Itu di North Amerika, bukan Malaysia…kenapa confius sangat ko ni…even if in ‘fast’ lane, highest speed allowable is 110km/h (IN MALAYSIA yer, BUKAN NORTH AMERICA HIGHWAY), so ape yg ko nak buktikan dengan paksa org lain membawa lebih 110km/h …

ada paham ke takde paham…

you see, i agree that road hoggers who drive slow on the ‘passing lane’ without wanting to swith to the middle or left lane are inconsiderate people, because they just dont get it that other people need to use the lane to go faster…

to me, the rule is this: as long as you’re not overtaking and nobody is behind you (who wants to overtake you) , then GO LEFT.. dont just be stupid and stay there… if nobody can catch up with your speed then you’ll do fine.. check your rearview mirror often, just in case you’re staying on the fast lane..

but those who are fast with powerful cars are also STUPID to be inconsiderate of other small cars that’d take some extra time to overtake other cars… when they are overtaking, you just wait, don’t cucuk2 one and also no high beams la please… it’s rude.. most of the people i talked to just HATE when people use their high beams right away, even from far… like i mentioned earlier, it’s MUCH MUCH more proper to use your signal/indicator lights to let the driver in front of you to give way…

BUT, just in case they’re not cooperating even with your signal lights on n everything, then its the driver in front of you who’s being inconsiderate, not you.. then only you’d have the right to use high beam, honk whatsoever (but be careful nowadays if you honk at the wrong person he might follow you and only god knows what he’ll do to you later – no kidding)…

its pretty simple actually but most people just dont get it – be it people with fast cars or small cars… just drive smart and don’t do things that’ll make you look like an idiot, people…

so, again, NO HIGH BEAMS, USE INDICATOR LIGHTS, AND ALL CARS FAST OR SLOW JUST BE CONSIDERATE AND BE SMART DRIVERS ON THE ROAD..

Apernie,
Keluar kasi terajang jer budak tue…mmg kurang ajar.

As I said before, high beam is a BIG NO for me… If the highway set for 110km/h, why people need to go faster and then get angry if others do not follow suit…please lah…some peoples value life more than u do.

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Hey Old timer

There is no fast lane. Its called a passing lane. Not passing? Stay left.. If passing, make it quick. the passing lane is NOT for you to drive at 110 (or any speed for that matter) indefinately. A little tip for you, no one would care less if you did 110 in the left lane. Why don’t you try to drive at 40 even on the left lane and see if PLUS will escort you off its highway.

In North America you’d be ticketed for road hogging….even if you are at the speed limit. In Canada the major highways are limited to only 100kmh, but the cops usually dont blink an eye until you go past 130. But road hog at ANY speed, and you’d get a ticket.

Once I got an unmarked supercharged cruiser try to pace me to 180 and gave me a thumbs up later. He was probably just curious what my car could do (265 if you were wondering). Had he ticketed me, it wouldn’t have held up in court due to “entrapment” anyway. Most highway cruisers are cool unless they catch you doing something really stupid (like DUI, driving dangerously, or have a car in bad shape).

Like I always say Malaysians need proper drivers education and police enforcers that do more than minum kopi.

Get it?

So no, I’m not justifying the action of those road bullies, but its no more dangerous for me to drive at 120 with my car than a sleepy uncle with a beat up car with worn brakes and tyres at 80 drifting from lane to lane.

How safe you are depends on the driver’s alertness and car condition.

As I said before, high beam is a BIG NO for me… If the highway set for 110km/h, why people need to go faster and then get angry if others do not follow suit…please lah…some peoples value life more than u do.

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There are 3 things really annoys me as a driver:-
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2) Hazard lights in heavy rain – if you can’t see, don’t drive. Just stop somewhere. It confuses others.

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If it was me, I’d appreciate if someone would care to turn on the hazard lights in heavy rain though. It greatly improves visibility. It doesn’t mean that he cannot see, just so that no one would bump into his car in that situation. It’s more annoying if someone wouldn’t even care to turn on the light at all as he feels that he can see very well.

hehe. agree with you there.
i had quite a different scenario in mind when i first replied though:
“it was one with a very heavy traffic jam, where both/all lanes are moving ever so slowly. you’re not cutting queue, and you’re not merging in because your lane is slow and the other is fast, but you’re merging in because you need to take an exit or something. you can wait, maybe, but the exit won’t.”
so, yeah, different scenarios kots =)

and i already agreed with you that cutting queue is not nice at all. i myself will try my best not to let them queue-cutters cut in front of me. haha. but most of the time i’ll fail laa. why? because if they don’t even have the decency to queue up, why would they have the decency to merge in properly… and we have no choice but to let them, just to avoid accident. tapi dalam hati memang rase macam nak langgar je kete2 yang potong queue ni. haha. don’t they know that they are being cursed by everyone in the queue (or at least by me)? “bodoh punye kete. eksiden laa kau! mintak2 kene langgar lori!” oops, my bad. kesian itu lori =P

there are too many “variables” on the road. we have to consider all of them before making any decisions… and that needs to be done almost instantly. isk…

eh? how else are we gonna change lanes during a heavy traffic jam then? there will obviously be no gap. and if you do try to wait for a gap, elok2 je ade ruang, motor pulak datang dari belakang… ish. as an alternative, i believe it is better (and more civilized) if those who wanna change lane, signal first. and those who see the signal from behind, slow down and make way for the car to merge in. it’s a heavy traffic jam, it doesn’t make much difference whether you’re in front or behind the one car that has just merged in anyway. be considerate… because sometimes, who knows, we might be the one who couldn’t wait pulak. kite nak masuk orang tak bagi. karma =P

the most basic yet important thing is, itu signal mesti mau bagi.
make your intentions clear. let the others know where you’re going, before you go.

Read more: http://paultan.org/2009/08/24/malaysians-unite-for-road-safety-on-090909-make-your-pledge-now/#comments#ixzz0PIT6j4Py

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bro, if that person put signal in advance, i will let him pass. if in a traffic jam i might let him pass if got signal (why? would you let someone who just used the emergency lane to cut the queue to merge in just because now there is an obstacle on the emergency lane?).

but the scenario im trying to explain happens on the highway. Just read what 4G63tDSM has just said, i am on my lane, just because your lane is slow, and you want to merge into my lane, and I am just NEXT to you, cant you slow down and wait for a gap? even if you show the signal, that DOES NOT mean everyone has to give way to you. If you cant find a gap, slow down la, or wait for some nice guy to let you come in la.

this is the typical mindset of malaysians, they think that by showing their signal lights people should give way to them, even if they are actually cutting queue. Kalau langgar siapa salah? Dia salah, but he will come down and say “you tak nampak i tunjuk signal ka??”.

few month back, in 2 lanes road, there are 4 car going side by side (2 left and 2 right) in the same speed. then a kancil comes, not so fast but faster than 4 others. he wait around a minute then realize nobody want to give way for him to pass. he decide to go through between them. haha, this guy is crazy!!!

August 26, 2009 @ 1:01 am

after so many comments, i noticed no one mentioned anything about the following:

a) Using emergency lanes to cut queue
b) Drive on the fastest lane until right before the divider (the road splits to two), show signal and go into the lane which you are actually heading – causing all cars behind you to stop
c) use the left most lane before a roundabout to enter the roundabout, they show their signal like to show like their innocent
d) merging into another lane even when there is NO GAP, forcing other cars to stop just because you cant wait

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a) agreed.

b) agreed.

c) err no comment on this. i thought it’s ok though, depending on which exit you’re gonna take, and the volume (and speed) of cars already in the roundabout. nevertheless, i don’t encounter any roundabouts in my daily home-office route. so, yeah, no comment.

d) eh? how else are we gonna change lanes during a heavy traffic jam then? there will obviously be no gap. and if you do try to wait for a gap, elok2 je ade ruang, motor pulak datang dari belakang… ish. as an alternative, i believe it is better (and more civilized) if those who wanna change lane, signal first. and those who see the signal from behind, slow down and make way for the car to merge in. it’s a heavy traffic jam, it doesn’t make much difference whether you’re in front or behind the one car that has just merged in anyway. be considerate… because sometimes, who knows, we might be the one who couldn’t wait pulak. kite nak masuk orang tak bagi. karma =P

the most basic yet important thing is, itu signal mesti mau bagi.
make your intentions clear. let the others know where you’re going, before you go.

While I have been the receiving end of cars going waaay past the limit, being a road vigilante is the last thing you would want to do. Makes the other driver more aggresive, not towards only you but towards others as well.

Actually this morning, I just been in a altercation with a very rude old man driving an old civic. 3 lanes on city roads, me being in the middle lane, with old timer here on the leftmost lane, trying to merge in (more accurately drift in) so I give him a honk letting him know i’m here and he honks back giving me the ugly look?? Its not like there is anywhere for me to go (right lane is occupied) and unless I slam on my brakes to a full stop and risk getting rear ended myself, there is no way he can merge in since we are side to side already…he being going too slow to merge in.

all I can say is WTF? LOL
Now if he was going a little faster and had his signal on, I would have time to slow down and let him in. It goes both ways.

I consider myself a courteous driver after a good part of a decade driving overseas, but sometimes can’t understand why people here just can’t drive normally.

atitude drivers is fine , infact everwer u got u have those ‘personalities’….bt being an idiot not to signal wenever ur changing lane,turning n so on…jus no excuse for that….

a) Using emergency lanes to cut queue
b) Drive on the fastest lane until right before the divider (the road splits to two), show signal and go into the lane which you are actually heading – causing all cars behind you to stop
c) use the left most lane before a roundabout to enter the roundabout, they show their signal like to show like their innocent
d) merging into another lane even when there is NO GAP, forcing other cars to stop just because you cant wait

i wonder how many malaysian drivers drive using their hands AND brain

If I am really pissed I make sure I slow down, so that he is also pissed. Hey the rules apply to everyone. If you are flaunting the law you are a jerk. But if I see someone who is coming really fast and keeps min 3m from me while I’m overtaking then I make sure i give him way as quickly as possible. I’ve also driven in the US and notice that the reason its safe there is because almost everyone follows rules and keeps a distance from the car in front even though they are speeding on the highway.

In my books if you drive like a jerk you deserve to be treated like a jerk.

And I always keep min 110 and above thru the journey.

my pledge for this holy month is to be more patient on the road and reduce the number of honkings hehehe

The best part is they will blame you.

If that the case, just hope that the toll plaza CCTV caught the action.

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I disagreed Malaysian driver’s are the worse. I have been to Bangkok, Manila, Mumbai, Taipeh and we are highly ‘courteous’ by comparison. Yes of course there is room for improvement, which comes with education and exposure.

Granted that drivers on the Autobahn are more disciplined, let’s see if you can get through the roundabout of Arc De Triomphe in downtown Paris!