Be Courteous on the Road, Can?
What happens when a blogger has a camera in hand wherever he goes? The pictures taken are most likely gonna go online. Let’s talk about driving. Sometimes I wish I could change the driving habits of some drivers. I hate queue cutters.
If I could follow along behind the queue, what can’t you? And then there are those who change their headlights to something that could blind people.
Most new cars these days come with Xenon headlights and that’s fine if they’re properly fitted and the beams carefully adjusted so as not to blind other road users. It is the illegally-fitted (without JPJ approval) lights that are a nuisance.
How about drivers who can’t parallel-park?
Even though the road was wide enough for cars to pass, you should not park like that. There was so much space around the car but the driver chose to shove it just like that. The family (owner of the car) was having a meal in a restaurant.
There’re lots of other frustrating experiences I’ve had while driving, but I can’t be holding the camera in my hand all the time. One of them shall be illustrated in a simple drawing below:
Imagine you’re in the red car, trying to come out of the junction. The approaching yellow car *does not* show any signal to indicate it’s making a turn. So, you wait for the yellow car to pass, only to see it turn into your street (green solid arrow) instead of going straight (red dotted arrow). I tell you…… -_-”
But I guess I shouldn’t be bothered too much. These kinda stuff happen everywhere in the world, and we can’t change much of anything. If we could just put ourselves in other road users’ shoes, everyone might just drive a little more courteously.
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19 Jun 2007 narrowband
The high beam is really a but case, and most of the time (for me), these cars with high beams are usually tiny minnie kancils aka kelisa those sorts, not offence here just tat it always seems to be those species. Well of course we can’t be mentioning bout high MPVs and lorries here..
haha, i do feel ur sweat on the no signaling turn.
BTW, u were holding ur lumix babe on the beam shots while driving?!
Haha! Not bad wey… can still take pics of side mirror when driving! And I really really GRRRRR!!! the final example! Makes me feel like staring at the driver to death! Hmmmphh!!!
Jian - I’m sure you also understand how dedicated/hardworking a blogger is when it comes to capturing blogging materials. You went great length in Taman Negara at the river to capture some shots that nobody dared! A slip on the rocks would have sent you (and your camera) jacuzzi-ing with the fishes.
Angel - Haha, that one hor… it was the burst-mode. I knew the car was coming so I prepared the burst mode and kept pressing for about 10-15 seconds. Pictures were captured in rapid succession, so, I didn’t really take my eyes off the road haha. But then I must stress that it is not a recommended thing to do!! ;p
The final example, sometimes I feel like lowering my window and give that universal gesture!
Should be purple car instead of red car? Haha! Anyway, yay, I extremely despise queue-cutters on the road. They are slowing down everyone when they jump the queue and cut-in.
live and let live :) the world belongs to everybody so does the road. i learned long ago not to expext anything from anybody but to just live and get along as best as I can ..this includes other road users :)
if not i will go crazy. there r so many other example like the ones u posted.
Yes, all of those listed above are pet peeves of mine when I’m on the road. And to add some more - switching lanes without signal lights, dawdling at the traffic light when it turns green, indecisive drivers who “straddle” two lanes with their car just so they can take the faster lane, etc etc etc…
You know what I like to install in my car? An online message board. That way I can curse those #&$^@ drivers!
Janice - Ah, sorry, colour-blind. You know I know can lah.
If I’m not in the mood, I’d stick close to the front car’s ass (but careful enough not to smooch it) so I don’t give any room for queue-cutters to chop in. Of course, two wrongs don’t make a right so if can, dear Narrowband.org please don’t do that ya.
(I seriously don’t like to walk my own talk huh… ;p)
Bengbeng - That’s very true indeed. I don’t expect anything to change, not overnight, not in 10 years or 20 years. But hopefully a good reminder now and then can help reduce such occurrences.
Rinnah - For me, if no signal lights means no respect, so I don’t like them, especially those who want to cut in right in front of me. If there’s a room then it’s fine, but some require me to give them some room - without signal lights is rude. If I kap siao abit I won’t let him in.
Oh those aeroplane-driving ar… riding the lines wan. Super irritating. Normally, the horn will be put to good use. Hehe.
Che-cheh - Ehhh! I used to blog about that before, hahaha. I have thought of it as well… A message board can then be flashed to other road users to tell them something, like “you didn’t switch on your lights”, etc. But it’s susceptible to abuse… I will most likely write more than required haha.
viddy, Taman Negara ei? think back it’s kinda shivery. u make it sound like we cam whor* a lot. :) Well this is the responsibility we so gladly enjoy and won’t mind risking..
I also hate those blinding flashes of light. Really hope those users get blinded themselves. Hahaha, evil me.
Yeah, I’m also disturbed by those people who wanted to turn but didn’t put a signal. It makes a difference for us, especially when we wanna turn out and it’s turn on the other side.
cant see the line cutting thing in pic number 1. and gee… isnt it dangerous to take pic while driving????
the gomen just said they will be tough on ppl with xenon… let’s just wait and see.
Jian - Responsibility? Haha no, I’m answerable to no one about blogging :p
Day-dreamer - Wah jahatnya :p I jz hope the police go around booking those with high beams!
Zewt - Ya that first pic is not a good queue-cutting example. Sorry ;p But something like that lar… And yes dangerous to do two things at the same time… agreed. It’s a calculated risk, that I made;p Anyway, not recommended nevertheless.
I don’t think the xenon enforcement will be successful. Last time said wanted to check tinted windows and all, now also nothing happened.