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Cake day: July 15th, 2024

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  • going into a tunnel with 4 lanes: 1 left and 1 middle and 1 right lane all going toward tunnel, the outside rightmost lane is to go around the bridge (not toward tunnel). I was in the middle lane.

    I had a gut feeling or something but the traffic was unusually slow. So i went ahead and drove to the rightmost lane and exited.

    After exiting, we are 2kms away but i saw ambulance entering from the opposite lanes. So the 4 lanes on our left should have vehicles moving away from the tunnel. But some serious stuff went down such that ambulance must drive in opposite direction.

    It turned out some electric cars malfunctioned and one of the car’s battery combusted due to hot weather.






  • Appreciate all the responses so far. I forgot to mention some background:

    • This isn’t a place with sensible driving. Yes, there are reckless drivers everywhere, but that’s another story.

    • Blinkers and right of way basically don’t exist here. Cars aren’t the only things on the road. It’s usually bumper to bumper all day long.

    • Traffic lights have a numeric countdown, which is fine. But the system somehow thinks 15 seconds is enough for 20+ cars, bumper to bumper, to complete a left turn and clear the intersection. So yeah, that’s why there’s a real risk of collisions.

    Back to the OP, I’ve noticed some drivers do the following:

    • Zero fucks given, just make the U-turn like they own the road (99% of the time).

    • On rare occasions, some roll down their window, honk, and point left. Others just honk.