Road Courtesy II: Roadhoggers
Last night, on my way to a friend's place for accompaniment, I encountered a roadhogger driving on the outer most lane. It is a traffic rule that if you want to drive slowly, you should keep to the inner most lanes. The outer most lanes are only for those who want to overtake. So last night, when I followed behind him, I flashed my headlights at him to indicate that he was driving too slowly, but instead of courteously filtering to the inner lane, the driver purposely stepped on his emergency brakes before driving off slowly again. Luckily I was a short distance away from him, and I wasn't driving fast (how fast can you drive if you're following behind a roadhogger???). In the end, I had to use the inner lane to overtake him. I also saw a few more cars overtaking him, and one also flashed him with headlights, but the selfish driver simply refused to budge, even after the "hints" given by other drivers. I think that this driver really needs to do some self-reflecting. If he has kids, is this what he's going to teach them?
Another time, I was travelling along a main road when I saw a traffic jam ahead. Just as I was wondering whether there was an accident or a vehicle breakdown, I found out the cause of the jam. A big lorry and two vans were occupying the three outer lanes each and they were driving so slowly that other vehicles were left with only the inner most lane to overtake. Those that couldn't overtake had to follow obediently behind them, thus creating the jam. In the end, after much honkings from all around, only did they move aside for the other vehicles to pass.
I just can't believe the selfishness and arrogance of these drivers. They really create tons of inconveniences to other drivers. I think fines should be imposed on all roadhoggers, and demerit points should also be deducted from them. Only then, we could, hopefully, have a more pleasant journey on the road.