Ladies and gentlemen, fellow toastmasters, good evening…
Sometimes as a human being, we can’t run away from encountering the same situation just like a fish does. Sometime, you want to express your emotion or you want to say something but you fail because of certain circumstances. May be at home, workplace or in restaurants You really want to shout to that person but he or she couldn’t hear you. For me, I often experience that situation while driving…Just imagine, the car is like an aquarium and people inside it are just like fish. No matter how loud you want to shout, no body could hear you unless you open the window and shout directly to the person in another car but make sure they open their window too. It’s not that easy…huh…furthermore, the other car keep on honking you. You became pissed off but couldn’t show it to the person…how you’re going to solve this? I was thinking on how nice it will be if my car can speak out. So next time when somebody keeps on honking me, my car will shout, “SHUT UP!” But, sound ridiculous…If I propose this to the Prime Minister, I believe it will be rejected. So I keep on thinking, thinking again until one day…
This happened when I wanted to make a U-turn. I was really tired of queuing up and pressing the clutch because I was caught in a traffic jam. Suddenly, I saw from my right side mirror one blue car moving fast to overtake me. I was so angry. I’ve been waiting for my turn for so long and that car was simply trying to make a short cut. No way!!! I didn’t give chance and drove even closer to the car in front of me. But the car was stubborn and didnt want to surrender. I looked at him but he pretended to be so serious so that I’ll give way. I didn’t care, I moved forward even closer, thinking he will give up, but he passed over me and even overtook the car in front of me. I was so angry but I couldn’t express it to that person. At the moment, this idea popped up in my mind. I want to invent ‘SMS’ which stand for Super Multipurpose Screen and the main function of this SMS is to display words and emotion that can be seen from the other cars.
car and continue moving on or you’ll switch to the other lane like I always do. But, if I have SMS, I’ll just switch on the button and the screen will appear at my rear window and display these words and emotion.
“HEI!!! KEEP THE CORRECT DISTANCE FROM ME? I’M PAYING THE ROADTAX TOO!”
I’m sure the car will slow down a little bit and realize that he his wrong and if the car still want to overtake me, they can use the other lane. Why? I’m driving with the maximum speed allowed by JPJ. So, they can’t blame me either because in this particular case, they’re wrong by driving faster than me.
Second situation is, imagine you’re in a hurry and now you’re on the right lane. So in contrast with the 1st situation, now you’re driving at the back and the car in front of you is damn slow may be around 50 km/h to 60 km/h. Sometimes, even though you highlight the car, the car will just ignore you and continue on driving with that slow irritating speed. May be, they think that you’re just showing off. So, you need to make them understand that you’re really in hurry. If I have an SMS I’ll highlight the car and display my AMSD with these words written backwa
rd.“EXCUSE ME! EXCUSE ME! I AM IN A HURRY”If the driver still ignores you and driving even slower, I’ll overtake him/her using the left lane. In the meantime, my SMS will display these words and emotion. “NEXT TIME, DON’T DRIVE YOUR CAR. JUST WALK!! EVEN a TURTLE is FASTER THAN YOU, HUH!!”
SMS can also be used for entertaining purposes. Imagine this 3rd situation, while you’re driving steadily suddenly you saw a sporty car beside you which is driven by a handsome man or a beautiful lady. Just switch on your SMS and display these words. But it depends, you can change it according to
your wish…“WOW! NICE CAR!!! CALL ME, 013-0001111 (“,)” (Strictly prohibited to those who had married)
Ladies and gentlemen, fellow toastmasters,
SMS is only my illusion. If SMS does really exist, they will be War of Words on the road. We don’t need that thing if we have courtesy on the road and not selfish while driving. We have rules and law to be followed and not simply driving like ghost. Remember, drive carefully…you can make a different. Back to your Toastmaster of the Evening.