Personal Interest, General Issues and News
Dashcams are nowadays an essential part of the vehicle these days. Image source: Wikipedia
Let’s start with an interesting video that shows a lack of enforcement:-
The above dashcam video, whilst may seem impressive demonstrates how some morons rather endanger other road users so that they can have cheap thrills on the road.… [Click to read the rest] “Enforcement 101: Dashcam, Another Great Source for Strict Enforcement”
(When it comes to crime, it always pays to have another set of eyes on the street for catch criminals in their act. The role of CCTVs in prevention of crime cannot be dismissed – it works 24 by 7 and 365 days without taking rest and it is impartial too.… [Click to read the rest] “The Malaysian Fight Against Crime”
Read Part 1 here
(As I said it before, it does not matter if you are riding a 50cc bike or a 1500 cc bike. When you fall, your head and your skin suffers the same. No matter what you ride, proper riding attire is a must. Image source: http://www.ridesafebacksafe.co.uk)
In case you missed, this was in the news a couple days ago:-
… [Click to read the rest] “Driving Skills 101: Stopping Stupid Pesky Motorcyclists From Our Roads Part 2”About RM9bil, or two percent of the Gross Domestic Product of RM528bil in 2010, is lost annually from accidents.
UPDATE: Follow up on Ops Sikap, it is good to hear that the police is going all out for those who are speeding on the roads. Hopefully, they will find better ways to crack down pesky motorcyclists and enforce the law on those who change lane without putting on the indicators, abuse the emergency lane, hog the roads, etc
Back to the original post
(Caught this video back in 2008 of those who abuse the emergency lane – nothing have changed in 2011.… [Click to read the rest] “Enforcement 101: Ops Sikap: Attitude vs Enforcement”
(The face behind many road safety campaign – Datuk Suret Singh of Road Safety Department. Image source: Youtube)
… [Click to read the rest] “Enforcement 101: An Urgent Open Letter to Datuk Suret Singh”Some still don’t get it, don’t they?
Let’s recap something that was highlighted way before the holidays:-
… [Click to read the rest] “Highway 101: Stubborn of the Stubborn”Traffic offenders will no longer be given discounts on police summons fines beginning from Monday.
According to an internal directive issued to all traffic police divisions today, traffic offenders will have to pay the compound fines according to the computer generated summonses and appeals for discounts or waivers will no longer be entertained.
No wonder there are still selfish bastards on the road…
(We need more policemen on the road to catch and book road offenders. But what’s the point of giving the road offenders summons when at the end of the day, it is not enforced and the summons ends up nothing but waste papers?… [Click to read the rest] “Outstanding Summons”
(How often you have impatient & impolite people behind the counter treating you like you owe them something?)
Just the other day, I watched the movie “Invictus” and noticed that Nelson Mandela (excellently acted by Morgan Freeman) was a very polite man. He was courteous and well mannered even to his “ex-enemies”.… [Click to read the rest] “Attitude 101: Being Polite Part 1”
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Another flip – flop and for the wrong reason too…
(A simple question – if there are 2 situations where the fine amount is different – one is RM300 and another RM1,000, in which situation you think will make this offender who is using the emergency lane to cut queue to think twice?)… [Click to read the rest] “RM1,000 fine cancelled!”