As i've said, we must not give in to other's frustrations cos
this way, we indulge in other's convenience too easily. Rightfully
speaking, drivers themselves ought to know that once they are in a
frantic situation and in a need to rush, they shouldn't be on the
roads cos their presence will pose a menace to the safety of other
road users. I can assure you that for an irritated and impatient
driver who just want to get from Point A to Point B in a shortest
possible time, he is selfishly expecting the public to indulge in
his convenience and to him, all the slower vehicles in front of him
are labelled as "road hoggers" obstructing his progress.
And again, do not readily believe every vehicle travelling way
beyond the stipulated speed is compelled by life and death
circumstances. May i refer you to the thread titled "What's
the maximum speed you have driven in Singapore" under the
car forums, by Mr "lovetospeed" and you will be horrified to find
out that there certainly exists those morons thrill seekers who
speed and tailgate just for fun. Do go into this topic and read
about how these young chaps brag and boost about their top speed
and their car performance. Please, for goodness sake, do be a bit
more skeptical about speeding vehicles. Life and death
circumstances??? My foot! Don't be naive. How often do you think
life and death scenarios occur on sg roads.
To me, it's more likely that the idiot driver overslept and needs
to get to his workplace on time for fear of being late, and this
selfish chap is blaming the general public for causing his delay
and expecting them to indulge in his convenience???? C'mon, we are
all aware that young chaps these days love to speed just for the
thrill and on every friday and saturday evenings, you see most cars
zooming beyond 90 along the expressways towards town area and u
really think they are rushing to the hospitals.?? Stop deceiving
yourself, surely you know they are rushing to meet their friends in
dinners, movies, pubs, discos etc after receiving loads of
phonecalls and sms messages like "OOiiii!!! why so late??? what
time u coming??? quick lah!!! we are all starving and waiting for
you leh!!! you must come here fast so that they can serve the
dishes leh!!!" So you are telling us we ought to indulge in their
convenience by giving way to them????
And as a matter of fact, who are you to bring courtesy into the
picture where our drivers, on the whole, don't even bother to
signal properly when changing lanes and making turns. Go teach that
basic courtesy of signalling to them first before you talk about
giving way to vehicle wanting to overtake you.
I'm not insisting i'm right and the law is on my side but it's just
that i follow the law and the law is rightly enforced and it can
never be bent. I'm not encouraging you guys to road hog but i'm
trying to convince you that road-hogging on the roads is
inevitable.
Even if we are compelled by life and death situation, a smart
person will know he won't get anything out of speeding and
tailgating. He should anticipate there will always be slower moving
vehicles impeding his progress and causing his delay. Out of sheer
frustration, to this poor desperate guy in a hurry, those vehicles
in front of him will only be nuisance to him. I hope you guys
realize that's the cruelty of life and "road hogging" is
inevitable.
Apart from expressways, i'm sure u guys know on normal roads, there
are traffic lights every 500m. What's the point of driving as fast
as possible and forcing the front vehicle to give way when after
you make an exit from the expressway, u still have to stop when
approaching a red light. Will you be cursing the traffic light as
"selfsh road hogger"? Are you wishing that the red traffic light
will spare a thought on your "life and death" predicament and give
way to you by turning green immediately??
I am not being cynical by not believing that speeding vehicles are
forced to do so by critical cirumstances but it's a fact that we
can also think of hundred other reasons for impatient driving and
tailgating. Other than shifting the blame to the road hogger for
causing the delay which result in a life lost, why don't attribute
the delay to destiny, everything is all destined and we have to
accept it.
The frequent heavy volume of traffic in singapore shall constantly
remind us to anticipate traffic congestions and delays and give
sufficient time buffer to get to our destination. There is no
excuse for claiming that you are in a hurry and therefore this
warrants you the right to speed and tailgate, and the front vehicle
should always give way to you. We cannot indulge in those drivers
who fail to plan their journey time adequately well and expecting
every vehicle to give way to them, this will only make them take
such "courtesy" for granted, and once they are deprived of such
courteous privileges, they will lose their cool and think the
public owe them a favour.
