Wanted to watch Without a Trace this evening but for some reason, I'm not getting Ntv7 on my TV. Must've been the lightning from the heavy rain.
Yes, all you haze-stricken West Malaysian people, it's raining cats, dogs and kitchen sinks here in Kuching.
Muahahaha :D (Not that I derive pleasure from other people's pain or anything) So yeah, I'm really thankful for the rain. If not terpaksa continue baking in the heat.
But then again, it's already the norm for us to have excruciating heat two to three months a year. At this point, Malaysia has three very distinct seasons: Wet; Hot and Very Hot and Hazy, in that order. None of that 'hujan dan panas sepanjang tahun' nonsense anymore. The hujan and the panas decided to split up and conquer different parts of the year.
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The heat also causes somewhat dire effects. And if my observations are to be trusted, a sharp increase in heat will cause a sharp drop in motorists driving skills.
How did I come to that conclusion? Well, today I had the misfortune of running into not one but three separate incidents where other motorists think that they or their grandfather own the road. And it just also happens that all of them were in big-assed SUVs.
Legend:
Blue = Me
Shaded Blue = My original position
Red = Bad driver (all three are different people)
Shaded Red = Bad Driver's original position
Incident One
Happened when I was on my way to school, somewhere in Poh Kwong Park. Now, the other guy could've just taken the green route, which is what everyone else would have done. But NO, he had to assume that the right lane (the lane I'm on) was empty, thus giving him the right to drive on the wrong side of the road.
Then tiba-tiba I appear in my Kancil. So how? He angry lah, then he show hand, show finger, point left and right. Mind you, the road was big enough for the both of us, and then some. So I honked him for all I was worth (note the fireworks). Very stress relieving.
Who asked you to drive such a huge unmaneuverable car?
Incident Two
This one happened on my way back from school, at the Third Mile overpass. I signalled and slowly eased my way into the side road on the left. Then out of nowhere this fellow appeared at the preceeding exit, swerved into oncoming traffic and made his way into my lane.
So I blared my horn again. I tell you, there is no greater tension reliever than honking like there's no tomorrow.
Incident Three
This one's pretty self-explanatory. This SUV was all over the middle of the dual lane road.
So I honked again. But the driver just gave me that tidak apa look, complete with hand gesture and continued down the middle of the road.
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Ah well. In hindsight, I may have been a little to hasty in dispensing my honks. And I'm not actually proud of what I've done. Plus, I may have been guilty of not driving in a civilised manner on a number of occasions. But driving on the road is a privilege, not a right. Even more so if you're in a vehicle twice the size of your house.
Just wanted to point out that Malaysian drivers (not all however) ARE absolutely hopeless on the road.
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