Incidents of road rage and bad driving at the Malaysia-Singapore land border have gained notoriety on social media. Drivers who were desensitised to casual aggression in the past might now be more easily goaded, says SUSS’ Omer Ali Saifudeen.
of a car that scraped hers, and a man who angrily flashed a Malaysian passport while cutting in front of another car, en route to the Johor checkpoint.Perhaps we’ve forgotten such bad behaviour used to be the norm, people got used to the jams, queue-cutting and occasional vulgarities and rude gestures.
Vehicles form a long queue to enter the Woodlands Checkpoint in Singapore early on Apr 1, 2022, before crossing the Causeway into Malaysia's southern Johor state, as both countries reopen their borders to all fully vaccinated travellers. While it is not realistic to only drive when perfectly calm, being cognisant of how you feel before you go on the trip would at least guard yourself from losing control due to a provocation.
Now add to this mix a “motivated offender”: The driver who has been stuck in the jam for hours, only for another driver to break out of the long line of sufferers to cut in ahead. But over the years, he learnt losing his cool was just not worth it – it would sour his trip and create risks for his passengers. More importantly, every time he let slights go, he felt himself becoming a better person all-around.
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