Irresponsible, Irratic Drivers

These days, the drivers on the roads are getting from bad to worse! I wonder if there is a module on on out signaling lights for lane switching, entering a major/minor road or even parking by the side of the roads.

Where did all the manners go?

These days, drivers drive as if they OWN the road, they switch lanes as often as they wish and mostly at the expense of other's lives as well. In one morning of driving along the PIE, I've encountered 2 such drivers. Not only are they travelling at high speeds of at least 80kmh but they also fail to check their mirrors or signal whenever they decide to switch lanes simply because the vehicle in front of them has signalled to make a turn out of the highway (slowing down the traffic by 0.1sec). Or worse, when they either drive dangerously close behind you (some call it tailgating... I call it COMMON driving) or they drive at painfully slow speeds (60kmh) on the extreme right lanes on the highway.

forgive me for saying this, but these mistakes tend to be made by either very young energetic drivers who has alot of "drive" to cheong or the older folks in their 50s or 60s.

Once, traveling on a small side lane behind a nissan sunny, he was moving at the speed of the cyclist next to him. Nevermind he's being cautious right? Well, during the stretch of about 1km, he was so slow that anyone would think that he was slowing down to stop. Taking an opportunity to move ahead of him, he suddenly decide to speed up and almost knocked into my car. Without any signals or wave of hand of apology.

AFter exiting into the main road, I took the right lane next to him to steer clear of his slow-signal-less ways... and he wanted to cut into my lane, totally without even checking if the road was clear. it was a good 1km away from turning into the main road, there could be tonnes of vehicles driving next to him. How can anyone even think of changing lanes without checking??

When our vehicles were waiting side by side at the traffic lights, he did not even have any sense of remorse or showed it. All he did was raise his right hand and shook his head and looked away for the rest of the time. Has he forgotton that as much as his life on the roads depends on the other road users, the lives of the other road users also depend on HIM. If he continue to drive like an irresponsible, irratic singaporean, it wont be long before a serious accident happen.

Bad driving habits accumulate with time, and perhaps, for these reasons, we should consider having some sort of checking device on elderly drivers. Maybe put a tester in their car once in 5 years after the age of 50 to access how often they check their blind spots, signal their intentions, drive at the appropriate speeds etc. (it is a form of job creation too!)

Please do think about how your driving affects the other road users.