aelysha
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Had 2 cases where my father blew up at me and said I was driving too recklessly.
First time was while driving on the left-most lane of the CTE just before Balestier where there's merging traffic from the left side. At the point where the roads joined, the front of my car was around the back tire of the car on the left. Could see he was reluctant to change lanes as our cars were too close. Yet my car is moving faster than his so I have to slow down quite a bit to let him pass. I decided to accelerate pass him so that he would have space to cut behind me instead of driving side by side all along the road shoulder. Also didn't want to inconvenience users by suddenly slowing down. Kena scolding by father.
Second time was also while driving on the left most lane. Saw 2 buses at a bus stop. The bus in front was signalling right. Problem with buses is that a lot of times even if you slow down and let them pass, they decide not to go anyway. So I decided to just maintain speed as I didn't think the bus would come out since I was already quite near it. There were also no cars in front of me so I figured the driver was waiting for me to pass. But when I was around 1 bus length from the back (or 2 bus lengths from the front) the driver suddenly decided to turn out. Ended up stepping on the brakes hard (like you do when the traffic light suddenly turns amber) and kena scolding from my father again.
Is there a better way that I could've handled it?
First time was while driving on the left-most lane of the CTE just before Balestier where there's merging traffic from the left side. At the point where the roads joined, the front of my car was around the back tire of the car on the left. Could see he was reluctant to change lanes as our cars were too close. Yet my car is moving faster than his so I have to slow down quite a bit to let him pass. I decided to accelerate pass him so that he would have space to cut behind me instead of driving side by side all along the road shoulder. Also didn't want to inconvenience users by suddenly slowing down. Kena scolding by father.
Second time was also while driving on the left most lane. Saw 2 buses at a bus stop. The bus in front was signalling right. Problem with buses is that a lot of times even if you slow down and let them pass, they decide not to go anyway. So I decided to just maintain speed as I didn't think the bus would come out since I was already quite near it. There were also no cars in front of me so I figured the driver was waiting for me to pass. But when I was around 1 bus length from the back (or 2 bus lengths from the front) the driver suddenly decided to turn out. Ended up stepping on the brakes hard (like you do when the traffic light suddenly turns amber) and kena scolding from my father again.
Is there a better way that I could've handled it?