Sunday, May 20, 2007

How to win a race in a traffic jam


Some time ago I arrived at the conclusion that Malaysia actually sits in the Bermuda triangle, unknown to most people. If you don't know what the Bermuda triangle is, it's an infamous part of the world where things defy the laws of logic.

In no other part of the world can you see cars turning left when they signal right, driving slow in the fast lane and driving towards you on a one-way street. Heck, you don't even find this in Bermuda.

This morning's drive was a classic case. Me and my buddy Mark agreed to meet up at Starbucks for an early morning coffee. Although we live in the same neighborhood, we drove separately. He's a fast driver like me. We placed a small bet. We'll take off from my house at the same time and the last person that arrives pays for breakfast.

We realize that at 8.30am on a working day, the roads will be choked with crawling traffic. The result? I won by 15 minutes.

How did I do it? Simple. When the road is jammed up, drive at the leftmost lane.

Yes that's the slow lane where the traffic moves fastest (Hey we're in the Bermuda triangle remember?). Like today, on one small stretch alone I overtook 26 near-stationary cars in the 'fast' lane.

Try it out and see if it works for you.

Anyway, thanks Mark for breakfast. Lets do it again sometime.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Haha, that's good. Didn't get any ticket ah? Oh... too early I suppose, they are still sleeping.

Bryan said...

No cops & no ticket. You're not breaking any law 'cause ur just driving normally in the slow lane like the others do. Ur taking advantage of the fact that people naturally rush to the fast lane because they think its the fastest and then they get stuck.