Malaysians shouldn’t be strangers to irresponsible driving behaviour. Indeed, we’re rather poor when it comes to driving habits and general attitude when we’re behind the wheel. Don’t think so? Well, we can easily list 10 bad habits/behaviour patterns of Malaysian drivers:
1) Double parking, triple parking, in fact, parking anywhere you please.
2) Using the handphone whilst driving.
3) Not wearing seatbelts, and not just with the rear passengers.
4) Driving slowly and hogging the overtaking lane.
5) Red means go – running traffic lights. Who needs them anyway?
6) Slowing down to check out accidents, because you like to watch.
7) Using the hazard indicators in heavy rain.
8) Not using the turn signal indicator.
9) Not giving way, and also not bothering to thank someone when he/she does give way to you.
10) Cutting the queue, because waiting in line is for losers.
The list goes on, and as you can see, all this isn’t something to be proud of. It’s time we did something to change that tidak apa, selfish road behaviour so evident all around us.
Allianz Malaysia is one of those who think that change is well due and has to come about – the insurance company is concerned to see the rise in irresponsible driving which is increasingly being regarded as the norm.
It has come up with a campaign to bring irresponsible driving behaviour to the nation’s attention – the drive is led by an app called MyAID, which has been created to help stop this trend and remind everyone that the first step to being a responsible driver starts with YOU.
The MyAID app is about empowering you to join a growing movement of “Malaysians Against Irresponsible Drivers,” which lends the app its name. The app – through your smartphone – helps you capture irresponsible drivers in action.
The app has been uniquely designed to record the past with a simple tap, so you only use your phone’s storage when it really matters.
All you have to do is download MyAID from the Google Play store or App Store, mount your phone on your windscreen and activate MyAID every time you drive. If an incident happens to you or if you witness one, tap anywhere on your phone screen to record, and then upload your video. It’s as easy as that.
Time to help bring irresponsible drivers to the nation’s attention and make the country’s drivers a more civic-conscious lot, don’t you agree?
Haha, Msian drivers nvr change.
I experienced such situation recently, it happened just bcos some misunderstanding in parking lot. The other car driver thought that I was going to take his parking space, but in fact what he didn’t see was that I had been waiting for the previous car to come out from that parking space. That driver kept flashing and came out from his car to act aggressively. At that time, I told myself that it was just a parking space. So I drove away and found another parking space 5 min later. Luckily I kept cool, otherwise I would be another “Kelvin” or worse, both of us would find some space in balai polis.
As long as we have politicians telling us we can break the laws we don’t like, Malaysians will never ever whatsoever change.
tengok ad ni driver zaman skrang mmg cam tu… kurang ajar betui
Hahahaha! Great ad by Allianz!
Im guilty of number 2 and 7 ._.
*Hides in shamefur dispray*
Excuse me…
Using the hazard indicators in heavy rain is not a BAD habit, especially during heavy rain as the view is very blur-ish. Signalling it to warn to slow down and don’t take a wrong step as it could cause a huge slow down and difficulty to any road users.
Hope you find your Brain one day. Use your rear fog lamps instead la.
saga SV don hv rear fog lamp..front fog lamp been blanked with black cap
Please use your brain or check your dic what “hazard” mean.
Since you don’t have a dic, let me copy it to you:
Hazard – Noun
1. A source of danger; a possibility of incurring loss or misfortune
2. An unknown and unpredictable phenomenon that causes an event to result one way rather than another
So what is wrong to turn on during a heavy rain that vision so low to remind HAZARD?
No wonder you one of kuku driver out there!
That’s why you need to switch on your headlight when it’s raining. It’s not because you could see the road, but for others to see you. When your headlights are one, your rear lights will be on too. Then you don’t need to turn on your hazard light. Don’t be hazardous to other drivers!
When I do switch on my headlight, my red light is turns on, that is to tell driver behind how far and when I turn on hazard light is to warn other users during a blur view on heavy rain. How could I turn on my hazardous light could lead hazard to others when is it meant to warn?
Dear KKCHAI,
I hope you won’t pass down your idea of “it’s ok to use hazard light during rain” to your circle of influence. It will continue to danger other road users. Please change or else just keep your stupidity to yourself. Thanks.
You may disagree, but who are you to judge stupidity? Like I have said times, is to warn other road users, is not for disco light fun.
In malay there are 2 bodoh. the first one is “bodoh” which can be taught and they might become cleverer.
And the other one is called “bodoh-sombong”. Never want to listen to the truth, keep making the same mistake, and worst, try to ask other people to follow their stupidity.
As for hazard of hazard light during rain. I’ll just copy paste what others have said. By Obviously – “I really don’t understand the part about the headlight beam not reaching the rear lamp in time. The rear lamps have their own light and are nowadays bloody bright because of all the LEDs being used in them. It’s already standard practice to not crash into other cars on the road, you only need to make yourself visible at night – that’s something your rear lamps (or your rear fog lamps, if you think you’re not visible enough) can accomplish without the help of your hazard lights.
If you do use your hazard lights, you might cause some other driver to needlessly try to evade the “hazard” he thinks is down the road since the real hazards on roads that warrant intermittent yellow flashes are immobile objects obstructing the flow of traffic. Or you know, other users might think you have an emergency situation like a woman in labor in your car and you’re trying to get to the hospital post-haste so they try to give way only for you to continue on at a leisurely pace. Confusion, in short.”
Dear KKChai,
Vision is bad during heavy rain.
By switching the hazard lights makes the situation worse as the yellow light will glare & blurred the vision. This may cause him to misjudge the distance between you or his vision of the surroundings.
Your tail lights are designed to indicate your position to other road users and is good enough.
Poor vision and hazard are 2 different things.
Please help yourself to help others.
In some places, it is actually illegal to use the hazard indicators for the purpose you mentioned. That is not the proper use of the hazard lights.
In most cases of rain, you only need to turn on your headlights (lowbeam aka “big light” if the rain is heavy) so that your rear position lamps light up to indicate the position of your vehicle on the road for other drivers. The luminosity of those rear position lamps should be strong enough for most cases of rain – the use of rear fog lamps is not really necessary most of the time since rain doesn’t obscure vision the way thick fog, mist, haze or smog does, unless the rain is heavy in the extreme sense.
Fully noted but try imagine the vision is so weak, our headlight beam could’t reach rear lamp in time. Is to “remind” only.
During time of poor visibility, a drive is suppose to
1. Reduce speed of the vehicle.
2. Turn on the headlight (not high beam)
3. Keep a minimum of 5 car lengths in front of your vehicle
4. Drive below the speed limit
5. Be extra attentive while driving in heavy rain situation (this means your alertness in these adverse conditions should be extra shape vs normal situation)
I hope these tips will help you in these kinds of situation.
Cheers
I really don’t understand the part about the headlight beam not reaching the rear lamp in time. The rear lamps have their own light and are nowadays bloody bright because of all the LEDs being used in them. It’s already standard practice to not crash into other cars on the road, you only need to make yourself visible at night – that’s something your rear lamps (or your rear fog lamps, if you think you’re not visible enough) can accomplish without the help of your hazard lights.
If you do use your hazard lights, you might cause some other driver to needlessly try to evade the “hazard” he thinks is down the road since the real hazards on roads that warrant intermittent yellow flashes are immobile objects obstructing the flow of traffic. Or you know, other users might think you have an emergency situation like a woman in labor in your car and you’re trying to get to the hospital post-haste so they try to give way only for you to continue on at a leisurely pace. Confusion, in short.
You do not need your headlamps to see the front vehicle.
His tail lights are designed to mark your exact position and it is good enough
Double signal guna masa kreta tpkse bhnti ats sebab kcemasan la brader..siapa aja guna mse ujan?
FYI, you’ll see the use of hazard light in europe during heavy down pour. It is used to signal the drivers behind that there’s a heavy traffic ahead due to rain and they should slow down to avoid potential accidents. However, that usage only last for 3 seconds only and not the entire duration of the rain.
Exactly. It’s used to warn the cars behind you that there is a traffic jam ahead. Some cars will automatically turn on the hazard lights when you brake hard.
that a bad practice..it make other pipu confuse.
Before u quote the meaning of hazard from the internet… maybe u can also learn to look the use of hazard light / emergency light…
I like the idea. How about this: If an irresponsible driver is caught, and he is identified as an Allianz client, can his insurance fees be increased? I mean, he is more likely to end up in an accident… overseas all sorts of data is used to calculate the fees. Age, gender, location, what car is driven (is it usually driven by people who tend to crash a lot), have garage?, safe driving training, …
How come nobody is interested to comment here? Am I the first one to comment?
Ha.ha..it indicates that all of us Malaysians have the bad habits in one way or another and we refuse to change!
10 bad habits/behaviour patterns of Malaysian drivers:
1) Double parking, triple parking, in fact, parking anywhere you please.
2) Using the handphone whilst driving.
3) Not wearing seatbelts, and not just with the rear passengers.
4) Driving slowly and hogging the overtaking lane.
5) Red means go – running traffic lights. Who needs them anyway?
6) Slowing down to check out accidents, because you like to watch.
7) Using the hazard indicators in heavy rain.
8) Not using the turn signal indicator.
9) Not giving way, and also not bothering to thank someone when he/she does give way to you.
10) Cutting the queue, because waiting in line is for losers.
Because most people here actually cares about “safety” devices like having 6 airbags more than the above 10.
You see if a car has less than 6 airbags it will be complaint fest like moving coffin and etc, mentioned the above 10 bad driving habits, no one bats an eye
No, it’s because PT staff has to unlock every single comment. So if the guy responsible is visiting the bathroom it will take a while to unlock them. :P
11) tailgating (don’t keep the recommended distance)
12) changing lanes without using the signaling
13) Drivers do not know vehicle right of way rules while driving. (interactions, interaction when traffic light has malfunctioned, merging into traffic, yield & etc)
14) driving on the emergency lane
Note: Item 4) driving slowly and hogging the overtaking lane is not considered hogging if one is driving at the prescribe speed limit.
Regards
The root cause is that there are insufficient enforcement.
there is this radio PSA on MixFM asking drivers to be patient with motorcyclist because you are exposed to the elements. Thats a load of horseshit. Being exposed to the elements does not give you the right to break traffic rules at your whim and fancies.
Motorcyclist are by far the ones least concerned about traffic laws and thier own safety. Weaving from lane to lane, straddling the lines, honking non stop until other cars can’t merge lanes. Jumping red lights. Hogging the road.
No wonder they constiture the biggest portion of road kill annually. Yet they think they are invinsible.
Yes it is. The right most lane on highways is the OVERTAKING LANE.
If you are not overtaking, keep to the left, irregardless if you are driving the speed limit or not. If someone wants to overtake you, irregardless if he is exceeding the speed limit, you are obliged to let him/her through.
How did you pass your driving test?
If people show road rage/tailgate you for lane hogging, then you share the blame.
@4G63T DSM
No when overtaking traffic you may not exceed the legal speed limit. There is precedent in several court cases already in this country. Go check the highway code.
By the way I have passed several driving license from different countries. Need I say more. If you cannot control your road rage don’t drive. It is however, go driving etiquette to give way to people to overtaking. I am only stating that it is not considering hogging the road if one is moving at the prescribe max limit. Again please read you highway code again.
Actually u’re allowed to drive more than 10km/h of the speed limit when u’re overtaking but u must follow the speed limit again after u’ve finished overtaking and move to the left.
Even if you are moving on the maximum prescribe limit on the highway you should keep left if not overtaking
In certain countries it is an offense to drive on the right lane even if you’re on the maximum prescribe highway limit
Example: Australia QLD
http://www.tmr.qld.gov.au/Safety/Queensland-road-rules/Road-rules-refresher/Keeping-left.aspx
“On single-lane roads, drivers must stay as close as practical to the left side of the road.
When the speed limit is 90km/h or more on multi-lane roads, you must not drive in the right-hand lane unless you are:
overtaking
turning right
making a U-turn
avoiding an obstacle
driving in congested traffic.
It is an offence to drive in the right lane if none of the above criteria are occurring.
This rule also applies to a road with a speed limit of 80km/h or less, if there is a KEEP LEFT UNLESS OVERTAKING sign.
In New South Wales, drivers can be fined $311 and lose two demerit points for this offence. “
And this article describes what is a passing lane, or fast lane as we Malaysians called it
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Passing_lane
It’s the same in Germany and the rest of Europe. And in Malaysia. The fast lane is for overtaking only. You have to drive on the rightmost/leftmost lane (depending on left hand drive or right hand drive) unless you are overtaking. The speed you are driving at does not matter AT ALL.
Item 4. Hogging in the overtaking lane. Doesn’t matter whether you are within, under or above the speed limit.
PLEASE MOVE TO LEFT IF YOU ARE NOT OVER TAKING!!
@Sandiwara and kadajawi.
Point taken and noted. So by that logic and law all the cars traveling on the highways using the passing lane in Malaysia are already breaking the law as I have noticed drivers using the passing lane to speed and not to overtake.
Second point like to share is a driver cannot overtake a vehicle above the max prescribe speed limit and the tolerance level for this is quite subjective and debatable when challenged in court (I am sharing this fact).
Cheers
Yeap however as we are in Malayia, its never being enforced and most are clueless to such rule
Ive seen people picking nose, yacking on the phone in the fast lane while the left lane is empty
And your second point is true
Max speed limit is max, regardless if one is overtaking or not and one has to abide by the max limit imposed
However in civilized countries (definitely not Malaysia) drivers who are in front of you will slow down if you raised your signal light indicating that you want to overtake, thus you wont need to break the maximum speed limit to overtake
@ Sandiwara,
So true about the overtaking culture, yacking on the phone and the nose picking. I just lost my appetite on what I was eating while typing. LOL
as Chinese idioms said, an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth. So…those guy say apa salah they should met someone who exactly the same stylo geh…
And let those chemical begins!!!
and finally::as a newbie who still remembers undang and moral…i simply wanna say…”FXXX you:”…
LOL
Why no app for Windows Phone….haihh… I love my Lumia 1020 so I can record any road bullies with quality like a DSLR camera…
Anyways, Allianz has made a good initiative for us though to stop all the culprits in our roads.
Agreed! I hope they build an app for WP soon.
Watched the Queue Cutter video.
Noticed the scenes where Moga walk up/down the escalator past a few others.
Just wondering, is that considered as cutting queue as well?
How come those vvip cars accompanied by traffic police always using hazard indicators whenever on the road direct other cars to let them go first? Is it consider breaking the undang also?
Komen ini seditious. Jangan persoal.
We use fancy plate, tabouli ini machiem. Can cause accident.
JPJ, menteri, use fancy plate, eleh macai PR dengki hak keistimewaan. Racist DAPig btul.
Remember this lesson well, “they” have different law. We dirty peasants jangan persoal and cukurla negara aman.
It just ease their underwriters to underwrite your motor insurance next year when de-tariffed. Why only now Alianz care so much abt irresponsible driving! Bad habits started since vehicles are invented and by what means your recording can effectively help stop this?
Hmm…..how come no one realises that if i were to use this app, I just qualified myself for the number 2 bad habit of Malaysian Driver.
So, is this app really serving its purpose? I wonder….
Ain’t fiddling with your phone while driving just to record these incidents also wrong? Hehehe.
Mana polis???
The intention are good by commercial companies and FREE mobile apps, to address rapid deterioration of drivers. And I’m not sure these people feels guilty of their wrong doings.
I see the department of JPJ plays an important roles here, they concentrate of more of million dollar project to stops bad driving, one of them was the AES, but AES was a failure on implementation and legal issues. Also there is this Ops SIKAP (only festival session) and the KEJARA system. I not sure JPJ has public reports to local news print about how many drivers had their driving license revoke by KEJARA system. Does anyone knows the number for 2014 year?
I hope JPJ and Police can collaborate with this idea to add authorities that put law and order to the system. As concern public drivers are giving video evidence, authorities can use this video evidence as mean to educate drivers, serve a warning to drivers, punish them after given them a warning notice. Since the public and commercial is helping out I think this solve the problem of not enough of JPJ enforcement officers or traffic police. They are your electronic eyes not need to install lots of CCTV system.
Spent 3/4 of my time staying in Malaysia, my observations tells me Malaysians has no guilt of their wrong doings
The only time they felt guilty is when being whack with a hefty fine or jail time
If a rule is being enforced, officers gets threatened, people will blame the government for enforcement and etc
I hope the greed of businesses like insurance companies will help make Malaysia road safer by increasing insurance tariff or outright refusal to insure car owners who are caught breaking the law
Ive lost hope in our country’s law enforcement a long time ago, they are way too soft to be in enforcement