Oh wait, I forget, this is Singapore

“The Sin­ga­pore School Trans­port Asso­ci­a­tion reit­er­ated on Sat­ur­day that mak­ing seat belts manda­tory on school buses will reduce their seat­ing capacity.”

Not mak­ing them manda­tory will also reduce the num­ber of kids tak­ing school buses because they get hurt and killed. Idiots.

Wait, there’s more:

” ‘Imple­men­ta­tion is likely to take longer. We need to give schools, par­ents and bus oper­a­tors time to adjust to the changes. We want a smooth tran­si­tion,’ said Mr Jeremy Yap, LTA’s group direc­tor for vehi­cle and tran­sit licensing. ”

Com­plete and utter crap given that they didn’t take very long to imple­ment the very ill-advised no-taxi-stopping-except-at-taxi-stands-because-we-think-it’s-a-good-idea rule.

They’ll adjust to the changes only when more kids die and get hurt. Geddit?

May 11, 2008 – 3:30 am | By | Posted in Laws of our land | Tagged , , , | View Comments
  • lin­coln

    More kids die or hurt still won’t speed things up.… 1 MP son die or hurt, tomor­row imme­di­ate implementation.

  • infin­ite­sad­ness

    Well said.

  • http://www.miyagi.sg Mr Miyagi

    MP son take school bus?

  • lin­coln

    That’s why no urgency.

  • http://www.miyagi.sg Mr Miyagi

    MP son take school bus?

  • http://aidilomar.com Aidil Omar

    No. They ferry their kids in bul­let­proof vehi­cles equipped with the hum­ble seat­belts with an entourage of secu­rity and safety personnel.

  • ssslime

    @lincoln: But MP son where got take school bus one?

  • nilenegue

    i would like to offer a dif­fer­ent view. Going down to the ground level, there are cer­tain grouches that can be under­stood. Cur­rently, most school buses (includ­ing mini vans) do not come with seat belts. To imple­ment, who is going to bear the costs? Even if the dri­vers bear the costs, who is going to pre­vent them from pass­ing it to the par­ents? Next, imple­ment­ing seat­belts will trans­late to a reduc­tion of capac­ity (mostly refer­ring to mini-vans) which would result in a reduc­tion in income for the dri­vers. (If you’re the driver,how leh?) This also means that there will be a demand for more buses and more vehi­cles. This may post to be a prob­lem that is already surg­ing in the indus­try, that is:the lack of bus dri­vers. (ok la, maybe the chi­na­men will take it up.) Unless of course, you would like to take up that job instead; or dont com­plain to gah­men when you have to pay a lot more than what you are cur­rently pay­ing now lor. (dif­fer­ent sit­u­a­tion from taxis altogether)

  • lin­coln

    I think this might be out of con­text but would using just one big ass belt that spans the whole seat work ?? That way i can secure 3 maybe 4 kids at one go… Or Vel­cro the kids to the seat …

    Just me think­ing out loud

  • http://www.miyagi.sg Mr Miyagi

    I dunno, but the excuse doesn’t sit well with me. (wow, pun). Installing seat belts is a one-time expense. It’s not as if they were dis­pos­able and had to be changed with every trip. If they can install ERP gantries so quickly and broadly to “com­bat” a prob­lem, surely seat belts?

  • lin­coln

    Speak­ing of ERP… did you see the new one in front of the the Fuller­ton… man o man… that is pure punishment.

  • Reen

    But i think putting seat­belts might also will be dan­ger­ous..
    If there’s acci­dent, with­out seat­belts, the kids might have the chance to get out, but with seat­belts, they might just get stuck. Well pros and cons la…

  • http://www.miyagi.sg Mr Miyagi

    In front of the Fuller­ton? Isn’t that already within the CBD? Or is
    that a F1 gantry for the rac­ing cars?

  • http://www.miyagi.sg Mr Miyagi

    Yeah, but stuck and are still mostly alive is bet­ter than dead and
    unbelted.

  • Lin­coln

    I said the same thing too. The CBD is now split into MCBD More Cen­tral Busi­ness Dis­trict.. So get this … com­ing from Orchard.. you get 1 at Tangs… keep going you get another at Cathay… keep going you get another at Fuller­ton. So the more cen­tral you plan to go the more you pay… And get this… it’s bi direc­tional… that means leav­ing fuller­ton you also have to pay.

    It’s just after Ander­son bridge so not on the F1 route but if the F1 cars go the wrong way… they will get summon.

  • Reen

    But i think putting seat­belts might also will be dan­ger­ous..
    If there’s acci­dent, with­out seat­belts, the kids might have the chance to get out, but with seat­belts, they might just get stuck. Well pros and cons la…

  • http://www.miyagi.sg Mr Miyagi

    In front of the Fuller­ton? Isn’t that already within the CBD? Or is
    that a F1 gantry for the rac­ing cars?

  • http://www.miyagi.sg Mr Miyagi

    Yeah, but stuck and are still mostly alive is bet­ter than dead and
    unbelted.

  • Lin­coln

    I said the same thing too. The CBD is now split into MCBD More Cen­tral Busi­ness Dis­trict.. So get this … com­ing from Orchard.. you get 1 at Tangs… keep going you get another at Cathay… keep going you get another at Fuller­ton. So the more cen­tral you plan to go the more you pay… And get this… it’s bi direc­tional… that means leav­ing fuller­ton you also have to pay.

    It’s just after Ander­son bridge so not on the F1 route but if the F1 cars go the wrong way… they will get summon.

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