Monday, July 14, 2014

I almost became a road bully. Saya nyaris jadi pembuli jalanan.

This car overtook me and at the same time almost pushed me to the drain.

This is the car driver. Luckily her face is blocked the reflections from a Magnum 4D shop. Notice the child seat beside her.

WITHOUT PREJUDICE.

I saw a video posted to the internet showing a Chinese man on a motorcycle trying to bully a Chinese lady car driver carrying a passenger, also a Chinese lady. It showed the man riding slowly ahead of the ladies and at the same time preventing the lady driver from overtaking him. Eventually the man forced the car to stop. Finally he alighted from his motorcycle, shouted at the ladies and hit the car's windscreen causing it to crack. 

After watching the video surely one would think that the motorcyclist is a road bully trying to bully two helpless ladies. But what the video did not show was the event before that. In my mind there must be something started by the car driver that irked the motorcyclist. I think I got the answer this morning.

I was riding my 125 cc scooter to work when suddenly a Myvi car tried to overtake me on a doubled-lined winding road. I tried to tell the driver that it was wrong to overtake on a double-lined road by preventing he or she from overtaking me. He or she could do it further down the road. Furthermore there was a car coming  from the opposite side. But the driver was persistent and in doing so almost forced me and my scooter to the drain. 

With my powerful 125 cc scooter there was no problem for me to overtake the car. Then I did what the 'road bully' in the video did. I rode slowly while preventing the car from overtaking me again. Yes, for a few minutes I became a road bully!

When reaching a row of shops the car swerved through a service road towards them. I too swerved and stopped in front of the car. What do you know? The car driver is a Chinese lady too. 

I was not taught to bang cars, smash windscreens or hurt or bully ladies. Furthermore this is the fasting month when one should control his or her temper. So I just told her that she almost pushed me to the drain and she was overtaking on a double-lined road. 

She replied she was in a hurry and apologised. I accepted her apology but told her I have to snap a photo of her and her car. She quickly wounded up her car window but I managed to snap the above photos.

So readers, if you come across videos of road bullies in the internet don't just make your judging conclusions. I almost became one myself.   


TANPA PRSANGKA.

Saya ada melihat satu video di internet menunjukkan seorang penunggang motosikal lelaki Cina membuli seorang pemandu kereta perempuan Cina yang membawa seorang penumpang, juga perempuan Cina. Video itu menunjukkan penunggang motosikal itu memandu perlahan sambil menghalang pemandu kereta itu memotongnya. Akhirnya lelaki itu memaksa kereta itu berhenti, turun dari motorsikalnya, memaki pemandu kereta sambil mengetuk cermin depan kereta menyebabkannya retak.

Setelah melihat video itu sudah tentu kita memutuskan bahawa lelaki itu seorang pembuli jalanan membuli dua orang perempuan. Tetapi video itu tidak menunjukkan apa yang berlaku sebelumnya. Pada fikiran saya tentu ada perkara yang dilakukan oleh pemandu perempuan itu yang membuatkan penunggang motosikal itu marah. Saya fikir saya mendapat jawapannya pagi tadi.

Saya menunggang skuter 125 cc saya ke tempat kerja apabila sebuah kereta Myvi cuba memotong saya di satu selekoh bergaris kembar. Saya cuba memberitahu pemandu itu adalah salah memotong di jalan bergaris kembar dengan cuba menghalangnya dari memotong saya. Dia boleh memotong saya di hadapan sana. Tambahan lagi ada kereta yang datang dari arah bertentangan. Tetapi dia tetap nekad dan dalam pada itu nyaris-nyaris memaksa saya jatuh ke longkang.

Dengan skuter 125 cc, tidak menjadi masalah bagi saya memotongnya balik. Kemudian saya buat apa yang pembuli jalanan itu buat. Saya menunggang perlahan sambil menghalang kereta itu memotong saya sekali lagi. Untuk beberapa minit saya menjadi seorang pembuli jalanan!

Bila sampai ke sederet banguan kedai kereta itu melencong ke hadapannya. Saya juga melencong dan berhenti di depan kereta itu. Rupa-rupanya dia juga seorang pemandu perempuan Cina.

Saya tidak diajar untuk mengetuk kereta orang, memecahkan cermin kereta atau mencederakan atau membuli perempuan. Lebih-lebih lagi sekarang bulan puasa di mana kita diminta banyak bersabar. Jadi saya cuma kata padanya yang dia nyaris menyebabkan saya jatuh ke longkang dan dia memotong saya di jalan bergaris kembar.   

Pemandu itu menjawab dia hendak cepat dan memohon maaf kepada saya. Saya pun memaafkannya tetapi dengan syarat saya ingin mengambil gambarnya. Dia cepat-cepat menaikkan cermin keretanya, tetapi saya sempat mengambil gambar-gambar seperti di atas.

Jadi pembaca sekalian, jika terlihat video menunjukkan pembuli jalanan di internet, jangan terus memberi hukuman. Saya nyaris menjadi seorang darinya.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Peehhh...gengster

Anonymous said...

Road bully