bus driver running red light

[CALLofDUTY]

....... am going to write to and call the bus company on monday. .....end quote
with bus number, service number, time of incident and PRC description of driver

only thing i don't have is a phone with a camera
and soon, im planning to give up phone as well and only use email, if only pagers were still around..

Pagers are still around but it is more costly. If there's anything you can forego, never let go the hp.
It's just too important. Buy a 2nd hp with camera.

 

[halsey02]

....... am going to write to and call the bus company on monday. .....end quote
with bus number, service number, time of incident and PRC description of driver

only thing i don't have is a phone with a camera
and soon, im planning to give up phone as well and only use email, if only pagers were still around..

All PRC look alike...ha ha ha some say "slit eyes, yellow skin"... heh heh heh

 

[krafty]

hi, wendy, how are you? must be good ya..

when i was in china, the way they drive is like in wild wild west. imagine driving behind another car about one arm's length at 60km/hr, traffic condition is heavy. every minute there, i feel accident is going to happen. but that is how they commute in guangzhou area.

was just on bus 67 going in direction of serangoon road. at newton, the driver ran a red light. (11.30pm) the one just before the bus stop before the circus. its a light that pedestrians use to cross.
i immediately went to the front to tell him he just ran a red light and all he say in mandarin was something to the effed that he could not understand what i was saying.. all i could manage in mandarin was the words : red light

i am going to write to and call the bus company on monday. hopefully the camera in the bus has picked it up.
however, i personally tend to believe it will be a case of : if no one was killed, then why bother.... i believe that's the society we are in now...

well lets see what the response from the bus company will be

 

[halsey02]

hi, wendy, how are you? must be good ya..

when i was in china, the way they drive is like in wild wild west. imagine driving behind another car about one arm's length at 60km/hr, traffic condition is heavy. every minute there, i feel accident is going to happen. but that is how they commute in guangzhou area.

It is still a wild west over there, more like wild, mad chinaman!

 

[krafty]

and there is no basic safety rule such as following at a safety distance or what so ever..

though i believe they are trained here and have been briefed but some bad habits are hard to break.

It is still a wild west over there, more like wild, mad chinaman!

 

[lushbush]

this is the trouble of bringing in so many prc driver. they brought with them their culture.

This is a true fact. To coin a cliche, you cant bring the China out of them no matter where they are.

 

[palden]

Are we saying sinkees don't beat red lights? Incompetent and lazy sinkees first blame the garment then those more talented without thinking why are they sinking.

 

[Cestbon]

Nothing will happen. Until more people from bus accident. Already about 1 case/month accident involve bus accident injury/death.
Figure must up until every week one case then LTA/TP will wayang.

 

[Picasso]

Guess which race.

 

[TenderLovingCare]

Guess which race.

No need to guess.

TS already said:

all i could manage in mandarin was the words : red light

 

[TenderLovingCare]

No need to guess.

TS already said:

TS, you should say this to the driver:

"ni zhuang hong deng" i.e. you beat red light.

 

[PROFILER]

So today is Tuesday. What is the reply from the bus company?

 

[wendychan]

Our Ref: BS-CT-1212-0011



Dear Wendy



This is to acknowledge we have received your feedback on 26 November 2012 and wish to apologise for your unpleasant experience.



We would like to share that the supervisor of the Service Leader(SL) has been duly informed of the incident. We will also launch an investigation to look into your feedback and appropriate disciplinary action will be taken if the SL is found to have been negligent or infringed safety standards when carrying out his duties. Rest assured that we will look into this matter and determine the appropriate action to take against the SL concerned. Please be assured that the mentioned SL also closely monitored and your feedback will be noted in his record and taken into account during his annual performance appraisal.



We would also like to share with you that prior to allowing our SLs to drive on our roads, all our SLs, especially those who are not local are sent for a basic English language course. However, we do recognise that some of our drivers are still not very conversant in the language as it takes time for one to adapt to a new language. Please be assured that we do arrange English language refresher training for our SLs and will continue to train our them better.



As a service provider, we take a serious view of issues pertaining to safety and lapses will not be condoned. To foster a safety culture amongst our Service Leaders, we conduct regular dialogue sessions, refresher courses and where appropriate; disseminate reminders on the importance of adhering to safety guidelines, being mindful of the wellbeing of our passengers and the safety of other road users.



We appreciate you for highlighting this matter to us and look forward to providing you with a better in future.



Yours sincerely

Kalaivani Jayaram

Customer Relations

SMRT Corporation Ltd