As in 'Moron cycling in the middle of a busy street with his back towards traffic'!
Yes, nothing surprising, got up late and was on the cusp of being late for work and so was not in the mood for any delays.
Yet rounding the corner, there he was. In the middle of the road, cycling at a speed only matched by crawling babies, at the very point where traffic from Old Klang Road was merging with motorists (like me) coming out of OUG.
Was he on a suicide mission?
Maybe he simply did not care or, and this I strongly suspect, it was his little private joke to get back at not being able to own a car. I can imagine behind his serene little smile, he was thinking "HAHAHAHAHA, think you all are so great huh, with your shiny little cars, while people like me must cycle everywhere...see now I make you late for work. What you want to move into the left lane? Oops, I must cycle really slowly now, guess you have to wait."
Or perhaps he was making a point that Malaysian roads lack suitable pedestrian and cycling lanes. Hey in which case, the man's got a point.
sounds like a matter of discipline...except that you got the picture imprinted in your brain....
ReplyDeleteHa!...hail the freeRider!!
ReplyDeleteHere's a nice one for you, stuck in your seat-belt!
A Poem by Charles Bukowski:: Drive Through Hell.
..........
the people are weary, unhappy, frustrated, the people are
bitter and vengeful, the people are deluded and fearful, the
people are angry and uninventive
and I drive among them on the freeway and they project
what is left of themselves in their manner of driving-
some more hateful, more thwarted than others-
some don't like to be passed, some attempt to keep others
from passing
-some attempt to block lane changes
-some hate cars of a newer, more expensive model
-others in these cars hate the older cars.
the freeway is a circus of cheap and pretty emotions, it's
humanity on the move, most of them coming from someplace
they
hated and going to another they hate just as much or
more.
the freeways are a lesson in what we have become and
most of the crashes and deaths are the collision
of incomplete beings, of pitiful and demented
lives.
when I drive the freeways I see the soul of humanity of
my city and it's ugly, ugly, ugly: the living have choked the
heart
away.
...........
nice work on your Blog. Take care!
Mohan.
Yes Mohan, that's absolutely right! People become their worst on the road and transfer the hate towards their driving and hostility towards other motorists :(
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