This thing has been bugging me for ages.
A thorn in my side.
A pain in the *&#!
And a gnawing shame.
Arrgh!!
In my ten years of driving, I see that Singaporeans' driving habits have gone from bad to worse, to utter torture!
The Traffic Police has to do more before it is too late.
Go on more rounds. Catch the culprits red-handed. Fine the perpetrators or ban them from driving for a period. Compel repeat offenders to take up refresher lessons. Make new drivers drive smaller cars.
Somehow, it's become very difficult to move just one finger to signal where you're going.
Or to concede that you've had one drink too many to be driving.
Speeding today is more than about pumping adrenaline and machismo.
It's also a display to all and sundry that you have one damn fast car.
Road hogging while talking to your friend/s in the passenger seat has become a favourite way to pass the time in the car, to some.
While to others, when overtaken, it's a call to war.
Driving while on the phone has become an art.
And somehow the deluded driver who weaves in and out of traffic thinks that will save him a good 20 minutes on the road.
Oh, one more thing, anyone notice how the pot likes to call the kettle black?
This is plain to see in a recent Straits Times article about Singaporeans' bad habits on the roads.
Someone said before, for every finger you point to others, you point three at yourself.
My brother who's a taxi-driver can concur.
Wednesday, July 4, 2007
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3 comments:
I have to concur.
Why should the poor tree in Braddell be chopped down just because some drivers refuse to stick to the 40km/h limit? Or because the road had to be built such because people refuse to walk or take public transport and rather splurge on a status car, thereby needing the government to build more and bigger roads?
I say let the tree live and teach people to drive carefully, especially since most people know the tree is there. And if they don't, just stick to the speed limit lah!
Save the Trees!
It's sad when mother nature has to make up for man's poor behaviour.
I was going to hug that angsana tree, or maybe form a human chain around it.. but too late. funny how the decision to destroy always comes too quickly.
Yup, I wish I had hugged the tree too before it went...I think our hands could just about link around it.
Well, now there are no excuses for dangerous driving along Braddell. Oh, but now there isn't a tree in the middle of the road...I can speed even more now!
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