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Tuesday, September 09, 2008

Driving-of-the-Day

Played with the CO2 gun! Haha. Anyway, saw the moving target rifle!!! Wah.. So cool! Like Silent Scope. LOL.

Today, we will look at 2 cases on driving and people! By the way, these are true accounts.

Case 1:
Everyday, A will arrive slightly before B at the car park at her workplace and A will be parking while B waits very impatiently for A to park, giving A much stress. After A parks, B zooms off really fast and A can even smell the burnt smell of the tyres of car B. However, A always meets B at the lift and B is a perfect gentleman then. B holds the lift door open for A.

Case 2:
Back in Manila, whenever C drives, she will wind down the window fully such that other motorists will see that she is a lady and be patient and give way to her. C claims that ladies have this special privilege behind the wheel.

How is it we are courteous to people while we're not behind the wheel but immediately transform into monsters and road gangsters when we drive? We don't tailgate people who walk too slow or shout a loud "SIAM!" (the equivalent of horning). We don't cut into people's paths or cut their queue (most people anyway). However, the proportion of people doing this while driving is significantly higher.

It seems as if we forget about our human relations as soon as we step behind the wheel. In a car, drivers see cars - objects. Drivers do not see another car and view it as another human being operating the vehicle. We seem to be more patient when we see people in their "human form".

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