Driving

In case you haven't known, I am posted to a driving course now for about 2 months. Ok, I cannot drive very well at the moment, but thankfully I haven't killed anyone.

Yet.

The interesting thing is... its almost like a philosophy lesson in the theory lesson. As you walk down the corridor you see a instruction telling you that if you see a kangaroo (yes you read correctly), try to jam your brake. If you really cannot stop, then you will have to run it over to prevent an accident. I would like to hear how one of my army friends will react (who believes morality is man made and relative), if the instruction says, if a kid runs across the road, and if you cannot make it, run him over. Why is it okay to run over an animal but not another human being?

Fact is, there is no way a decision can be made without moral consideration. Decisions, on and off the road, cannot be totally rational.

Not convinced? Here's another one. When you are on a road, and have the right of way, and then a vehicle suddenly comes and illegally made a turn into your path (when he should give way to you), even though it is your right, you will still be responsible to prevent an accident. Rationally speaking, you will not be in the wrong to just whack his vehicle and kill him. Morally speaking though, you will be inhuman and insane to do so. This is what they call 'defensive driving'.

Thus, even on the road, there is a right and wrong thing to do...

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Or, as my friend says...

[ J Y ] [ 460 000 ] says:
school teach u safe defensive driving la
[ J Y ] [ 460 000 ] says:
is nonsense
[ J Y ] [ 460 000 ] says:
is teaching u how NOT to be piss off when pple bastard u