Vroom, Vroom, I'm A Brainless Motorcyclist!

I think when you decide to buy a motorcycle over here, your are required to leave your brains behind at the shop where you bought your motorcycle from cos as far as I'm concerned, I think almost all motorcyclist are a brainless, inconsiderate bunch of people. And I say almost all cos there are a few law abiding motorcyclist out there but they're a rare bunch of people.

This afternoon, on the way back to the office after lunch at home. I stopped at the traffic lights cos it was red (duh!). There was this motorcyclist guy who decided to ignore the lights and went through and almost got himself killed by narrowly avoiding a car that was on the right side of the traffic lights.

Trust me, if that car hadn't stopped in time, which in turn nearly got him rear ended by another car behind, that motorcyclist would have lost his stupid life. And to top things off, he had the cheek to show the driver of the car his middle finger! He went through a red light. The car with the right of way, screeched to a halt and nearly got rear ended by the car behind and the poor fellow was shown the middle finger. Can you beat that?

I've seen this happen so many times. The motorcyclists here are just a bunch of brainless terrors on the roads. They really have no regards for rules and regulations. They squeeze through you at traffic lights, sometimes scraping your car, hitting your side mirrors without even bothering to stop. They go through red lights like as if the roads belongs to them. They weave in and out on the highways without a care in the world. They don't bother using the special lanes allocated for them. They park anywhere they like. The list goes on and on and on ...

Do they even worry about their own safety? Do they they even care? Do they even have brains to care? I've had my fair share of close encounters with these motorcyclist in my lifetime and half the time I felt like just running over them! As it is, it's already stressful enough driving on the roads here with those mad lorry drivers, psychopathic bus drivers and the occasional Michael Schumacher wannabes, we also have to look out for these motorcyclist who weave in and out, using the highways pretending to be Valentino Rossi's. They not only endanger their own lives but the lives of the rest of the road users.

Some of them even ride without crash helmets, carry five or even six (I've seen this with my own eyes) people on their bikes. Not only that, I've seen some that carry all kinds of stuff with them like mattresses, generators, pipes, cupboards (yes, I've seen this too!) and all sorts of other things that are not at all suited for a vehicle with two thin wheels. Don't ask me how the heck they actually balance themselves though.

And with almost all the fatal accidents involving motorcyclists in the papers everyday, they're still not concerned about safety. They probably think it won't happen to them. Well, Mr. Motorcycle guy, when it does happen to you, then it'll just be too late, wouldn't it? You'll just be another statistic on the road! So, please, for gods sake, toe the line when it comes to safety on the roads. Green mean go, Amber means get ready to slow down to a stop and red means STOP!

And what I hate even more is after coming out of an appointment to find my car surrounded with motor bikes that I can't even get into my car. They just park wherever they like and go about doing whatever it is they do, not bothering if they're inconveniencing anyone else. It's not like there isn't a motorbike parking nearby. At times like these I just feel reversing and running over their bikes. Well, to be honest once I did. not run over their bikes but actually push their bikes into a drain ... hahaha ...

A colleague and me went for an appointment and came out to see bikes parked on either side of us, blocking both driver and passenger doors. And we couldn't move the bikes cos one or two of them had tire locks on it. So we did the next best thing, we pushed it all down the drain and quickly got into the car and drove like crazy out of there ... LOL! Trust me, it felt good seeing all the bikes fall into the drain like dominoes ... hahaha ... Ok, I know it was a bad thing to do, but they deserved it!

That's why I think motorcyclist are a bunch of stupid morons who leave their brains behind when they buy their bikes. But I must stress that there are a lot of pretty decent motorcyclist around who follow the rules and take their safety and others into utmost consideration. And I salute you guys for that. It's just that other brainless bunch of motorcyclist that give you guys a bad name. Then again, there are some pretty moronic car drivers too ...
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