Traffic Culture 01

Sounds familiar?

I believe this happens frequently all across the world. Yeah it sure saves you maybe about 10 minutes, but that 10 minutes can change a lot.

- You just taught your child at the back (if any) why is it worth it to not invest in this thing called patience, and thus in the future they can choose to dump the already old and senile you into some old folk's home to save their 10 minutes worth of time. You aren't even worth 10 minutes, they probably think.

- You might get back home early to find your spouse, who had expected your timing to come back in around 10 minutes later, cheating on you with the milkman.

- Blue car in front suddenly brakes for the fun of it, causing you to crash into his rear and you have to pay up because you rammed into his rear, saving the red car the agony of being the scapegoat. Well, this is how it works here in my country, at least.

- You saved yourself the agony of detonating your explosive diarrhea in your car, making to the toilet bowl in time. But turns out that guy in red car was a stalker robber in disguise waiting for unsuspecting targets like you who ignored traffic, and he followed you to your house and break into it. And you watch (or to be exact, listening while in the most awkward position) helplessly as you hear the bangs and cracks and the shiftings of your valuables in the house, and there's nothing you can do except getting stuck on your toilet bowl with your rear explosions.

That 10 minutes can really mean a lot. Please drive safe, and drive smart.