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    SBS bus driver takes passengers on 2-hour ride

    By Jeanette Tan | Yahoo! Newsroom – Mon, Dec 12, 2011

    After taking a detour to avoid a traffic jam, an SBS Transit bus driver lost his way, ending up taking more than 10 passengers on a more than two-hour journey.

    Channel 8 news reporter Wu Liang Xiang happened to be on SBS bus service 52, which was headed toward Bishan from Jurong East interchange on Sunday.

    While travelling along Bukit Timah road, its driver took a left turn off the road to avoid getting stuck in a congested section, but eventually lost his way, Wu reported in a video for the TV channel.

    Watch the video here:



    Passengers on board the bus at the time expressed their annoyance at the driver, telling Channel 8 that their time was being wasted.

    The news bulletin also reported that a number of passengers on the bus offered to help provide directions to the driver, but were turned down because of a “need to follow the SBS control centre’s instructions”, leading some to lament that the driver and SBS Transit should be more flexible in situations like the one they were in.

    “If our passengers are willing to help the driver, and most of us have already been stranded in the bus for about two hours, the control station should allow him to listen to our views,” said an English-speaking passenger in the video.

    The report added that ComfortDelgro, which owns SBS Transit, has issued an apology, and are currently investigating the incident. The transportation company, which also controls Singapore’s largest fleet of taxis, has not yet responded to queries from Yahoo! Singapore.

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    6 comments

    • JustCurious
      JustCurious  •  Singapore, Central Singapore  •  4 months ago
      strange? how can one get lost in Singapore? driver must be made in china. hahaha!
    • Lynx
      Lynx  •  Singapore, Central Singapore  •  4 months ago
      WELCOME ABOARD.....CHINA....HERE WE COME,,,,,,!!!!
    • Water
      Water  •  5 months ago
      Another FT caused problem again. Why not pay a little more to employ a local citizen to do a better job. A local will not get " lost " in Sg.
      • CyberGaiden
        CyberGaiden 5 months ago
        dat s coz mayb dey can t read the english signs or noe the complicated local traffic signs!
    • Chan
      Chan  •  5 months ago
      There will be more of these trouble and accidents related to buses are on their way . Rumour that spread that every bus drivers who left SBS will be replace by a China FTrash.
    • 304
      304  •  5 months ago
      That should be a FT using his discretion.
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