STOMPer Carol was driving out of Thomson close when a man sped in from the opposite direction. Due to the cars parked along the road, there was only one lane which was passable. However, the man scolded the STOMPer for driving on the wrong lane.

Wrote Carol (Oct 17):

"Like every other landed private estates, residents at Thomson Hill (D20) park their 2nd or 3rd vehicles outside their houses, resulting in a 2 way road one lane passable.

"I was driving out of Thomson Close which corners to the right when a Blue Volvo wagon came speeding in.

"As a precaution, I honked him to warn him to stop. The driver of the Volvo jammed his breaks; he showed me a hand and then edged frontward towards my car, expecting me
to back off.

"I reversed my car and slight forward to the left towards the gates of no 2 and no 4 Thomson Close to allow his car to pass.

"My hubby and I were very unhappy. When our vehicles were side by side, we wound down our windows, but were astonished when the Volvo driver shouted across, 'You are on the wrong side of the road' and sped off.

"I am aware I was on the wrong side of the road, but how could I have driven on the 'correct' lanes when the road was one lane passable?

"Annoyed and furious, I made a u-turn and drove back to approach the Volvo driver which has by then parked his car on Thomson Close just before the roundabout.

"My hubby got off our car and told him that we had honked him to warn him of us as he was speeding in.

"The cars are all parked on the left, that's why we are on the only lane passable.

"The Volvo driver exclaimed 'that’s your problem' and told my hubby that he should not be speaking since he was not the driver.

"I got off my car and joined the conversation. I challenged him to look at the road behind him and asked if he was in my position will he be able to drive in the 'correct' lanes.

"The Volvo driver, a 'gentleman' in his early 30s wasn’t a gentleman, he didn’t allow me to speak, neither did he dare look back but kept ranting 'you are on the wrong side of the road and that’s it!'

"There was a lady with him, but she was dumbfounded.

"So much for a Sunday afternoon."