Tuesday, September 06, 2005

Here's another example of a typical Filipino's nasty driving habits, which highlights their being inconsiderate to other motorists on the road.
This car was driving on the inner lane ever since he entered C5 from the South Super Highway, despite the fact that there were very little cars on the middle and outer lanes. And he was driving a relatively slow 60kph, at least compared to the maximum speed limit of 80kph for C5.

The problem here, i think, is in the name. It really shouldn't be called the fast lane, because fast is pretty relative. What's fast for one person maybe a crawl to another, or something akin to the speed of light to someone else. It's just pretty irritating when one has to slow down or undertake (is this a proper term?) because the driver in front of you thinks he's Michael Schumacher when he's actually more like Driving Miss Daisy.

I think it should more appropriately be called as the overtaking lane. Although a change in name may not take effect immediately, we have to start somewhere. Hopefully, after a generation or so, motorists will take this to heart and show a little bit more consideration to his fellow motorists.

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