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https://mothership.sg/2022/08/bus-captain-sleep-crash-jailed-yishun/ I find it kind of harsh to jail someone who's a shift worker for falling asleep on the road. While he is 100% to blame, I'm not sure I agree with a jail sentence for a mistake. Albeit it was pure luck, no one died or got badly hurt. A 9 hour minimum break. They have to drop the bus off at depot usually? Then take the shuttle back to mrt/pick up point. Then take public transport back to their own home. I mean unless they own scooters, the transit time alone is how long. Then waking up at 330 am to be in time to reach work by 530 am. That's if u work like a robot and do nothing else, a person still had family commitments etc. For us, we have no reason to fall asleep cos we can always plan our journeys or stop whenever we want to. Recently the airplane Ethiopian airlines case also. But at least that had two pilots. But come down to it, its a lapse caused by whatever situation. Whether a cockroach fell into your face, or u dropped hot coffee onto your crotch...