careless driving?
friday was a sucking day for me.. something happened which made me felt moody the whole day, and even yesterday, the feeling of being wronged has not gone away..i was travelling in the CBD area, to fetch peipei after work, near one raffles quay.. i was on the extreme left lane, and at a junction near the building, this lane has an option to either turn left or go straight.. just as i was nearing the junction, suddenly a taxi on my right sped up, put up an impromptu left signal, and tried to turn left in front of me..
being at 80km/h on a 70km/h, i was quite fast, and checking the rear view mirror, the car behind me was quite close, so i decided against slamming the brakes.. i just let my foot off the accelerator and allowed the car to cruise.. off course my decision resulted in a near collision, but in the end after some intense horning, i continued straight while the taxi was unablt to turn left and remained on my right..
a TP then subsequently pulled up in between us and asked us to stop in front where there is less traffic.. he booked me for careless driving, $150 and 6 demerit points.. i tried to explain to him that it wasn't my fault, and that i had the right of way.. and he said that it was a very lenient charge already, could have been avoided had i 'slammed' my brakes.. what the?? and if there's one thing i leant from others' experience, never never argue with a TP.. so i decided to just accept my freaking fate and keep quiet while he copied my details..
while he wanted to book the taxi driver for reckless driving.. the taxi driver managed to reduced it to careless driving as well.. i didn't know how he managed to do it, as i was in a confused state of mind about my 6 demerit points.. sighz..
after details were copied, i sat back in my own car, pondered for awhile, curse my arse luck, and drove off..
posted by Linus Chia @ 10:23 AM
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