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  • SBS n SMRT's Avatar
    896 posts since Mar '08
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    49,432 posts since Sep '03
  • SBS n SMRT's Avatar
    896 posts since Mar '08
    • But always at peak service, a lot of pple go 2nd floor and stand like 1st floor and bc did not care and the bus sometime top heavy and like want to fall

  • EMERGENCY AMBULANCE
    QX179R's Avatar
    8,976 posts since Feb '08
    • well, if they want to stand at the upper deck then its at their own risk if anything were to happen..

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    8,976 posts since Feb '08
  • SBS2695H's Avatar
    1,085 posts since Apr '08
  • zaxis's Avatar
    1,372 posts since Dec '04
    • many time the indicater still show there are seats available when you read the meter,

      when you walk all the way up, cannot even find empty seats.

      who to blame?

      the meter reading problem or the people walk all the way up problem?

       

  • Agenda's Avatar
    6,077 posts since Jan '06
  • The_Bus_Guide's Avatar
    1,034 posts since Sep '03
    • Originally posted by SBS n SMRT:

      But always at peak service, a lot of pple go 2nd floor and stand like 1st floor and bc did not care and the bus sometime top heavy and like want to fall


      That is exactly why standing is not allowed on the upper deck. Overloading on the upper deck may cause the the bus to topple. Although most BCs would pretend not to see, there was one occasion I encountered where the BC came upstairs and told the standees to come down.

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    8,976 posts since Feb '08
  • TIB1062Y's Avatar
    1,035 posts since Mar '06
    • Originally posted by SBS n SMRT:

      But always at peak service, a lot of pple go 2nd floor and stand like 1st floor and bc did not care and the bus sometime top heavy and like want to fall

      Few days back, i boarded a Service 168 DD during evening peak from WRI, and I stand on the steps between 1st and 2nd floor from Jln Kayu till IKEA Tampines just to wait for a place to sit.. =P

  • Oceane's Avatar
    3,364 posts since Jan '07
    • Originally posted by SBS n SMRT:

      But always at peak service, a lot of pple go 2nd floor and stand like 1st floor and bc did not care and the bus sometime top heavy and like want to fall


      I've seen 88 DDs full with pax with no standees on 2nd floor, bus turns right at ninety degrees. The whole of the left axles sink down and the body almost touches the floor. Bus tilts to the left at around 25 degrees.

      Imagine if there were standees.

      The reason why they don't allow standees on 2nd floor is because the CG of the bus increases and if the BC makes a sharp turn, chances are the DD may overturn due to the large tilt on the body.

  • nenepokey's Avatar
    1,332 posts since Jul '07
  • jayh272416's Avatar
    1,155 posts since Aug '07
    • Originally posted by zaxis:

      many time the indicater still show there are seats available when you read the meter


      Lol.  The indicator can be sabotaged one. I tried it yesterday on my 196 and manaed to give a reading of 52 when I was the only one up there. I restored it back to normal lah of course.

  • Oceane's Avatar
    3,364 posts since Jan '07
    • Originally posted by nenepokey:

      so is bendy still safer?


      Not really, if you count retardation on the Voith which poses a hazard to the elderly standees.

  • SBS7484P's Avatar
    2,874 posts since Dec '07
    • Originally posted by Oceane:


      Not really, if you count retardation on the Voith which poses a hazard to the elderly standees.

      and then we come to the point on y ppl dun want to give up seats, discounting those with babies in hand or pregnant..

       

  • noob321's Avatar
    108 posts since Jan '08
    • maybe ppl stand on upper floor of double deckers in hope that some1 up there would alight and they can get the seat?

       

      even though it is dangerous because the bus may topple when it turns, many still stand because the lower floor is fulled with people and they dun wan squeeze with people =)

      Edited by noob321 11 May `08, 9:55AM
  • kenn3th's Avatar
    15,459 posts since Nov '06
    • Originally posted by zaxis:

      many time the indicater still show there are seats available when you read the meter,

      when you walk all the way up, cannot even find empty seats.

      who to blame?

      the meter reading problem or the people walk all the way up problem?

       


      some meters are switched off/ spoilt.

      Lo3x buses dont have these metres.

       

  • SBS 9613Z's Avatar
    150 posts since Nov '07
    • A lot of services have people standing on the upper deck of the DDs during peak hours, especially those super high-demand ones like 12 and 88..

  • SBS 9256 X's Avatar
    411 posts since Sep '07
    • I agree....But they can deploy additional buses like Service 74..During peak hours, about 4 buses can be seen.. I also see that service 74's fleet is that 2 buses will be full & the next one almost full & last one not so full....

  • SBS3688Y's Avatar
    907 posts since Sep '03
    • the B9TLs got no sign stating standing is prohibited on the upper deck. this could send the wrond message to commuters.

  • bus555's Avatar
    3,633 posts since Dec '06
  • bus555's Avatar
    3,633 posts since Dec '06
    • Originally posted by QX179R:

      if you're tall, standing at the upper deck will be very uncomfortable..


      I am tall sia. When go up on Vo3X/lo3x and Dt maybe need bend my head a-bit. but for B9TL. no need leh, just right lol

  • SBS7484P's Avatar
    2,874 posts since Dec '07
  • TIB1062Y's Avatar
    1,035 posts since Mar '06
    • Originally posted by jayh272416:


      Lol.  The indicator can be sabotaged one. I tried it yesterday on my 196 and manaed to give a reading of 52 when I was the only one up there. I restored it back to normal lah of course.

      Lolx... This one ah... Can play around with it de... When you go up and going to reach the 2nd level, just make sure that only 1 of your legs go through the sensor, and the no. of seats available won't deduct one...

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