Military Vehicles (MID)
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Just wondering ... to all civilian drivers... feel free to comment or relate incidents regarding MID vehicles.. just curious what u pple have to say abt it.
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went to ALB on an errand, stumble into the back carpark, saw one minibus top half sheared off,
, walked off..... -
MINDEF drivers very stressed
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esp their L-plate driver...cannot drive too fast den always kena pple horn...
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use the key, can get rid of swd!!
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I think SWD is one of the stupidest device ever installed in MID vehicles. They are so unreliable ... and MINDEF is naive enuff to believe that accidents is always caused by speeding, not by road hogging even on the third lane and fatigue due to slow moving vehicles without air con and radio
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I personally think that travelling on a slipway to KJE at a speed of 50km/h with all the prime movers and tipper trucks all swarming over you is more likely to cause an accident than having the SWD removed.IT's just accidents caused by different factors after all.The faster we get the stressed out drivers out of the microwave vehicles, the less chance they have to stay on the road and get charged.Lol.
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Yeah...Even though My 7-Ton has no Aircon and Radio...It has NO SWD....Originally posted by Altis84:I think SWD is one of the stupidest device ever installed in MID vehicles. They are so unreliable ... and MINDEF is naive enuff to believe that accidents is always caused by speeding, not by road hogging even on the third lane and fatigue due to slow moving vehicles without air con and radio
NOT all accidents are caused by speeding....one reason y we drivers get into trouble is that other users assume that we ARE Slow and refuse 2 give way 2 us...Land rover is okay la but Not for 3,5 or 7-ton.. -
Well i think minibus and pickup worse... cos the vehicle is considerably small ... class 3 somemore.. but !@#$ its going at 50.... like turtle...
Its so hard to change lane ... cant speed up.
And when there is no air con.. wind down window... den so noisy when one big trailor zoom pass u... cant even hear if swd beeping... den must slow down...
I really hope someone can just complain to the newspaper forum abt slow saf vehicles hogging the road... den perhaps they will do something.
And why staff car dont have SWD... gp car have? Its obviously showing something...
So all civilians now complain abt MID vehicle leh... the more the better
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Hmmz. I think the Sunday Times editor should take note of this and put it up on his newspaper as one of the articles.
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Always see the ssanyong advertisement stating their SUV is the first to be used by SAF..So where the hell are the SUV??Must be reserved for those high ranking people right??
Can spend so much money on SUV..Why can't they change the minibus??It's time to change already..The minibus at my side look like it is falling apart and it look so old...Let people see also paiseh lah.. -
Well, I cannot understand... the stress is definitely there.
I also drove the Army Defender before... well, besides the usual driving safety concerns, accelerating up and maintaining the speed is a chore. Man, I hate the SWD. Waste of human intellect, being reign by the 4 numbers and the beeps on that indicator device!
Not that one wants to speed, but the engine is solid good. Go look at the defender specs? Also, who wants an underpowered vehicle to go on mud and the undulating, steep and unpredictable roads in the wild and training ground?
Anyway, just ask DSTA to design and install SPEED LIMITER to the engine of Army rides. So many vehicles sure got discount on components. Can also sell overseas... which the market is few.
But think again, with something like that, we sure can enter the auto market and work to make Singapore strong in the ASEAN auto industry too. -
50kph............
lane changing is a real damn challenging task! i drive a gov vehicle which is capped at 60kph by a speed limiter. no swd. damn, really can sleep. and when i encounter mid vehicles, have to follow behind for some distance at 50kph, cos it's so difficult to lane change at 60kph!! vehicles behind may be far behind but by the time i lane change and be4 i can go side to side to the mid vehicle, the car behing is already coming up in my ass, often, or should i say, always having to brake to accodomate to my speed.
gotta lane change early when going towards AYE/CTE and hog the lane. Else, surely kena stuck at left lane going towards ECP. really pity those mid drivers... -
I feel disgraceful driving MID vehicles lah...
whats the point of wearing smart uniform but driving a f@@@@@@ slow turtle... -
GP car is the best.
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then U shld come 2 35 SCE and drive the 7-ton la...LOL...the Old 5 ton also No SWD one....but Not all SWD beeps at 60...it varies...which sucks...got kanna b4...drive rover the SWD beeps after 45...WTF??!! But some lagi best...never beep la but thats likes one in 100Originally posted by Altis84:I feel disgraceful driving MID vehicles lah... whats the point of wearing smart uniform but driving a f@@@@@@ slow turtle... -
well wonder if any civilian can complain something here haha
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Just wondering....Which tester passed u? Maybe we can crap all about our times during the "L" plate stage in STTS...hahaha...life 4 me was like "wake up,drive,get fucked by instructor,go back and sleep" and the cyccle continues for the whole month...Originally posted by Altis84:well wonder if any civilian can complain something here haha -
Well i cant remember who passed me... well just someone in cv loh.
hrmmm ya my driving instructor very fierce... every lesson always f*** me upside down
even i never made a serious mistake... but heh i take it that as an exchange for my first attempt pass... -
Then you havent tried their mercs, audis...I m not a driver but one of my friends is....Really envy those driver for service chief and brigade commanders...the mercs usually driven by staff sgt while the audi (brand new Audi A4) at the time of my service driven by NSF (PTE, LCP, CPL)...Originally posted by Patrik:GP car is the best. -
Wah, what a waste to deploy an SSG as a chauffer!Originally posted by free4ever:Then you havent tried their mercs, audis...I m not a driver but one of my friends is....Really envy those driver for service chief and brigade commanders...the mercs usually driven by staff sgt while the audi (brand new Audi A4) at the time of my service driven by NSF (PTE, LCP, CPL)...
Anyway i thought the Audis were A6s? For the Div Comds anyway..
Are those drivers permanently attached to the generals or are they only there for official functions? I saw a white MID audi A6 dropping off a girl for school early one morning, didn't see if it was a chauffer or the BG himself driving. -
My estate has one audi which has the no "19 MID" as a car plate...
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they fvck u cos they want 2 get comission ma....1st time pass get $400 bonus i think....after the 3rd attempt they dun get any bonus...i passed the 4th time....Originally posted by Altis84:Well i cant remember who passed me... well just someone in cv loh.
hrmmm ya my driving instructor very fierce... every lesson always f*** me upside down even i never made a serious mistake... but heh i take it that as an exchange for my first attempt pass... those testers are MOFOs...pruposely fail ppl one...which is why there is a grp called "backlot" -
well navy side even worst... the commanders mis use their powers... when they go overseas for work... they ask for drivers to pick their car from the airport and send their car back to the airport when they are back.. cant they just take a taxi and make a claim!@#$... me si beh buay song them loh... even saturday sunday also...
once..this commander vehicle broken down... he left in a cab and even lazy to bring along his belongings... den we have to recover the vehicle transfer the things into another vehicle and bring it to his door step... on a sat nite.
Back to the main topic.. i just hope someone will do something to the swd... or perhaps something which change the directive man..
for eg singapore speed limit for minibus is 60 how come must MID be 50? To show MID vehicles are super safe.? Or izzit they dont trust the pple driving it...
The commanders should try driving a vehicle with a SWD... see how they feel loh... -
That's the black sheep of the top brass.Man..make them drive a 7-tonner the whole day while towing a FH2000 behind, all the way up and down the hills of the North.Originally posted by Altis84:well navy side even worst... the commanders mis use their powers... when they go overseas for work... they ask for drivers to pick their car from the airport and send their car back to the airport when they are back.. cant they just take a taxi and make a claim!@#$... me si beh buay song them loh... even saturday sunday also...
once..this commander vehicle broken down... he left in a cab and even lazy to bring along his belongings... den we have to recover the vehicle transfer the things into another vehicle and bring it to his door step... on a sat nite.
Back to the main topic.. i just hope someone will do something to the swd... or perhaps something which change the directive man..
for eg singapore speed limit for minibus is 60 how come must MID be 50? To show MID vehicles are super safe.? Or izzit they dont trust the pple driving it...
The commanders should try driving a vehicle with a SWD... see how they feel loh...