't know why?
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Because they are pieces of shit. AFAIK, SBS 2989K is limited to 65km/h.Originally posted by th1988:The problem is, DAF buses are very slow, don't know why? -
Where you got the info from?Originally posted by SBS9818A:AFAIK, SBS 2989K is limited to 65km/h. -
I think all buses at all times should not be travelling above the speed limit of 60km/h
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The legal speed limit is 60km/h, but can reach to maximum stated vehicle speed if the speed limiters are tampered with.Originally posted by Photoshop:What the legal speed limit for buses that use the expressways? -
I have been on a service 858 MB 0405 which travelled on TPE towards airport at far beyond 60km/h. It overtook a service 161 Mk3, a service 168 VSO, a service 965 volgren, a service 969 bendy, 2 service 53 MB 0405s and another service 858 MB 0405 in front.Originally posted by off_service:All TIBS and SBST are limited to 60km/h no matter where they are due to the speed limiter installed.
The reason for speeding is due to delay in a traffic jam along SLE after Lentor. If I remembered correctly, it was an indian driver. -
TIBS was slow in implementing the speed limiters, and in some buses (few, and i supposed they are deployed on "express" svcs like 858 ) it has yet to be fitted though they are supposed to.. TIBS seems to be resistive of such a move cos then-SBS had their buses fitted with 60km/h speed limiters (from Siemens Mannesmann i think) but TIBS took a year and a half to start fitting them.. so for quite a while, it's fun to see every TIBS bus overtaking every SBS bus on the TPE on my way home.. that was about 2001.. and on the last few buses of 858 Woodlands-bound, the drivers can speed at 120km/h and don't need to wait for more then 4minutes stopover at CGA PTB 2, like they are rushing for time.. but those times of 120km/h are over..=(Originally posted by tranquilice:I have been on a service 858 MB 0405 which travelled on TPE towards airport at far beyond 60km/h. It overtook a service 161 Mk3, a service 168 VSO, a service 965 volgren, a service 969 bendy, 2 service 53 MB 0405s and another service 858 MB 0405 in front. The reason for speeding is due to delay in a traffic jam along SLE after Lentor. If I remembered correctly, it was an indian driver. -
No intention of any racist remarks here, but I noticed drivers who sped, be it an expressway or a normal road, especially TIBS drivers, are Indians. The fastest SBS buses driven by Indians are on Service 24, when it still uses NAC O405s.Originally posted by tranquilice:I have been on a service 858 MB 0405 which travelled on TPE towards airport at far beyond 60km/h. It overtook a service 161 Mk3, a service 168 VSO, a service 965 volgren, a service 969 bendy, 2 service 53 MB 0405s and another service 858 MB 0405 in front. The reason for speeding is due to delay in a traffic jam along SLE after Lentor. If I remembered correctly, it was an indian driver.
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Bus driver tried it out on Sunday along Lor Chuan. Was enjoying the ride. I was looking at the speedo and once it hit 65km/h, the buzzer sounded.Originally posted by ^tamago^:Where you got the info from? -
Ya that's true,When i went for the passengers safety training orientation the instructor even told that some of the buses are limited until 70km/h.The buses he mention are all mostly MB0405.Don't exactly know what is the purpose of that.Originally posted by Superbus:No intention of any racist remarks here, but I noticed drivers who sped, be it an expressway or a normal road, especially TIBS drivers, are Indians. The fastest SBS buses driven by Indians are on Service 24, when it still uses NAC O405s.
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Perhaps they want to have some buses capable of faster speeds for highway services.Originally posted by carbikebus:Ya that's true,When i went for the passengers safety training orientation the instructor even told that some of the buses are limited until 70km/h.The buses he mention are all mostly MB0405.Don't exactly know what is the purpose of that. -
Agreed. Indians drive fastest on any service.Originally posted by Superbus:No intention of any racist remarks here, but I noticed drivers who sped, be it an expressway or a normal road, especially TIBS drivers, are Indians. The fastest SBS buses driven by Indians are on Service 24, when it still uses NAC O405s.
Cheers and warm regards
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By the way, I took this bus not long ago, in Dec 2003.Originally posted by tranquilice:I have been on a service 858 MB 0405 which travelled on TPE towards airport at far beyond 60km/h. It overtook a service 161 Mk3, a service 168 VSO, a service 965 volgren, a service 969 bendy, 2 service 53 MB 0405s and another service 858 MB 0405 in front. The reason for speeding is due to delay in a traffic jam along SLE after Lentor. If I remembered correctly, it was an indian driver. -
Not MK3 on sv 161 again..Originally posted by tranquilice:I have been on a service 858 MB 0405 which travelled on TPE towards airport at far beyond 60km/h. It overtook a service 161 Mk3, a service 168 VSO, a service 965 volgren, a service 969 bendy, 2 service 53 MB 0405s and another service 858 MB 0405 in front. The reason for speeding is due to delay in a traffic jam along SLE after Lentor. If I remembered correctly, it was an indian driver.
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hehe.....yah....TIBS svc858 MB0405s are very speedy, they will hit 4th gear the moment they are out of the basements.
It is common for the speedometers to malfunction. I got a pix of a Dart meter displaying 30kmh at rest.
Not true that only TIBS have faulty/nonexistant speed limiters. I once took SBS2836T that reached 90kmh at times, took me only 20mins from Compass to Causeway Point. In fact, many of the 283X series are not fitted with correct speed limiters. Another example is SBS2831 on my dear svc39. That chinese driver gets a kick from going out of interchange slightly late and then overtaking TIBS buses along TPE. Highly recommeded! -
I suspect they were not even fitted with speed limiters. 2836T cannot go at 90km/h, even if the speed limiter was wrongly calibrated the technicians would have noticed already.Originally posted by TIB1186Z:hehe.....yah....TIBS svc858 MB0405s are very speedy, they will hit 4th gear the moment they are out of the basements.
It is common for the speedometers to malfunction. I got a pix of a Dart meter displaying 30kmh at rest.
Not true that only TIBS have faulty/nonexistant speed limiters. I once took SBS2836T that reached 90kmh at times, took me only 20mins from Compass to Causeway Point. In fact, many of the 283X series are not fitted with correct speed limiters. Another example is SBS2831 on my dear svc39. That chinese driver gets a kick from going out of interchange slightly late and then overtaking TIBS buses along TPE. Highly recommeded! -
Don't forget the JB MK3 which is capable of reaching of more than 90km/h,Once my Indian friend blast it until 95km/h @JB.
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I have sat on a Strider on Svc 161. Took me 10-15 mins to get from last bus stop in Sengkang to Woodlands Interchange. The driver was literally driving the bus on the fast lane (right most lane) of TPE and SLE and he even overtook cars in the centre lane. I estimate the speed he was driving to be around 90-100km/h.
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rego please!Originally posted by delonchew:I have sat on a Strider on Svc 161. Took me 10-15 mins to get from last bus stop in Sengkang to Woodlands Interchange. The driver was literally driving the bus on the fast lane (right most lane) of TPE and SLE and he even overtook cars in the centre lane. I estimate the speed he was driving to be around 90-100km/h.
I've LOVE to hop on that bus. 
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got a question: why is it then that sometimes the buses just CRAWL to the interchange?
i got to get to work and it takes about 5 minutes to get from the stop lights nearest Jurong East Interchange to the actual interchange for me to alight! -
Problem is I dont remember the rego anymore!Originally posted by service_238:rego please! I've LOVE to hop on that bus. 
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1. The bus is ahead of scheduleOriginally posted by the Bear:got a question: why is it then that sometimes the buses just CRAWL to the interchange?
i got to get to work and it takes about 5 minutes to get from the stop lights nearest Jurong East Interchange to the actual interchange for me to alight!
2. The driver did not want to speed near an int.