A video of a bus captain said to be driving recklessly on the road and giving another road user his middle finger after a confrontation, has gone viral.
The incident involved Bus Service 161 making its rounds along Hougang Avenue 4 at 9:15 am on Aug 17. A video of what happened was shared on Facebook community page SG Road Vigilante – SGRV.
The bus could be seen making a corner and coming close to a worker with a wheelbarrow by the side of the road.
The bus then approaches a pedestrian crossing and seems to not stop for an elderly couple about to cross.
According to the post, the bus captain was confronted by a car driver. The bus captain then flashes his middle finger at the other road user and “offered to catch up later at Hougang bus depot.”
Netizens shared mixed reactions to the video, with some noting the bus captain behaved recklessly.
Meanwhile, others wondered what could have triggered the bus captain’s response of flashing his middle finger at the car driver.
SBS Transit has also responded to media queries, noting an investigation was made on the incident.
“The footage shared by the private car driver does not fully reflect what transpired at the traffic junction yesterday morning. Our Bus Captain should have maintained his cool even under provocative circumstances. For this, we will counsel and train him to do better,” said SBS Vice President of Customer Experience and Communications, Grace Wu.
The SBS statement adds: With regards to the incident, we would like to share that based on the CCTV footage from our bus, we note that the private car driver was on the right of the bus when both vehicles stopped at the traffic lights.
The private car driver then moved in front of the bus and for reasons not obvious to us, repeatedly applied the brakes suddenly although there were no traffic conditions ahead that required him to do so. He also started to use abusive language against the Bus Captain and this led to an exchange between both parties.
We wish to point out that our Bus Captain did not drive in an unsafe manner as alleged by the private car driver. In fact, our Bus Captain had also stopped at the pedestrian crossing to give way to a pedestrian. The two other pedestrians were still a distance away when our Bus captain moved forward.” /TISG
A big thank you to bus captain going the extra mile of holding up umbrella for passengers