BernanaRama
Sunday, December 23, 2007
honky honky honk honk
there is the usual taxi uncle who is a very safe and courteous driver when his cab is not occupied but transforms into a clutch-kicking, jam-braking, fast gear-shifting speed demon when there is a passenger on board. then when you too slow or in his way, he will not think twice about honking you or giving you a flash of his state-of-the-art XENON HID HEADLAMP HIGH BEAM.
then there is the driver that thinks he is playing Need For Speed Pro Street on his XBox 360 cause he is "drafting" behind your car. and by "drafting", i mean tailgating. i mean he is so freaking close, when you look into your rear view mirror, you see nothing but that crazy bugger's face. its that damn close.
then of course, which expressway can be lacking of the driver who swerves in and out of the 3rd and 4th lane and overtaking cars like he is in a rush to send a pregnant woman to the hospital. if you give him a F1 car, i bet he will be faster than Michael Schumacher.
there will also be the i-wont-let-you-lane-change driver, these kind of drivers are the worst to deal with, cause you cant freaking honk at them cause they are behind or beside you and you cant just cut into his lane cause you might risk having him hit your rear bumper. and its especially frustrating when its the do-or-die kind of lane change ie if you dont lane change, you miss the turn and have to find a u-turn or alternate route. so its always best to know the route well and always plan ahead, i know the frustration cause sometimes i dont plan well also. haha.
then last but not least, its the indecisive driver, the one changes lane last minute, the one who doesnt know whether to go or not to go at the stop line, the one who cannot decide whether or not to pick up his handphone while driving, the one who cannot decide whether to read FHM or Maxim while driving etc etc etc.
anyway i am glad i havent honk anyone yet and i hope i wont have to honk anyone, cause honking usually means, someone pissed you off, you wanna piss someone off, theres a crazy pedestrian standing in the middle of the road, theres a dangerous situation or your hands are just itchy to press the horn. haha.
anyway safety is always of utmost importance and recently i heard that in Vietnam, the government set a rule for motorcyclists to wear helmets cause there are too many accidents involving motorcyclists and some of their deaths could have been prevented by wearing helmets. so whats the reason for Vietnamnese not taking care of their precious heads before the implementation of this rule? one of their reasons is that the helmets look like rice cookers. haha and immediately i had this mental image.
haha sometimes i just think of crazy things. haha. anyway safety should always be the chief concern. so i am gonna show yall this video that is really frightening to watch and hope it brings across the message that we should always be good pedestrians, drivers and motorcyclists. Cheerios!BerNANA SpLiTtInG at 8:56 PM [comment]
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