so i’ve been living in singapore now for about 3 months, since august. i really like it, and i’m a big fan of the public transit system here. it’s clean, runs on time, has air conditioning, and doesn’t allow durian.

No durian on MRT!

No durian on MRT!

but there’s one thing that drives me crazy. the buses are so jerky and make such violent sudden movements that it knocks people over, or into each other, on a regular basis. add to that the fact that most people use buses for getting to/from running their errands, like shopping, and you have a bunch of bag-laden people slam dancing in traffic.

seriously, why can’t the bus drivers just accelerate and decelerate more smoothly? if they do that, i won’t even complain about the fear of crashing when they stop the buses 1 millimeter from each other.