Saturday, March 25, 2006

Potholes...what else is new

Just read a news on a death of a man after a car he was driving hit a flooded pothole. His car skidded and turned turtle landed on a padi field, killing him on the spot. So tragic, leaving a wife and two very young children..
The problem has been rectified (yeah right… a big applause to you sir for job well done…). That seems to be a common phrase heard from the relevant authority when some mishap happened as a result of their system failure. It enrages me to think that they were talking about rectifying the system rather than what that malfunction has caused – in this case a life of an innocent. I wonder what the hell was exactly going through their head when making such statement.
Mr Authority here should have been tied to a pole and shot, instead of giving the instantaneous glamorous press attention to utter such brainless remark about his blunder. If the prevailing law provides an avenue to prosecute a bus driver for getting in an accident that kills, then I don’t see why Mr Authority is an exception here. Both Mr Authority and a Bus Driver have no intention of killing but both have the obligation to ensure the safety of people who rely on them. Same accountability except that Mr Authority could have been paid much much more by taxpayers compared to Mr Express Bus Driver.
Mr Authority should’ve been sacked to the least!
I gues what I am trying to get at here is if it wasn’t for the pothole the man would have been playing with his kids right at this moment.
I am just so ticked off by this that I just could not figure out what else to say..*sigh..*

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