Alright this incident happened yesterday at 10th of April 2011
at around 10.30pm at the Singapore immigration centre.
As some of you guys may know, there would be this slight incline
upward slope after which you will reach a place where there are
diagonal lanes that are angled at a rough 45 degree angle for
drivers to slot in and wait for their turn to get their passports
inspected.
Each lanes can facilitate up to 2 cars and the rest would have
to wait at the main vertical lane.
Ok so my car was right after the upward sloping incline and i
was waiting there for the cars to move. There were 3 lanes in front
of me which were occupied by 2 cars each. Full, in other words. So
i didnt move to the lane that was at the most in front, i merely
waited there for one car to clear on either 1 of the 3 lanes to
clear so i could slot in without having to entertain this scenario
(waiting up at the uppermost lane, and what if the last lane,
namely the 3rd lane clears and I have to end up waiting
longer).
Alas, there was this malay driver behind me that has been
tailgating me since the start of the jam, i do not know if it was
deliberate. When I didnt move, he started honking at me non stop.
In the end he wound down his window and shouted at me, I shouted
back. Exchanged a few unintelligible words and we moved on. Later
further up at the checkpoint, we met again. He stared at me and I
threw him a vulgar sign.
His expression changed from red to scarlet from an instant. Got
down from his car and confronted me He looks like 40+ and
stared as if I killed his whole family, wanted to punch me,
but he didnt. Keep shouting, follow singapore law la! Move in front
la! That was pretty much what he said throughout the entire
exchange. When my friends moved out from my car, he backed off
instantly.I think he was scared to carry it further. But
he still pointed that universally understood sign at me while
backing off, kinda like a dance. He drives a Toyota family car that
is horrendously modded to look like a racing car wannabe and he
obviously do not own enough money to buy a normal regular plated
car. His is a red plated car. I suppose he has gone to Malaysia to
enjoy the tax free driving.
I would have enjoyed a lovely showdown with him if he punched
me. I consider myself rather built but he was much fatter, taller,
older than me. Still, i suppose it would be quite a spectacle. Its
a lucky thing that he didnt, else he would be in a hospital now,
with the help of my friends ofcourse.
Fantasy aside though, i was wondering if there is this
kinda law, and it doesnt cause any jam if i were to wait for a car
to clear first. In fact, it would make things faster for everyone
if they adopted the same thing. We wouldnt have to wait
aimlessly.
By the way i consider myself a rather safe and pleasant driver,
I give way when i have to and i dont drive dangerously and I am 20.
I wonder what kinda person like that has no life and would stoop so
low as to argue with a person thats half his age.
So anyway the purpose of starting this thread would be that I
want to know if i was at fault?