Drivers aren’t the only people who get road rage. As most regular riders of public transport could tell you, the frustration is real and can cause even the most seemingly mild-mannered citizens to suddenly explode, as appears to have been the case with this passenger on a Yangon bus who took his anger out on an innocent passenger door as seen in this a video uploaded yesterday by Yangon Bus Service operator, Omni Focus.
In the video, the male passenger, carrying an umbrella and a backpack, moved past other passengers waiting by the door and tried to open them, unsuccessfully.
Frustrated by his efforts, he reached out of frame to grab the emergency hammer — meant only to be used in emergency situations — and proceeded to shatter the left side of the glass passenger door in one clean hit (perhaps he was in a hurry). He then kicked through the door with this feet repeatedly to finish the job but the doors remained closed.
Unfazed by the shattered glass, he adjusts his right shoe and continued to kick open the door until he finally succeeded and stepped outside the vehicle.
The incident happened aboard the YBS 99 on Saturday evening at 8:44 PM, according to the video’s time stamp, when the bus was under the 8th-mile overpass en route to South Dagon from Hlaing Thar Yar township, waiting for the traffic lights.
According to the post by Omni Focus, the unidentified male asked the bus driver to open the passenger doors but the driver said he couldn’t because new regulations under the YBS system didn’t allow drivers to let passengers down at traffic lights.
Before YBS was implemented in 2017, Yangon’s commuters suffered from unsafe conditions, overcrowding, and an unregulated environment under the Rangoon Motor Vehicles Supervisory Committee or Ma Hta Tha. Passengers often boarded and disembarked Ma Hta Tha vehicles anywhere they pleased, even in the middle of traffic (although the unsafe conditions exist to this day).
Our not-so-friendly passenger probably felt it was unfair that the bus driver didn’t let him down where he wanted, but times are a-changing and it’s time to get with the program.
“These rude actions disturb other passengers and we have submitted the video file to relevant authorities,” Omni Focus said in the post.
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