Traffic / on the road / driving ethics / highway speed limit ..all in one.

Today’s topic is something on traffic / on the road / driving ethics / highway speed limit …. Hm.. the Malaysian driving style! Some little saddening fact is that there are people who always think they are right!! Its very true that when you are on a big 4 to 6 lanes highway, driving a ‘big-sized’ car, you actually do not feel that you are already at 150 km/h !! And it is also true that at this speed, if touch wood, some unexpected things were to happen, that’s it! :(( …..well, unless you are some extremely good advanced driver who can think and act fast to avoid accidents… or minimize impact I would say. So, my point is always be alert while you are driving, concentrate, look at both side mirror and rear mirror every few seconds, both hands on steering (if you are only using one, the 2-second you take to put another hand on the steering could be too late to save your life), and be more anticipative (predict and anticipate what other driver will do).

I think our highways should allow speed of probably up to 140km/h, and seriously look into some signboards or alerts when there will be change of speed limit!!! Like one whole stretch of road, there are one part which is 110km/h, and some suddenly 90! à and we all know, there’s where usually summons are issued….

Speeds and highway aside, it saddens me to see people who don’t know the on-the-road ‘Undang-undang’ well. Some things like stopping at junction, the car turning in the roundabout has the right of way, what double lines means, driving at the right speed limit doesn’t mean you can stay at the right lane, etc..etc..

And the last most annoying thing is seeing people throwing rubbish out of the window!! I just hate it. To people who do this, please STOP! Don’t you remember the old school days where teachers says ‘Jangan membuang sampah merata-rata” ? In case you don’t, for your information, your action (or habit?) will actually endangered other cars, people or motorcycle that is moving by your side or at the back. Imagine your flying ‘teh ais’ hit a motorcycle rider, which makes him loose control?