Friday, July 25, 2008

me and the mmda

On a Friday afternoon not too long ago, Broody witnessed me negotiating with an MMDA the amount of bribe it would take for him to let me off the hook for beating the red light. Never mind that the intersection is impossibly congested and that the traffic light goes green for about a minute before going red for the next ten. Never mind that there are other cars who did the same. I was the last one to cross and there's nowhere to go anyway. 

Today, on another Friday afternoon, same congested intersection. Same MMDA person. Different violation - coding day and it's way past my driving window. For a split second I thought I'd stop and bribe him again...but only for a second. As the road before me cleared, I sped off. There, I ran away from the MMDA. 

A briber and a fugitive. 

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