Apparently santan-rich cuisine such as nasi lemak can increase road accident fatalities, according to the traffic police chief in a report by Oriental Daily.
A total of 199 people were killed during 15 day long Ops Selamat 6, which was held over the Chinese New Year period in February. Of this, 94 victims were Malay, 41 were Chinese, 31 were Indian, 22 were Malaysian of other ethnicities, while the balance 11 were foreigners.
To explain these statistics, the traffic police postulated the different cuisine enjoyed by each ethnicity. Apparently the 47% or so percent of Malay fatalities are because of high calorie food like the santan-rich nasi lemak which tend to cause people to feel sleepy after a meal, while Chinese drivers supposedly didn’t face the same problem with their food.
After eating a meal with high levels of sugars and carbohydrates, our blood sugar level spikes, and this is followed by a drop which results in low energy levels. There’s also the “post-lunch dip”, which is a natural dip in alertness at about 2pm because of our circadian rhythms. This combined with a heavy meal explains why we feel so lethargic after a big banana leaf rice meal.
Bukit Aman traffic police chief Mohd Fuad Abdul Latiff stressed that he was not an expert on the matter and these are just theories based on discussions. He also said that the high Malay victim count could be because of faster driving or a higher percentage of them being motorcyclists.
So there you have it folks. If you want to be safe on the highway, avoid santan at all costs. In all seriousness though, we think nasi lemak is a food that is enjoyed equally by all ethnic groups, and based on Malaysia’s ethnic breakdown, the ratio for the road fatalities seem to match – 50.1% Malay based on 2010 data. So we think this isn’t really an ethnic issue at all.
The good news is Ops Selamat 6 seemed to have worked. There were are an average of 1,300 (fatal and non-fatal) accidents in Malaysia each day throughout 2014, but that figure dropped to 1,100 during the 15-day operation.
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nope… most accidents involved bikes…so…
I ate Nasi Kandar with additional kaskas (poppy seed). Still no accident maa…Now we know what kind of education Malaysian have, like those pity TPM, shocked to find out our student ranking beside huge educational budget every year.
Of all the bodoh statements I have heard, this is the champion la. It is so so stupid, I respect the polis chief for coming out with the dumbest statement in history that I propose the Government to give him “Tun” ship.
In Malaysia, the more bodoh you are, the further you go in the Government and you are 100% guaranteed to be awarded Datukship for your stupidity.
But in this case, this is so classic, I strongly urge the Government to award the Trafik Polis chief the award of Tun because he fully deserves it.
Hahaha…of all the idiotic comments from our supposedly top people, this is the most hilarious. Only the ‘do you know balotelli’ remark can hope to top this up. I never know Malaysia has so many powerful clowns running the show.
But BN supporters still happy even the ministers keep on corrupt and blame on Rakyat.
Dear Mr Wolf Vaupel,
Drinking beer also very dangerous for driving. If you take Nasi Lemak, it will be even worse. So beer and nasi lemak surely more deadly than optiron meter panel lights. Please take note okay.
Thank you.
Pls stop making stoopid remark and concentrate on catching more crooks. And not just simply catch opposition leader for fun after eating nasi lemak. Knn!
Just look around at what these people drive.. you can see crappy Iswara, Waja, Wira, Kancil, Honda Civic EG & EK.. all lousy cars with no safety features.. but heavily tarted up as if they’re racing cars and driven as if they’re indestructible. Of course they’ll end up in worse shape after an accident..
Civic EG & EK are lousy cars? Have you seen what these cars are capable of during Sepang time attack?
Have you seen what happens to those lousy tin cans during accidents? They’re no better than the Wira.. qualify for not more than 1 star safety rating.. and yet the fools who buy modified versions think that they’re “solid” and indestructible. Crap NVH, crap build quality, but poor people love them due to syiok sendiri, thinking they’re driving a sports car
Are you sure that these are cars for poor people? Do you even know the maintenance for B16A/B16B/B18C swapped EG and EK?
What happens to the car during accidents is a subjective matter. The outcome after the accident is dependent on many factors like the travelling speed, what the car actually hit and which area of the car the impact landed. If the odds are against you during an accident, you could have died even inside a car with 5 star NCAP rating.
DonkeyKong is correct. the cars he mentioned r indeed lousy low safety car. fast car or not is another story.
Driver fault please don’t push it to car, what crappy Iswara Wira Waja Civic EK EG are all lousy car? Don’t you say you are rich ass can afford expensive protect vehicle to save your dog life but those driving “crappy” car is poor then you can disrespect it.
Sikit respect pun tak ada, still dare to sound. I think you ate too much nasi lemak lah? Ppsh…
tayar lori tercabut motor tak dpt elak then jatuh cedera teruk ..itu tayar tercabut sebab terlalu banyak makan nasi lemak…
Bukanlah…drebar lori tu makan nasi lemak banyak sangat…lebih muatan tu tercabut
Why lah do we have such people in our public services giving moronic statements unsupported by any facts. Unless they did a post-mortem of the victims and found nasi lemak in the stomachs, I’m going to continue with my usual breakfast dish.
Our taxes are being given to such idiots in the system. Santan? Are u f’in kidding me
That is nasi dagang, not nasi lemak.
“Of this, 94 victims were Malay, 41 were China, 31 were Indian, 22 were Malaysian of other ethnicities, while the balance 11 were foreigners.”
Not China lah…
Anyway, it is high time the police segregated the victims into more logical classes rather than the irrelevant ethnicity.
Example: gender, age group, physical health condition, social class, blood-alcohol level, vehicle types, etc.
Malays are 60+% of the population. Chinese are what 25%? So the statistics simply reflect on demographics.
I’m sure the largest amount of accident cars are Protons and Peroduas….why? Simply because there are more of them on the road.
To make matter worse, those cola tin can old Protong and even new Perutdua cars modded with powerful engine to enable them to smoke here and smoke there for enhance their ‘sendiri syok’ feeling, the rest such as upgrading brakes and handling always belakang kira, or never at all (like that buy coffin and a place to hell is a lot more better for them especially for those modded car drivers that like to smoke here and smoke there on the road).
so whats next?..we can be as good as lewis hamilton if we ate dim sum?
Lewis Hamilton eat burgers, mind you…
He eat Nicole!
burgers full of cholesterol..i really doubt he ate that
Wagyu beef or kobe patties my friend
not your everyday burger Ramli junk.
what? wagyu magically banish all dem calories? haha..u are hilarious. it lessen them yes. but it won’t make them calorie-free
…….we have a moron for a police chief. This is what a sheltered government service breeds.
The issue here is that 199 people died in that short period.
And this loony blames nasi lemak.
The FACT is, the bulk of the fatalities are motorcyclist and in cars which are far far behind in safety standards…. driving in road conditions that are far from idea.
Who’s research is this to compile in the report?…lousy
Better ask Mr Wolf and his wife to avoid santan rich food. Factually more “Deadly” than Myvi Dash. LOL.
Yeah, correct. As if the police interviewed all of the dead people and all of them admit to have eaten nasi lemak and drank santan b4 the journey.
Piii raaaahhh how can you make such a conclusion.
I think they all ate croissant, cereal and half-boiled egg b4 the accident. How abt that, huh?
The traffic police chief went to heaven personally and interviewed those who perished in traffic accident and confirmed they ate nasi lemak before they crashed.
JPJ say number plate cause accident.
PDRM say santan food cause accident.
German expat say illuminated panel cause accident.
Who’s next? Can we have MAI blame cheaper car cause accident?
Saiful blame Anwar cause accident?
Tony Pua blame 1MDB cause accident?
Perkasa blame… oops. Too much racing vroom vroom.
Blame the attitude..not food!
Facepalm.
Luckily it is the IGP that mentioned this, if other persons mentioned this will turn into racial issue on the ground it belittle the Muslim culture and cuisine.
I just want to: kahkahkahkah for this report.
So the police is trying to be a wannabe scientist? The numbers base on race clearly reflects somewhat to the racial composition of Malaysia population. In fact if the Chinese is now about 20% and Malay 60%, that would mean Chinese death rate is higher. Does that mean santan is not that fatal afterall?
what? really????? when 50% of the population are Malays, it’s NO WONDER the accident rates involving Malays are higher. my god……should make a wheel that rotates with rubber palms on it so that I can facepalm myself repeatedly. Sheesh!!!
Kenapa la kao tak buat road block…. Guna santan detector….
Haha..no need detector la Fozi. Ask them to fart..already can detect curry or nasi lemak..sure smell one..hahha
Hahaha Malaysians getting a taste of their own medicine
The latest “Malaysianized” German expat who is blind as a bat who cant differentiate whether his car headlamps are on or off and blames Peroduo for it runs on the same logic what
High accident rates because no 6 airbags, no VSC la, no EBD la no BA la no BLIS la, no Headlamp ON indicator la
Its everyones fault but not theirs
So this fellow also learn from Malaysian logic la, blame high accident rate because drivers ate too much santan and drive too much motorcycle
Malaysian’s wayang kulit really best la, cannot shit blame the floor for being too hard
Did they analyse the stomach content of all the people who were involved in these accidents before coming up with this analysis?
Why Nasi Lemak? What about nasi dagang, nasi kerabu, nasi kandar. It’s still nasi right?
only nasi with santan would increase the rate of fatality. sudden heart failure rate would also be higher after santan consumption. the polis chief has a valid point there.
I agree with this theory. Noticed that whenever i have curry laksa for breakfast, i am hitting almost every pothole there is in damansara.
I am sure it has absolutely NOTHING to do with me sleeping in late the night before whatsoever.
Hahahaha..adoi laa..baca tajuk pun dah buat aku hepi..hahaha..apa apa saja lah chief police. janji hilang stress aku rini..tocey chief..hahaha.
New Motto: No nasi lemak, no accident
Nasi Lemak if tambah banyak nasi can make you Gemuk macam…je not accident.
hahahahahha……what a blardy joke!!
Like that, better BAN nasi lemak nationwide…
No nasi lemak for breakfast, lunch, dinner or supper.
What’s next?? No Iced lemon tea?
becoz iced lemon tea make ppl go pee-pee and they would desperately stop at roadside to pee, and caused accident too????
Pls don’t blame nasi lemak, nasi lemak is innocent, nasi lemak has nothing to do with this, pls don’t take nasi lemak away from us…LOL
Don’t you think our malaysian made cars should now also incorporate a ‘santan’ meter detactor on the dashboard? This might become a compulsory safety feature.
Perhaps, this was tested by 2 polis ate too much nasi lemak and slept in police station. This incident was shared on FB.
So, they come out this Nasi Lemak issue.
My fav is Nasi Lemak. I eat it sometimes at breakfast. I felt like a Man after that.