DSDS

I have often joked that Singapore taxi drivers have the worst peripheral vision of all taxi drivers.

Flagging one down, unless you are within a 10% deviance from the direction they are traveling then they are not going to see you.

Which, you might agree, could be a hindrance in the line of duty.

This morning my upmarket Mercedes cab ride to the airport seemed a little noisy (for an upmarket Mercedes).

Looking up I noticed that right in the middle of the speedometer was a picture of the car highlighting that the front passenger door was open.

Despite this indicator and the wind noise the cabbie appeared not to notice. He was happily doing 140 k’s on the motorway.

So it’s not just vision that is peripherally retarded but audio as well. Assuming the other senses are equally dulled I will call it Peripheral Senses Deprivation Syndrome (DSDS).

I can only assume that they have a lot on their mind. Or very little.