Vaucluse wrote: I do miss how well Singaporeans drive . . .
Sad, isn't it . . .sundaymorningstaple wrote:Vaucluse wrote: I do miss how well Singaporeans drive . . .
If you think Malaysia's bad, try Indonesia, and if you think Indonesia's bad, try IndiaVaucluse wrote:Nath21 . . . I lived in Singapore for close to six years . . . and thought I'd gone to traffic and driving hell when we moved to Thailand . . . only to find that the driving God had saved hell for me here . . . aside from that it's not a bad place except for the ridiculously infantile Bhumiputra advantages.
Vaucluse wrote: I do miss how well Singaporeans drive . . .
Rant over. Thank you for listening.
As a biker I filter all the time and have never so much as touched a car... and I ride a very large bike.dazzlebabe wrote:Not to mention:
1) Motorcyclist who try to squeeze through the width of a straw through traffic, hitting your side mirror to face the car on the left and just riding off
Bikers get screwed for parking. So many malls and buildings don't allow bikes into their garage. MC parking spaces are few and far between, and because it only costs 65 cents all day, people park and never move.2) Bike bikes bikers parked anywhere along the street, side roads, pavements, entrances to any mall etc....
.3) pot holes. any sort of holes in the middle of the roads
Never seen it.4) any kind of warning (closing of roads etc) handwritten in Bahasa so the rest of the world don't understand till you hit a dead end. with you and 15 others at a bottle neck with no where else to go.
OK... I give... what's a "Mat rempits"?5) Mat rempits riding 5 abreast and gossiping ON THE HIGHWAY, taking out the middle or right lane.
Excellent geek-boy, when I do a thread about driving in India or Indonesia your valuable input is more than welcome . . . we can swap driving stories over many countries . . .jpatokal wrote:If you think Malaysia's bad, try Indonesia, and if you think Indonesia's bad, try IndiaVaucluse wrote:Nath21 . . . I lived in Singapore for close to six years . . . and thought I'd gone to traffic and driving hell when we moved to Thailand . . . only to find that the driving God had saved hell for me here . . . aside from that it's not a bad place except for the ridiculously infantile Bhumiputra advantages.
Ah, the mat rempit pimply wannabe-thugs blocking half the road . . . love 'em!1) Motorcyclist who try to squeeze through the width of a straw through traffic, hitting your side mirror to face the car on the left and just riding off
2) Bike bikes bikers parked anywhere along the street, side roads, pavements, entrances to any mall etc....
3) pot holes. any sort of holes in the middle of the roads
4) any kind of warning (closing of roads etc) handwritten in Bahasa so the rest of the world don't understand till you hit a dead end. with you and 15 others at a bottle neck with no where else to go.
5) Mat rempits riding 5 abreast and gossiping ON THE HIGHWAY, taking out the middle or right lane.
I used to think highly of you but after that statement I think you should be given psychiatric help . . .i prefer the driving skills in Malaysia even though i definately don't prefer the jams.
Are you talking about Malaysia? I am.....Strong Eagle wrote:As a biker I filter all the time and have never so much as touched a car... and I ride a very large bike.dazzlebabe wrote:Not to mention:
1) Motorcyclist who try to squeeze through the width of a straw through traffic, hitting your side mirror to face the car on the left and just riding off
I did not say EVERY BIKER so you don't need to justify that you don't. I have had them do it to my car several times when I was in KL
Bikers get screwed for parking. So many malls and buildings don't allow bikes into their garage. MC parking spaces are few and far between, and because it only costs 65 cents all day, people park and never move.2) Bike bikes bikers parked anywhere along the street, side roads, pavements, entrances to any mall etc....
It is a $70 fine to park on the sidewalk, and if they are not in your way, why could you possibly care where they are parked?
Well, they are parked on the sidewalk (which is not many in KL) and block the way thus forcing me to walk on the road. Not to mention the hot exhaust pipe you have to avoid
.3) pot holes. any sort of holes in the middle of the roads
The roads here are by far the best of anywhere in this area of Asia, and a hell of a lot better than Houston. Except for construction projects (like Circle Line), roads are very well maintained.
Once again, I am talking about KL. Not Singapore!
Never seen it.4) any kind of warning (closing of roads etc) handwritten in Bahasa so the rest of the world don't understand till you hit a dead end. with you and 15 others at a bottle neck with no where else to go.
That's because they are in the small village roads in Malaysia. Once again, I am not complaining about Singapore. As I may highlight again, I wrote.. "Not to mention" before my post that Vaucluse started about Malaysia. NOT Singapore.
OK... I give... what's a "Mat rempits"?5) Mat rempits riding 5 abreast and gossiping ON THE HIGHWAY, taking out the middle or right lane.
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