Driving in town has not been a topic to me ever since I started my working life in KL 3 years ago. I was working at KLCC, so convenience that I could easily travel with the Mercedes' drivers that will pick passengers frequently with their well-known transport, BUS lah~ No interchange, and almost every single bus will drop me right in front of KLCC (and also the place I stay). Obviously, traveling in KL will give you no runaway path from being stuck in traffic jam, but guess what, I could still sleep for the whole journey (even though I was standing, pro ler...), observing at others frustrated drivers under us (bus is higher than normal cars) without having any worries, and oftenly, the 'pro' bus driver will send me to the office right in time. I bet you know how's the driving skill of our bus driver in KL ;) The only thing that brought up my alert was the squeezy crowd inside the bus - always beware of pickpocket or any wacky hands!
Anyway, with Shell being my new employer, I have to bid goodbye to my previous 'busing' experience and say hello to the unpleasant 'driving' culture in city. Nobody likes the traffic in KL, given the choices, noone would choose to stuck in the jam for hours - for whatever reasons, raining, peak hours, accident, police block, etc. You just can't predict the traffic, for some reasons, it will be congested. What more with now, the monsoon season which brings raindrop everyday - especially during off-office hours!
Let say, per day, my time spent on the road is approximated at 2 hours per day - depending on the traffic. Per week, 10 hours; Per year, 21.7 days - excluding weekend or any public holidays that I travel home using the North-South highway (you know what I mean -_-). It could go up to 1 month or more! Can't imagine? My entire year with 12 months has been 'quietly' reduced to 11 month, and nothing I could do about it... Heard that government has dumped billions to 'improve' our road system, 'enhance' the public transport route, and guess what... we still lost the precious time worth 1 month on the road! Talking about plan your journey? How early you could get up and bit the traffic - as early as 6 or 7 something with all the schoolgoers?
The only thing that I could pray right now is that I don't have to drive to work everyday - work from home, may be. Do you know any alternative that could help to save my time, my energy on the road?
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