full ahead both engines!

new topic today. about art and science. in the renaissance period, there are no distinct difference between an artist and a scientist. leonardo da vinci was an artist as well as a scientist. the perfect marriage of art and science does made the industrial revolution flourished and therefore we can see results up until today. leonardo’s work of art does contribute to the modern science with regards to medical science. the surgeon who made the re-discovery are very regretful due to the separation of art and science.

we know to this day that art and science work together in most ancient technologies such as medical, astronomical, navigation and a lot of unlisted vocations here. the stonemasons of yore are artists, which gave birth to new field of science such as architecture and civil engineering. regretfully, the art part was separated from the science part in most of these inventions.

as humans progressed, the science part are getting more advance and sometimes humans are not capable to run alongside the advances in technology. i have seen lots of occurences with regards to human inadequacy to run alongside advances of science.

let we go to one example. as things grow smarter, humans went the other way round. in malaysia, the number of fatal traffic accident does not reflect advances with better road and vehicles. why? let us see the human error factor. this was the most debated subjects in any marine accident investigation reports.

i have a close acquaintance who used to drive for about 12 years, on manual cars. since he can afford an automatic, he acquaired one. automatic transmission is a godsend to the masses. the problem was that he did tarnish his clean driving record after about 6 months driving the auto car. he ran into other car. since the auto gearbox have taken some chores out in the driving process, he became more complacent and less alert.

what does this show? if we can run a statistic on traffic accident, which will end up with more: auto or manual transmission.auto transmission does took some skills off the drivers: do they downshift when approaching a wet bend? do they downshift when going downhill? does they really knew the characteristics of their driving machine? understeer or oversteer? tail happy or nose happy cars? cornering lines?

i don’t think so. i might suggest compulsory to new drivers to drive at least 5 years in a manual transmission cars before upgrading to automatic transmission. this will give them better judgement and neccessary experience  when going downhill or approaching a fast bend or a decreasing radius corners(we can find these at most highway exits).

they have to learn the art of driving alongside the advances of science that go with it. i hope they don’t learn the advance of science the hard way; with regard to safety and restraint systems such as seat belts, airbags, door reinforcement bars,crumple zones and armco barriers.

art and science does go together. the science of better road and cars might only be applicable to people who are aware of it, but plenty are ignorant as well. and that makes the majority. the art is harder to implement not all are willing. unless we make a ruling of getting a driving licence as hard as gaining professional licence to drive ships and airplanes.

i think this is a perfect title which will coincide with "sleeping with the enemy". during the last 2 weeks, i have been driving up and down the klang valley and i found out  that i have been driving with other idiots drivers around me? who, in this sane world would let those idiotic drivers on the road and shorten their valued lives?

about indicating, it seems that is it non-existent as if the signal lights and stalk are only cost option accessories fitted to a car. is it so hard for them to indicate where they are going? does it need some forms to fill and passed to the authority just to indicate where you are going? indicating your intention might saves lives and also not endangering yours too.

road hogging, this is one thing that been hogging my mind all these while. does our "ordinan lalu lintas jalanraya 1951" are too inadequate about this issue( i don’t think multiple lane highways were there when these ordinance are in force). why does the parliament doesn’t amend and make it into an act?

there are type who hogs the overtaking lane as long as they think they are at the speed limit. wrong idea at all. the overtaking lane are to be used only when you are overtaking. let just say that it is a normal dual carriageway, you overtake only when the oncoming traffic is clear. put that into your head. now since there are more room to make roadways and for safer driving, multiple lane highway are offering more room for you to overtake= by taking away the oncoming traffic and put them somewhere else.

there are also type who "dreams" while driving at 60kmh overtaking a 55kmh vehicle on the second lane. this is more dangerous while they are preoccupied with other things: handphone, sms, babies, girlfriends/boyfriends,  finding pisang goreng stalls, etc. their are focussing on other things besides driving. these people are more dangerous because they are not alert at all to their surroundings.

also another type who drives permanently on the overtaking lane thinking they deserve it it with their rm300k cars. as long as they are paying more road tax than other people, these people think they deserve the rightmost lane because they paid so much for the cars and road tax. never assume rich people who can afford these things are equally educated as well. speaking of shallowness, it doesn’t have boundaries even when concerning household incomes figures.

another type who also think they can outrun  higher powered cars with their souped-up 1.3 hatch. this is very dangerous. most of them are serious tailgaters up until they ran out of space and ram the car in front. come on la, there are no replacement for displacement even though you got 2" exhaust pipes and road skimming skirting that looks like a lawn mower. pls do the DBKL some favour by using your road skimming skirting for more productive job such as really mowing the lawn or vacuuming the roadside.

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very sad day indeed. i thought the prancing lion was not as desirable as the emblem of mercedes benz or bmw. it have been there for the last 5 years until yesterday. damn idiots. all i found out was a blank space above the peugeot inscription.

those itchy hands, why don’t you just stick to nicking stars and roundel emblem. the prancing lion pose no value to u, unless it is a prancing horse. i swear that you will be hit into a coma by a peugeot, damn you!

as i browsed through my old notes, i found this poem in between those papers. already turned yellow . here it is the poem, i read to all of you.

sea fever by john masefield

i must go down to the seas again,to the lonely sea and the sky,
and all i ask is a tall ship and a star to steer her by,
and the wheel’s kick and the wind’s song and the white sails shaking,
and a grey mist on the seas face and a grey dawn breaking.

i must go down to the seas again,for the call of the running tide,
is a wild call and a clear call that may not be denied,
and all i ask is a windy day with the white clouds flying
and the flung spray and the blown spume and the sea gulls crying.

i must go down to the seas again,to the vagrant gypsy life,
to the gull’s way and the whale’s way, where the wind’s like a whetted knife,
and all i ask is a merry yarn from a laughing fellow lover
and quiet sleep and a sweet dream when the long tricks over.