I cannot begin to imagine why, when a vehicle uses a certain road all the time, he still makes the same silly decisions. In Katong, where the cars are parked on the left, it would make sense for drivers to simply keep to the right lane. BUT no, every morning, you get vehicles at the Still Road traffic junction, driving fast enough, only to jam their brakes just before the first parked car. Of course I know what they intended to do actually - step on the gas, try to get ahead of the car on the right lane and squeeze in.
I cannot understand why they just simply won't travel slower - if you vehicle's pick up is s-l-o-w then it's s-l-o-w ; no matter how much of gas you pump, you'll still be almost kissing the back of the parked car. This morning it was a blue van, shaped like a Vito. Just because he's larger than most cars, he tried to squeeze - of course the cars won't give way, coz he wasn't polite in the first place. They all left the traffic junction at the same time, and being a frequent driver on that road, any one would tell you that cars WILL BE PARKED along the left side - which is why, the right lane always has a queue of cars trying to clear the traffic light, unless they are turning left, at the junction to the ECP.
After that tight squeeze, the driver rammed his vehicle, only to have to stop less than 20m away coz cars were turning right into Joo Chiat. It was quite hilarious really to see the personification of stupidity. With the windows up and a/c running, I could hear VITO's engine revving leaving a trail of grey smoke....then his brake lights came on ...
I was about 3 car lengths away.
*sigh
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