There are bad drivers and selfish parkers. What constitutes a selfish parker? Well, firstly, he parks wherever at his convenience. Never mind if his vehicle is a heavy vehicle truck, not fit for HDB service roads. He probably doesn't have much of a brain either since he cannot comprehend why such heavy vehicle trucks are not allowed on HDB service roads, because there may be little children running about, riding their bicycles, or elderly folks walking with their walking aids and that such heavy vehicle trucks have blind spots.
I have been stuck with such a person for months now. He even parks at the bin centre, without thinking that any robber with a plan could use his truck as a spring board into the flats on the 2nd floor OR that an arsonist could light up his truck and conveniently blow up our entire flat at the same time.
The HDB has issued summons over and over again, yet he still parks there.
Perhaps he's rich or the company is picking up his bills for him - but does that mean we act carelessly? That we do as we please and inconvenience others?
I guess he will only see the potential danger when someone's kid gets run over by his truck, when he's reversing.
Then he'll be teary eyed in court - but if we all wait for that moment, then don't you think our rules are useless? After all, do we need to have someone loose a loved one before we react?
Are we, Singaporeans so selfish that we only see the problem when we become a problem?
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