Is there a rule to forbid dropping passeger near bus-stop ?

[Thermodynamics]

If you just stop, drop off passenger and move off as quickly and safely as you could, I feel it is ok. Dun let a horny bus driver spoil your day.

 

Everyone on the road should give and take.

[Vtim]

opss, I got it mix up no choice lah, my highway code (now call basic theory) was back in 1980

[Melissa]

pls dun start the trend of 'spotting' mistakes...

 

or else sure alot of ppl kena..

[Merkava]

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even 10 sec to me is long

imagine counting from 0 to 10

 

for me

 

its just a 3-5 sec thing

 

open, hop off, and close

 

show urgency and people will tend to forgive

 

Wah, just like how AI troopers dismount from their M113?

[Melissa]

my mum told me last time highway code can be tested orally.. no need written..

 

u from that era?

[Vtim]

yes, either written or oral, I took written one.

 

IIRC, you will be given a matchbox toy car to push along a cardboard that have all the drawings of a road/traffic stop/traffic lights/zebra crossing...etc. While you 'drive' (push) the matchbox car, you are suppost to tell the tester what you will be doing, etc, before a turn you should check your mirrors, signal, then check mirror again, look out for blind spot, etc...

 

there was a joke about a guy taking the oral one:

 

he didn't say anything while 'driving' the matchbox toy car, so the tester ask in Hokkien "an zhua boh choot sia" (how come never say anything", so the guy goes "vroommm, vroooooommmm, vroooooooommmmmmmm, etc..."

[Srlxy]

Wahahaha...

 

I took the oral test for my SAF driving license.. A bit weird.. haha..

[Nohnemwan]

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The thread starter used specific situation, he did not stop in the bus stop, he stop at double line after the bus stop.

 

I am not sure about the 9metres thing, so no comment. Technically, if its double yellow line, you can stop for immediate drop off. That is in basic theory, it is OK to do so. Only double zigzag is NO drop off. single zigzag also can immediate dropoff. THe bus stop got nothing to do, assuming there is no 9m rule thing.

 

But again, annoying people is another thing, depending on the traffic, just like stupid taxi suddenly stopping to drop customer, just piss people off. Sometimes it makes people's life better if you stop further away and not add to the congestion.

 

 

 

You may like to know that you are wrong in several areas.

 

Double yellow line:

No stopping - even for one second. Penalty: fine only.

 

Double zigzag:

No stopping. Penalty: Fine PLUS demert points.

 

So, can you see the difference? Whatever the line, straight or zigzag, double yellow = NO STOPPING AT ALL. The penalty for getting caught is different. Plain double yellow line = fine only, no points. Zigzag double yellow line = fine plus demerit points. Get it?

 

Refer to this website:

http://driving-in-singapore.spf.gov.sg/ser...ps/offences.htm

 

Look under the heading 3 Demerit Points.

 

The offences of Parking within a Demerit Points No Parking Zone (ie single zigzag line) and Stopping within a Demerit Points No Stopping Zone (ie double zigzag line) are clearly stated.

[Ronwong]

YOu are right about the double zigzag. But wrong on the double yellow.

I know that double yellow in most country is NO STOPPING AT ALL, and an immediate drop off will get you a ticket. And they enforce it. So like Hong Kong, I will never stop for any purpose for double yellow. But this is Singapore, if you check their rules, again, double yellow and single zigzag, you are ALLOWED to drop off or pickup. Only double zigzag you are not allowed to do so. I believe all these zig zag thing is unique to Singapore, most other countries follow basic traffic rules and double yellow is sufficient.

[Charliebrown]

Double yellow lines, whether straight or zig-zag, have the same message ... no stopping 24/7 (ie. at all times so that also means no parking).

 

Zig-zag lines (whether double or single) simply warn motorists that there is a pedestrian crossing ahead in addition to 'no stopping' (15 metres on both sides of the crossing, I think).

Motorists found stopping within that zone pose a danger to both pedestrians and motorists. A stopped vehicle in this zone causes vehicular obstruction as well as the view of both drivers and pedestrians. Hence the heavier penalty.

[Ronwong]

Please purchase a basic theory booklet and have a read. I am extremely puzzled, but in Singapore, it is ok for drop off at unbroken double yellow. THat is the rule, what people do is another thing. I have seen people parking on double zigzag for hours.

 

White zig zag lines are a pedestrian crossing zone.

YELLOW single and double zigzag lines are unique to Singapore as far as I know. There are in front of IMPORTANT buildings, very heavy traffic areas, etc, it is along the whole stretch of robinson road, so what pedestrian crossing, no, in front of the cantonment police complex etc etc.

[Eyke]

just had a peek at Mighty Minds Highway Code booklet and it says:

 

no stopping within 9m of bus stop's yellow box.

[Dafansu]

should be no parking not no stopping

 

checkout TP website

 

http://driving-in-singapore.spf.gov.sg/ser...olationsfaq.htm

[Nohnemwan]

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YOu are right about the double zigzag. But wrong on the double yellow.

I know that double yellow in most country is NO STOPPING AT ALL, and an immediate drop off will get you a ticket. And they enforce it. So like Hong Kong, I will never stop for any purpose for double yellow. But this is Singapore, if you check their rules, again, double yellow and single zigzag, you are ALLOWED to drop off or pickup. Only double zigzag you are not allowed to do so. I believe all these zig zag thing is unique to Singapore, most other countries follow basic traffic rules and double yellow is sufficient.

 

 

As I have already stated in my post #2432028, you are wrong about your understanding of unbroken double yellow lines in your post #2427105.

 

You are still wrong about your understanding of unbroken double yellow lines in your post #2432364. You continue to claim that it is OK to stop at unbroken double yellow lines for drop off or pick up.

 

Get this FACT straight: it is an offence to stop for whatever reason at unbroken double yellow lines. The rule that refers to this is Rule 91(b) of the Highway Code.

 

This FACT is mentioned in the following court case:

http://www.ipsofactoj.com/archive/1990/Par...1990(9)-010.htm

 

Scroll down to para 16 (iv).

 

The reason there are zigzag yellow lines in Singapore is that the normal unbroken yellow line offences do not allow for demerit points. Since too many drivers ignore the rule and just get off by paying a fine, a more effective deterrent is needed. Hence the zigzag lines which come with demerit points.

 

You have obviously failed to see the differences in the offences as mentioned in my post #2432028.

[Dafansu]

you can stop at double yellow line or , single yellow zigzag line to drop off passengers.

[Vtim]

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Wahahaha...

 

I took the oral test for my SAF driving license.. A bit weird.. haha..

yah, I heard SAF also got oral test

[Thug]

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I am just wondering if there is a traffic rule to prohibit a car to stop and drop a passeger near a bus-stop. I have been dropping my wife just in front of a bus-stop where the marking on the side is a double yellow line and is not marked as a bus lane.

 

Just this morning, an SBS bus was right behind me and the bus driver kept honking at me for stopping my car to drop my wife along a double yellow line about 5 meters in front of the bus-stop. I wonder why ??

 

If u dropped ur wife 5m behind the bus stop then its not a problem....

[Cutebeat]

what's the big fuss over dropping someone off at the bus stop or at the double yellow line?

 

it's not as if you are stopping there for 5-10 mins.

the bus and passengers needs to rush for time doesn't mean the motorists doesn't needs to rush for time.

 

at this time of economoic depression, we have had enough of this fxxk sxxt bus lane rule, increasing ERP gantries, ERP charges, fuel prices keeps increasing and government don't give a fxxk to help the motorists or it's peasants.

 

is this the government that you people voted for?

getting paid millions and enjoying all the special privileges, i guess they have lost touch with how the peasants here lived by.

Edited June 29, 2008 by Cutebeat