Traffic will allow breakfast on the road

Frans H. Said (October 29) is absolutely right to vent his anger and frustration at the continuous shortcomings of our new bus service system.

Calling me an armchair apologist is incorrect. In my last letter about the subject (October 24) I never give the impression that I was defending the bus company Arriva.

It is only logical that if motorists are going to get stuck in traffic, so will buses. By all means this is not an excuse for the company, and a remedy must be found to enable commuters to get to their destination in a reasonable time.

With thousands of second-hand imported cars arriving in multitudes, it is no wonder that the traffic congestion has reached saturation point.

It will not be long before we have to start taking a thermos and a sandwich on the way to work either in our cars or on the buses.

The authorities concerned should study the traffic arrangements implemented in Singapore, a small territory with an extremely high population density. According to reports, traffic arrangements have improved in leaps and bounds.