I am sure by now, most of you would have heard of the advertisement on the radio about how we are always so courteous when it comes to queuing up, you know, giving way to older people, letting woman with small children go first, etc. When it comes to giving way on the road, we honk and refuse to give way to other motor vehicles.
Anyhow, that was how the advertisement went. As much as it does make sense, I beg to differ and I just think this isn’t the way to solve the problem. We must get to the root of why people aren’t giving way and being courteous when they are, in other circumstances.
Let’s see, people do not squeeze in front of you when they are queuing. If they did, you would have been pissed as well, no? Yet, on many occasions, you still give way willingly, why? Simply because we are doing it willingly and out of courtesy. I don’t know about you guys but I can’t seem to find it in me to be courteous, be it on the road or in a queue, when some ignorant idiots just cut in front of you. Somehow or rather, I feel they are not doing it unintentionally, but they just feel it’s alright to do what they are doing. They don’t seem to think it’s at all wrong.
At least queue cutting isn’t too bad in our country, but don’t even get me started on idiot drivers or cyclists. All I can say is they assume too much. Dude, as much as I want to anticipate all your possible idiotic actions on the road, it’s just impossible for me to anticipate all of them. One day, I am bound to hit into you, or rather, YOU hitting into ME! Now, that is the last thing I want happening, not so much because I care about your life, but rather, I care about mine and my families.
Then, we have idiotic motorcyclists who zig zag through the traffic, squeezing through any small space they can find in between and beside cars. Perhaps they do not know the danger associated with their riding attitude or perhaps they just can’t be bothered about their safety.
The next thing you know, when you get into an accident, people start screaming at you when in the first place, it was them who caused all these. When you honk these idiots, they will stare at you, probably will also give you the finger, and will make you feel like as if you did the utmost stupid thing. So much so that sometimes, you just feel like slapping them silly, or maybe next time just bloody knock them down, since it’s such a sin to honk at them.
Perhaps our driving school have not taught our drivers the proper way of driving. I shall leave teaching you guys some basic rule of thumb when you drive, at a later date. Let’s save that for another post.
Thank god, a few weeks later, I heard the advertisement to advise drivers and motorcyclists not to cut queues. Otherwise, I am sure we have some stupendous people who just do not know what the main cause of all these courtesy going down the drain is. Anyway, I shall stop ranting now and you guys have a great weekend ahead.
