I agree with you, lots of the time the problem comes from
driver's not preparing to get in the correct lanes to exit the
expressways and only doing it at the very last instance
It depends on the situation, especially at peak hour.
What happens outside of the expressway?
When you travel from a 2 left turn lane and enter the next
junction to a single left turn lane, signaling your intention way
in advance and observe the kind of consideration on the road.
Take the 3 lane wide road yesterday, my signal (along with 2
other cars behind mine) had been blinking for more than 5 minutes,
and not a single vehicle gave way and I had to move along further
up front to avoid blocking traffic going straight. Until the very
tip of the left filter lane, nobody gave way as well. 3
minutes later one taxi driver finally relented and I gestured
thanks.
More than 30 or 40 cars must've passed by.
I could've just chosen some smaller car and jutted in
abruptly and very rudely, leave it to the reflex of the unfortunate
driver I'm cutting. Afterall I signaled. Traffic is fucking slow.
And he probably turned into this road a lot later than I
did.
If he is one second too slow on his accelerator or brake, that
is his problem.
If he bumps into my side door, that's his goddamn problem.
Looks like I should be adopting this habit soon, after all, most
Singaporeans drive like this.
It really speaks about the local culture here.
