Monday, May 26, 2008

Sin Kung...or Sin Ka?

I drive to work every morning & once in a while I'd bump into cargo trucks escorted by 2 cars - 1 in front & 1 at the back. Sometimes they'd drive with the hazard lights on trying to indicate that they are in some sort of emergency. Although, by right you are never suppose to have your hazard light on while you're moving. Nonetheless, there are also some companies which will have proper indicators that informs people that they are escorting the cargo trucks.

What I am more interested are the characters of some of these jokers who are in these escort cars. Have you ever seen some of these guys? They look like thugs who lost thier rempit bikes & decided (for once in thier lifes) they needed to make some money. So fine. They go join a security firm, toughen themselves out at training and get contracted out to logistics company that requires armed escorts for thier trucks.

C0mmon. Who are we kiddin? Most times the security guards taking care of jewelry shops are old apeks who are sleeping at the job or has never shot the damn gun in thier lives. Now, they put young trigger happy thugs with shotguns in an escort car ready to blow your brains out if they didn't like you.

Don't believe me? Next time, try getting between the truck's front & the security car. There will always be 2-3 guys in a car & always one sitting at the back. Once you slot yourself in between, our dearly beloved sitting at the back will stare at you till you drive away. So imagine this. If you've never knew about this and you so happen to get between them & he starts staring at you while flashing his shotgun. How would you feel? How would a tourist feel?

These escort cars try thier best to ensure no other vehicles get in between them & the cargo truck. Instead of having proper indicators informing the general public what they are doing, they resort to reckless driving. I always drive on the fast lane and use my signal when I switch lanes to get onto it.

Recently, I was at the back of a Sin Kung car & was switching lanes to the fast lane. Unluckily, so was the escort car in front of the truck. So, all three of them wanted to switch lanes at the same time. However, I was already on the fast lane and the escort car just swiped in with no signal forcing me to brake. So naturally I honked. And guess what? The thug at the back stared at me to hard I think my windshield could have cracked.

What the hell? Escort cars don't need proper indicators on them & they are not supposed to be honked at when they drive recklessly. Nice...

I didn't look away and stared him down. I guess the driver saw this and put on the hazard lights.

Anyway, the point is, they need to educate the community and they should have proper indicators like sirens and not just a Sin Kung sticker at the side of the car. My eyes can't see the side of your car if I am behind you.

Don't be cheap skate and hire thugs to do a proper job.
Security escorts are for professionals, not Mat Rempits.
You ain't cheating no one but your own company's image.

So Sin Kung, don't Sin Ka.

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