I feel that people need to learn to drive their own car.
Being a young student with three years experience on the road I have noticed that people who drive on the road feel the need to drive the car that is ahead as well as the car behind them.
The Ramiah family in the article were incorrect in believing that it was okay to hoot at the vehicle in front of them purely because he was “driving very slowly through the robot”. Hooters were created to alert and warn other drivers of a possible collision, not to prompt others to drive faster. My main concern is that they found the gentleman’s speed to be an issue. It is ridiculous that people want other people to drive faster, yet speed kills on a daily basis.
In the article, Ramiah stated that they were in a rush while the man in front of them was clearly not, and why should he have been? He couldn’t have possibly been expected to rush too just because the Ramiah family failed to plan their time properly.
I am in no way supporting the aggressive reaction of the male driver, as restraint and tolerance should be practised by our fellow motorists. We as motorists need to remember that we share the road with human beings. Human beings go through different, tough stages in life. The person driving to your left might have just been retrenched, while the one driving on your right might be going through a divorce or contemplating suicide. These factors can lead to people overreacting or reacting in an aggressive manner on the road.
Therefore the Ramiah family should have simply changed lanes and overtaken him without hooting or cutting him off.
I’m sure the man was aware of his speed. I myself had to drive my car to a mechanic because the clutch pad was completely finished. Therefore I could not drive faster than 50km/h and people were hooting non-stop. That day I knew what speed I was travelling at and could not do anything about it.
