The picture on the left was taken this morning at Battery Road. This vehicle is parked before th zebra crossing next to the HSBC Building opposite Fullerton Hotel. The driver of this vehicle has parked her vehicle on a public road, while she went to do her banking at the ATMs in the lobby. Even though it was very early in the morning, a small jam has built up all the way leading to the Collyer Quay. (Caught also in the photo is the driver, taking her own sweet time to walk back to the car, though you cannot see her clearly.)

And apparently, a lot of other drivers have been doing this, or sometimes to drop / pick up passengers. To prove this pioint, the other picture [right] was taken in December 2006. It was not posted because the license plate number cannot be seen clearly but is now posted to prove the point. Apparently, these cheapos are completely oblivious of the hazard and inconvenience they posed to the other road users.

Writing to the LTA or even the traffic police is useless. As with all gover-min departments, the standard official reply will be that they are monitoring the situation and you can wait forever for action to be taken. In my opinion, these cheapos will only learn after another reckless driver tail-end them and scrap their cars – hopefully by one of those huge Hino trucks, or an army tonner.