Letter from Singapore Police Force

(Letter Signed by Commander Traffic Police, Sam Tee)

Today having driven the bus to Changi Airport for 3 round trips for some 10.50hours, with a combined meal and rest time break of 38mins, I am totally exhausted when I reached home.

It has been some time that, I did not open my letter box to collect the delivered letters. Alamak, (Malay for O’ My Gosh) I got a letter (as shown above) from Singapore Traffic Police (STP).

For the last 25 years, I could not recall, I ever received any letter from STP. As a Norm, from time to time, I will get letters from Land Transport Authority (LTA); regarding my car road tax expiry dates or got fine for illegal parking  at the HDB loading bay; or driving through an ERP gantry without a valid cash card been insert into the  car IU; or using the bus lane during restricted period.

Initially, I do not have the guts to open the letter, as my initial reaction is that, I may have been caught for speeding along TPE. When the bus is fully loaded during the peak hours, during down slope motion, the bus speed did exceeded 60KM/hr. Out of concerned for some 110pax packed inside the bus, I usually would not hit the emergency brake that will cause the pax to “lunge” forward and backward.  

Since, I am overwhelmed by fear of being summoned by the STP for a possible traffic offence that could jeopardizes in onward career (at least 2 years to go!), so I did not open the letter as yet.

Vividly, I still can remember that just a couple of weeks ago, I did assisted a Chinese PRC colleague to translate a long English letter, from Traffic Police, with several paragraph that he is required to appear in person in Court somewhere in October 2015; for driving the bus at a top speed of 72.3KM/hr !! , along BKE.

Wow, there is some 20% more than the max allowed speed of 60KM/hr for a heavy vehicle. Taking precedent from previous court ruling, I guess my Chinese PRC colleague will get a 3 month suspension from driving or worst case, (is the end of his driving journey career in Singapore).

So coming back to the letter, after dinner, I finally got the courage to open it, and having read the content of the letter, I have a good LAUGH, ha ha ha……

Like many good drivers in Singapore, according to the letter, it was for a complimentary for STP. Congratulation! For having kept a clean traffic record for the past five years without any demerit points!

Bottom line, if you bought my bus service 858 to Changi Airport, next time, you are certainly being in a safe and good pair of Hands. Thank You.