Passenger steals SBS bus to drive himself home

[Ahtong]

Really WTF to the max !!!!????

 

 

A passenger overslept on an SBS Transit bus and then took over the wheel to drive himself home.

 

The incident happened on January 8, 2013, from 9.06pm to 9.24pm at Buona Vista bus interchange when a 27-year-old man without a licence took another bus from the interchange to drive home, reported Lianhe Wanbao.

 

The bus was found at a bus stop along Commonwealth Avenue near Holland Avenue through the use of the global positioning system (GPS). It was empty and not damaged in any way.

 

On Thursday afternoon, the tour guide who had driven the bus home admitted to three charges which included stealing a bus worth $300,000, operating a bus without possessing a class 4 licence and not having a third party insurance cover while doing so.

 

He was sentenced to nine months and two weeks in prison and will be suspended from driving for a year.

 

The man had boarded the bus around Little India and had fallen asleep during the journey. The bus driver did not notice his sleeping passenger upon reaching the interchange.

 

When the man woke up, he alighted from the bus and boarded another which still had the keys in the ignition. He then drove the bus home. In his plea, the man said he just wanted to reach home safely.

 

The bus was found to be missing when the bus driver returned from his break. This is reportedly the first case in which a bus has been stolen here. The man could have been jailed up to seven years and fined.

 

[Yeshe]

Really WTF to the max !!!!????

 

 

 

A passenger overslept on an SBS Transit bus and then took over the wheel to drive himself home.

 

The incident happened on January 8, 2013, from 9.06pm to 9.24pm at Buona Vista bus interchange when a 27-year-old man without a licence took another bus from the interchange to drive home, reported Lianhe Wanbao.

 

The bus was found at a bus stop along Commonwealth Avenue near Holland Avenue through the use of the global positioning system (GPS). It was empty and not damaged in any way.

 

On Thursday afternoon, the tour guide who had driven the bus home admitted to three charges which included stealing a bus worth $300,000, operating a bus without possessing a class 4 licence and not having a third party insurance cover while doing so.

 

He was sentenced to nine months and two weeks in prison and will be suspended from driving for a year.

 

The man had boarded the bus around Little India and had fallen asleep during the journey. The bus driver did not notice his sleeping passenger upon reaching the interchange.

 

When the man woke up, he alighted from the bus and boarded another which still had the keys in the ignition. He then drove the bus home. In his plea, the man said he just wanted to reach home safely.

 

The bus was found to be missing when the bus driver returned from his break. This is reportedly the first case in which a bus has been stolen here. The man could have been jailed up to seven years and fined.

 

looks like a bangala leh.. simi tour guide? [laugh]

btw, the bus is 300k? wu yah boh

[WTF]

NB.......not even midnight yet can't board another bus meh??? Also destination not too far leh.........

[BlueOldMan]

Bus driver fault

Never chk all cleared n left bus

Y key there?

[Celicar]

Jail 9+ months. Suspended from driving for a year.

 

Come out the suspension barely anything left.

[Watwheels]

So now we know bus drivers leave the keys on the ignition.

 

Easy target for terrorists. First it was the mrt depot incident, now this. What's next?

[1fast1]

Loving this story.

 

In his defence, he didn't actually steal the bus since he wasn't intending to keep it or sell it. More of a "joyriding" case. But when zheng hu is involved, everything becomes theft. Except what they do to us, of course.

 

Quite satki, though, this guy. Got balls to joyride bus without licence, and never crashed. Just forgot this was Singapore, a very fine country.

[WTF]

So now we know bus drivers leave the keys on the ignition.

 

Easy target for terrorists. First it was the mrt depot incident, now this. What's next?

think this is quite common leh........many a times I saw bus drivers drive up to the waiting bay then left the bus with the engine running to go to their office etc last time when I took them........

[Scion]

i notice the news (usually the negative ones) nowadays don't list the nationality of the person in focus

 

same goes to the recent news where a man stripped naked and a mata gave him a taser

 

probably reduce the anti-foreigner bashing

[Gitanic]

joyride....now free food n lodging for 9 mths

 

suspend licence when there is no licence to suspend

[Ahtong]

i notice the news (usually the negative ones) nowadays don't list the nationality of the person in focus

 

same goes to the recent news where a man stripped naked and a mata gave him a taser

 

probably reduce the anti-foreigner bashing

 

Which makes things worse because people will just assume he is a foreigner.

 

 

[Mkl22]

Stealing a sbs bus is like stealing a police car or army 5 ton truck. What the hell are you going to do with it?

[Bicolor]

So now we know bus drivers leave the keys on the ignition.

 

Easy target for terrorists. First it was the mrt depot incident, now this. What's next?

 

I noticed that many buses these days are started simply by pushing a button instead of turning the key. I don't know if this system requires a key of some sort to be inserted first though.

[Benarsenal]

Win already lor. Like real life GTA.

[Scoots]

Notice how conveniently they had omitted the nationality??

[Scion]

Notice how conveniently they had omitted the nationality??

 

yah, journalism should be professional and fact-based

 

if it's a foreigner who commits an offense, just report it

 

 

[WTF]

yah, journalism should be professional and fact-based

 

if it's a foreigner who commits an offense, just report it

that's true for those of international standings.......but for ours with the Big Brother behind......

[Blackyv]

Isnt it obvious he is from india or bagladesh? He might have driven a bus or truck back home but no license here mah... how many non license dare to drive a bus home and safely somemore?...