A lesson to be lernt!

Unfortunately it will be a darn bugger to get the people who need to learn the lesson to get it.
Anyway I was driving home yesterday and a silver Mercedes jumped into my lane just ahead of me, as my lane seemed faster. The driver kept being a bit jerky going back into is original lane depending on what he thought looked faster. And this is a fairly common behavior in Malaysia. Anyway the Mercedes etched its way away from me, by a couple of cars and I lost sight of it. (As there are more people doing like that and you have to watch out, especially if the driver gets the idea that a two meter gap could fit their new BMW.)
Back to my story. After 5 km and traveling through a congested area I got overtaken by the Mercedes again. I assume he got more stuck in the congestion than I did.
So the same thing happens again and the driver manages to get a bit of a head on me before, he chooses another lane and I catch up and overtake again.
Not long after I got again squeezed by, by the Mercedes followed by a lady in Kenari and I thought that it was the last I would see of the Mercedes.
Nope, around 5 km later, with me constantly staying in one lane following the flow of the traffic I again get overtaken by the Mercedes and shortly afterwards followed by the Kenari.
So the conclusion is: You don’t make much time jumping between the lanes, but you are much more likely to cause an accident.
I admit that the Mercedes and Kenari were driving fairly carefully. If you are a more ruthless driver you may actually make some time, but I have a story about that too,
Around half a year ago I was driving home along the same road and I actually got overtaken by a Myvi at more or less the same place as I got passed by the Mercedes and Kenari and the guy really keep pushing it. So he move fairly quickly away from me and I think to myself; “Plonkers like that shouldn’t be on the road”.)
I admit, he stayed on the road but I hardly think redesigning the front of his car against a Toyota made him reach his destination faster compared to if he had driven more carefully.
I wish more people in Malaysia realized that the fastest way to reach a place (this is on average of course) is to follow the flow of the traffic and the traffic laws.
But it seems it is worth reaching the office 5 minutes earlier on most days and than be stuck in congestion once or twice a month.
And when they find congestion the Malaysians flock to it like flies and trying there best to make it as bad as possible so as many as possible can experience it.
I have been stuck in congestions that may originally been caused by an accident, but due to the stupid driving the congestion is conserved.