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Infamous Inconsiderate Road Rage

An irksome thing happend on my way to dance class on Saturday.

Already I was late so naturally, I was in an anxious and agitated mood.

As if that is not enough to put me through the most intense rollercoaster corkscrew spin, some idiots have to make it worse.

I have no choice. I have to blog about the Infamous Inconsiderate Road Rage (they are getting on my nerves so bad, I have no choice but to resort to tedious alliterations for relief's sake).

First things first. I have nothing against drivers who drive fast, sometimes even beyond the law-stipulated speed limit. But the line is crossed when these drivers are putting other people's lives in danger. I mean if you want to die then go ahead and die, why drag innocent people down with you? These innocent people have mouths to feed, bills to pay, talents to contribute ok?

So what happened, you are asking?

I was happily listening to my MP3 (at that moment playing 远走高飞 by SAM!) and looking out of the window, like I always do. Just as the bus was turning right on Keppel Road towards the Tanjong Pagar Train Station, the incriminating act happened.


As you can see from the diagram, my Harmless Bus turned into Keppel Road's LEFT lane. Meaning the bus was ALREADY in the LEFT lane.

Next to this lane was a filter lane where vehicles can try and filter safely onto Keppel Road.

Any drivers in their right minds would know that if you are in the slip road filtering into the main road, you GIVE WAY to the vehicles on the main road. If need be, you even have to STOP.

This is part and parcel of driving in Singapore. Not happy? Go some place where you can herd flocks of sheeps as you do not deserve to be driving on the road.

What happened? You asked me again.

In the filter lane (Marina South Keppel Road exit) trying to get out onto Keppel Road were not one, but TWO, SATs (Stupid Assheaded Trailers).

Can you believe it or not? They were side by side in one single lane. How they did that only hell knows but I could tell even from the 2nd level of my double decker HB (Harmless Bus) that they were not slowing down. Instead, they were speeding and fighting with EACH OTHER as to who can filter out to the main road first!

I mean, WHAT THE FROTH!!! They were not only FAST, they were reckless and putting their lives and other people's lives in extreme danger. And they could jolly well see a BUS (BUS, not BICYCLE) on the main road, left lane aka the lane they are trying to dive into!

My poor HB driver had to suddenly slow down by about 30 km/hr so that no one gets hurt. I could tell it was a sudden break. The two SATs then sped out of the filter lane, all the while maintaining a side-by-side position, and drove away on Keppel Road.

From the front glass panel of my HB, I could see them OVERTAKING every other vehicles on the road. Don't they have a speed limit? Isn't it 50km/h?

You mean these two shitty SATs are driving at 50km/h? I seriously doubt it.

As you can tell, they do not deserve to be part of the roads that we've grown so accustomed to.

What's more, about three months ago, my dad's van was mangled by an SAT too.

He was in front of a trailer and the culprit SAT apparently overtook this trailer and tried to move IN FRONT of the trailer, BEHIND my dad's van, not knowing that my dad's van was there and thus, hit the van on the right side. He was driving really fast and not checking for any vehicles. Thank God my dad sped up and the culprit only hit the back door. If not, I can't even fathom the consequences. (For those who couldn't understand the above can refer to the following diagram).

He even had the cheek to chide my father for not driving fast enough! I mean, HELLO??? Anyone up there??? Are you out of your frothing mind?!

YOU SHOULD'VE SLOWED DOWN AND CHECKED IF A VEHICLE WAS THERE BEFORE OVERTAKING! I MEAN, HOW OLD ARE YOU, 6?

Later, my dad found out that this is the THIRD (3RD) accident the SAT was involved in that MONTH! Imagine the cocoons of danger zones on our roads! And voila! It's in the vicinity of an SAT!


I've noticed a few habits that these SATs like to do, and just a word of caution to all drivers. Please take note.

SATs like to speed but being the sissies they are, they do not want to get caught. So, they do the most sissified action and that is by TAILGATING. They will drive REALLY close behind a vehicle. So close, it is bordering on infringement of the right to privacy. As these SATs can be extremely massive, the vehicle in front of course feels intimidated, especially for inexperienced or new drivers like me. In order to shirk them off, these vehicles drive faster, hoping they can abandon the SAT.

Wrong move.

Instead of leaving the poor, vulnerable vehicle alone, the SAT will drive even faster and CONTINUE to tailgate. What's their FRUDDING purpose, you ask me? Simple.

They want to speed but too bad, speed limit for trailers is 50km/h. So, they tailgate and try to intimidate the poor driver in front to speed so when the TP (Traffic Police) comes, they'll catch the vehicle in front because in actual fact, the vehicle is speeding. The SAT goes scot-free!

How to handle such situation? Simple move. Move to the next lane and give the SAT's driver the biggest smile you can ever give. I can guarantee you'll irritate the living daylights out of the driver because you've just exposed his trick. Follow you again? Change lane (safely of course, and remember your signals) again and this time, wave at him. Do until they pek-cek.

Well, a few other tips when driving on the road, with expert advice from veteran drivers (aka Mr Sia and talkative taxi drivers).

1. DO NOT ever drive on the left lane. This is because the left lane is the MOST dangerous. When you are attacked from the right, you have NOWHERE to go. And also, the left lane is the most happening (turning, filtering, stopping especially taxis etc). Go into the left lane only when you need to turn, go into slip roads or stopping.

2. OVERTAKE from the right, not on the left. When you overtake on the right (of the vehicle you are overtaking), you are able to see clearly if a. there are any vehicles behind you and b. the driver of the vehicle you are overtaking has a better chance of seeing you. If you overtake from the left, a. you cannot really see if there are any vehicles there and b. the vehicle you are overtaking may not see you as you will be in his/her blind spot, which puts you in a very vulnerable position.

3. Always SLOW DOWN and LOOK first before you change lanes or turning.


I'm sad to say, that these SATs have joined the ranks of other road rages:

1. Squirming motorcyclists
2. Three-lanes-at-one-go taxi drivers
3. No-way-will-I-signal drivers

And, last but not least...

4. Racing-cars-wannabes SATs (Sordid Abysmal Trailers)

Face it. You are not now, and never will be, a racing car. You are just a trailer so drive like a trailer driver should drive. Sickening...

I sometimes wonder why our TP still insists on putting the speed limit tag behind these SATs as, obviously, it is not working.

What's more, the TP is always not there when he is needed aka to nab the potential killers.

Disclaimer: The above terms used are applicable to drivers who drive like 1-4 of the above. They do not represent the entire drivers race as a whole.



Whatever.

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Sane needs to cool down

Sane reflects @ this location permanently