Thursday, September 20, 2007

Sirens!!!

One thing that is totally different in London than in KL is the noise. While KL is usually noised up by stupid mat rempits and ahbengs with their modified machines that comes with huge exhausts that you can put ur entire fist into, the one noise of London comes from this.



And this.



And this.



Anywhere you are in London, at any time, there will always be the sound of sirens blaring between time gaps of 5 minutes. While I find this commendable for treating every 999 call seriously and as an emergency, it also totally annoys me. If Oxford Street is not already busy enough with buses and the occasional cabs picking up and dropping up passengers, then comes the occasional squad car or ambulance, blaring their sirens and demanding everyones attention to move off the road. And they also drive on the opposite side of the road.

Statistics released early this year saying that squad cars are involved in 1 out of every 23 accidents in London. At the way they respond to emergencies, I;m just wondering who will be at the receiving end of the emergency call.

1 comment:

fun² said...

Haha... so true... sirens everywhere...