The irritating bus
December 8, 2007 by serenesee
Recently my one and only bus service to the nearest MRT station has decided to increase the number of "handicapped" buses and reduce the number of the "normal" buses..
I know i will sound very unsympathetic by saying that it will be getting onto my nerves sooner or later because……
The buses suitable for the handicapped have less seats, to be exact, about 28 seats only. For an only bus that serves my neighbourhood of more than 10 blocks to the station, i can understand why more people are fighting to get onto the bus first, especially the elderly. (My…they seems to have more energy to push and nudge people around in the morning!!) More people are standing and if there are selfish people who refuses to move in around, i can see myself becoming a sardine fish. The design of the bus also require us to go down 2 steps before we can reach the exit door,which i think is a potential hazard for everyone. And..if anyone has taken these buses before, you will also noticed that EVERYTIME the door closes, a loud (almost deafening sometimes), irritating and high pitched alarm will sound..well..maybe just there to add on our misery and irritation..I wonder what all these are for..
I feel that the chances of having a handicapped passenger on board is almost the chances of damaging the recurrent laryngeal nerve in a thyroidectomy..To be very truthful, up till now, i have yet to see one handicapped passenger at all! Having the chances of (many) elderly or pregnant lady around is definitely higher and therefore these buses with limited seats and extra steps seems to be just there to "wait for something to happen" so that people can create a topic, write in and complain again…
SBS should not have wasted resources and public monies on so many of these buses..just ask the government to give some transport allowance to the handicapped needy so that they can take a cab la..it will definitely be much more comfy for them, and for us too..or SBS should just increase these buses in areas where there will be more people who needs them..
The smart alec who suggested these buses…think of the general community more ba..right now..i can only hope and pray that the "handicapped" buses will be replaced soon…