begone evil p-plates!
as of today, i am finally out from my enforced membership in the orange triangle racing team.
for those not in the know, it's a singapore regulation for new drivers or riders to prominantly place fugly probation plates at the front and rear of their vehicles for one whole year from the time they get their license. think reflective 3M plastics, an orange triangle on a highlighter yellow background. they're supposed to "enhance your visibility to other road users" as well as notify them of the fact that you are a new driver/rider and thus allow them to be more courteous and forgive the little mistakes that all newbies make.
bullshit.
the bright colored plates mark you out to "seasoned road users" the same way a red cape marks a matador to a bull. it does nothing more than gurantee that people are going to take advantage of your new driver/rider status and perform feats of unimaginably horrible driving and extreme discourtesy. even worse, you just know that they take great pleasure in the fact that they've managed to outdrive a new road user. of course it doesn't matter that i've been driving for 12 years, and that i probably know the rules of the road better than them.
give yourselves a big pat on the back you wankers.
in my haste to remove the unholy objects from my bike, i completely forgot to take a picture of their now crushed forms in the bowels of a friendly office trashcan, but as they say, out of sight, out of mind.
for those not in the know, it's a singapore regulation for new drivers or riders to prominantly place fugly probation plates at the front and rear of their vehicles for one whole year from the time they get their license. think reflective 3M plastics, an orange triangle on a highlighter yellow background. they're supposed to "enhance your visibility to other road users" as well as notify them of the fact that you are a new driver/rider and thus allow them to be more courteous and forgive the little mistakes that all newbies make.
bullshit.
the bright colored plates mark you out to "seasoned road users" the same way a red cape marks a matador to a bull. it does nothing more than gurantee that people are going to take advantage of your new driver/rider status and perform feats of unimaginably horrible driving and extreme discourtesy. even worse, you just know that they take great pleasure in the fact that they've managed to outdrive a new road user. of course it doesn't matter that i've been driving for 12 years, and that i probably know the rules of the road better than them.
give yourselves a big pat on the back you wankers.
in my haste to remove the unholy objects from my bike, i completely forgot to take a picture of their now crushed forms in the bowels of a friendly office trashcan, but as they say, out of sight, out of mind.
posted by beeker at 11:56 PM
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