This is something that many who live and work in the Klang Valley encounter on a daily basis. Sometimes we are blocked, sometimes we block. Double-parking is a common sight especially in busy business centres like Bangsar Telawi, Damansara Uptown and USJ Taipan. It’s a blood boiling situation when blocked by an unresponsive double-parker, but whatever it is, don’t take the law into your own hands.
“I would like to remind motorists not to take the law into their own hands when they are faced with these types of incidents. Instead, call our traffic officers or the local council to tow away the offending vehicle,” Federal traffic police chief SAC Mahamad Akhir Darus told The Sun. He added that those caught double-parking will be issued a summons that carries a RM300 fine.
Mahamad Akhir said that double-parking is becoming a serious issue in the Klang Valley, with private cars and delivery truck drivers doing so for their “convenience”. “Double parking restricts the view of pedestrians crossing the road, increasing their risk of being hit by vehicles. The law is that double parking is a no-go. just keep looking until you find a proper parking spot,” he urged.
Pagi tadi di Pasar Nibong Tebal. Berang dengan kereta yang diparkir sesuka hati, pemandu lori melanggar kesemua kereta yang menghalang jalan.
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Some would argue that it will take time for the police or local authorities to remove blocking vehicles. “I understand the public’s concern but a law is still a law,” the man in blue added. Don’t do this.
Inconsiderate double-parkers that have seen their cars damaged have received little sympathy. In February, a lorry driver rammed his truck into over 20 cars along a busy road in Nibong Tebal. The incident made headlines, and the majority of netizens applauded the lorry driver.
Parking lots are hard to come by in some areas, and if you choose to double park (it’s illegal, we’re not condoning it), the least you can do is to leave a contact number on the dashboard and respond promptly when contacted, or when you hear the horn.
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Double parking is a big problem because polis and the MBPJ and DBKL guys all got relax attitude. When my car was blocked by a double parker, coincidently there was a polis patrol car. I stopped the polis car and complained to him. I told him I already waited 15 minutes honking non stop
The officer’s answer was this, “Relax lah bang, pergi minum kopi sekejap. Mesti dia keluar nanti”
I was speechless!
If the authorities do their JOB, then us citizens wouldnt have to take things into our own hands..
Our PDRM force is one of the largest in the world. Yes, ask anyone, they will tell you, our PDRM is one of the largest in the world. No idea where they are and what they do.
Or maybe they are in Italy relaxing in 5 star hotels and smoking cigars.
Kau jangan main hentam saje. Who said our PDRM is the largest among others compare to citizen they have to serve? Ever wonder why in the USA there is FBI and State Police?
Hey the innocent one suppose to be the one being blocked. Ok?
U bodo ke bangang? 1st, we r not the largest. 2nd, only a couple of top heads r there to do PDI on their new heli. U mean u never do check ur car when u buy? U really trust salesman cakap everything is OK? Now I see where ur ‘Roots’ come from. Its all fakery
yes relaxing after clocking in…………at home, at massage centre being massaged on pretext of checking the premises, at home sleeping.
Mr.Kunci Kunta,
Wait.James Bond is coming with a battletank t-72 from Russia.Remember ,what happened?
Our enforcements are …. .They only enforce if some VVIP got badly injured or the case if blown up by the media.Other than that,you may see another rouge lorry ploughing thro cars that triple park.
Kiss goodbye to law and order.It is anarchy in certain places now.
Why u reply to ur own dupe?
It’s time you call the vigilante we can protect our city in our own hands.
OK. I will tow the double parker. But I will tow it into a lake
In Uptown Damansara, so many car workshops reserve few parking spaces each with orange cones. I complained to the MBPJ officers there, they say, it is not their duty. their duty is to saman cars with no parking ticket.
Then lunch hour, I see all the MBPJ officers sitting in the gerais with the car workshop owners having lunch together.
No wonder why we have to double park. Each workshop take about 5 bays. Put orange cone OR old car tayar to rezab the place.
Dude, you do know there is a massive underground carpark, right? Why the f**k do you need to double park? Serves you right if anything happens to your car
B-b-but that lorry driver is our hero! Apa salahan lorry driver? Lorry driver rocks! Protek protek maruah lorry driver!
/Ktard detected
Law enforcers, do your work! You don’t have to wait for the victims of double-parked cars to call you! Not that this problem occurs occasionally. It happens every day, as the writer of this article has said.
Polis officers are in the gerai relaxing and minum teh. DBKL officers also the same. They can sit in the gerai for hours having tea. So how do you expect officers to go around looking for double parkers?
Tangkap gambar kete double parking & post kat FB, Whatssup, Twiter, Instagram, ofis notice board.
Kasi femes!!
They didn’t deserved famous, but deserved fine..baru puas hati.
The polis and JPJ as well as DBKL and MBPJ must take double parkers seriously so that such thing won’t happen. Unfortunately, our enforcement authorities are more concerned about safeguarding ministers and giving them escorts that, much of the Traffik Polis resources are spent on that.
Each Minister and Deputy as well as orang oran gVIP have so many entourage of traffik polis escorting them. Infact, once I saw one Minister launch a care, there was about 20 outriders there.
I hope the PDRM can channel their traffik polis from being entourages and outridders to patrolling our streets for crime and looking for double parkers and penalising them.
if only people carry out their job, such occurrence wouldn’t happen
I totally don’t agree with the police. They are always so free to issue summonses on cars parked although on yellow lines but never block anyone. Very rarely they issue summons for double parking.
These double farkers need to be teach a lesson. Once I was blocked and I blare my horn for almost 5 mins but nobody came out. After I finally squeezed my way out, I rear-ended that arsehole’s vehicle so hard he’ll remember he won’t double park again!
Lol ur car also damaged, u stupid? Just break his glass.
I’m driving a huge SUV, use the sharp corner to hit his middle front to make a nice V shape!
Ha ha. Same here. I drive an suv. Dont mind kemek sikit. I ripped off some double parking car bumpers. The more expensive the double park car is, the bigger satisfaction i got. At least i will hit their door or pillar is the best. But I will usually honk first to give chance. Best best. There were once i was in good mood, i honk a double parked Viva for 5 minutes. I didnt langgar that car to push it away but i hit the glass with hammer instead, so i could get the handbrake down so i can push the car. You know what, suddently a lady sitting right accross the street actually having coffee facing the her car listening the melody of my honk slowly walks towards me claiming that is her car and i dont need to break the glass. Can you guys feel my anger?
They got enough man power to response?
Karma is bitch yo
What do you do when the guy leaves contact number and you call and call and call but he does not answer.
Or the guy leaves his contact number but your prepaid has run out of credit?
What to do?
Break the window take down the handbrake. And push the car away. With your foot. Make sure you hit the brand logo and break some grills while you pushing it away. Always start at the weakes spot that easily breaks. Oh yes while pushing the car by foot at the bumper make sure some of the bumper clips breaks. Dont get your hands dirty. I did this damn lots of times.
There should be zero tolerance on double parking. Can the police guarantee swift, impartial and immediate response to the offender? I think we all know the answer.
The problem is not enough parking space. I’ve personally seen some people double park even when there is a proper parking lot just down the road. They think with their expensive cars complete with vanity single digit plates complete with ‘dato’ emblem will automatically qualify them to park anywhere they want.
Can we beat up Mat Rempit that snatch innocent victims belongings? Rapist? Corrupt Minister?
I will sure beat these son of the bitch!
Mob justice is NOT justice. Thats witch hunt
I don’t mind people who double park but are quick to move their cars once somebody honks. Sometimes you just need to pop by quickly. But I hate those park and go makan or do something far away from their parked cars without worry. It all boils down to enforcement. People do it because they know they won’t get caught.
This happens at any “Business centre”. Unfortunately, there are just not enough parking spaces. I will admit, I am guilty of this for the short runs to the bank, but I always leave my phone number and get out as quickly as possible.
I seriously don’t get the people that don’t bother to leave a number. These idiots deserved to get their car pushed away by force.
The respective MB/MPs should have never approve projects that does not allocate enough parking spots . Even with the parking complex, places like USJ Taipan is impossible to get a parking spot hence all the double parking.
Double parking is wrong, full stop. Find a proper parking, otherwise you are robbing people’s time and cause inconvenience. There can be no excuse. this form of crap happens all over the but not outrageously like in Malaysia.
Letak warning letter bagi owner yg tak ada otak tu
I see now why you have to justify blocking/breaking the rules.
No, it’s never alright to double park. Stop deceiving yourself and be a better person.
You should give this advice to the govt first
A good society must have good values. Good values must be shown and practice by the leaders and hierarchy down to the rakyat
That’s why most roadblocks, they accept donation.
Follow leader
Parking means you leave your car unattended.
There’s big different between double parking and waiting in your car which you can move away immediately..
NEVER ever do double parking for whatever reason.. it gives problem to these persons :
1) person’s car which is directly blocked by it
2) person’s car who parked on opposite side got no enough room to reverse (if he drives long MPV)
3) traffic got slow down due to tight spaces created by double parkers.
Don’t take law in ur own hand … hahahaha… these double parker should deserve it right?? Like we don’t have a job sit there and wait… contin ur do what u should do…
Most Malaysian drivers are just too selfish. To those who like to double park & block roads from 2 lanes to become 1 lane, be considerate to others. If I am a lorry driver I would also do the same. Peace u’olls :)
If only all double parkers put their numbers on window.
Attitude again, nowadays pple like to park the car infront the outlet..walk further abit like taking their life..lazy is the word..you can park further and walk..but still they choose easy and convenience way..better you park inside the shop!!
The situation is very simple: the government should NOT have allowed development to take place if there isn’t enough roads and parking spaces (general US). If development is deemed necessary, then public transportation like trains and connecting buses/trams MUST be provided (new york, san francisco, london, etc). This situation is created by the government, and the rakyat reap the consequences. Where is the logic: multi-storey shophouses which parking spaces are all taken by WORKERS as early as 8am leaves NO ROOM for visitors. Best yet, they are allowing for MORE developments around EXISTING traffic infrastructure. Pure greed.
Double parkers may leave their phone no and victim can call them?
Why should the victim call them? Why should I pay even 10 cents to make the call? That fella blocked me. Not I am the one who blocked him.
Last 2 weeks I parked properly at Kayu Nasi Kandar Bandar Tasik Permaisuri on Saturday, 8.40am, Having breakfast. One shiny black Civic blocked my car. Since I have no other option I called the no displayed at the dashboard.
He is sales person at perodua tasik permaisuri. He smiled at me and say sorry. And I told him (quite pissed off since there is ample parking space 20 meters away) “Sesiapa pun boleh kata sorry bang, tapi block kereta orang salah”.
Immediately his face turns black and want to confront me with reason he did say sorry.
What should I do?
Say “sorry naik lori” lah…
Burn his house, beat his mother
My English friends said rip off his plate number. I try to kick his car bumper first see if the car can be push or not. Try front first, if cannot try to push from the rear bumper. If some bumper clips breaks, maybe you can say sorry to him later. Tak sengaja.
when police and municipal council don’t uphold the law, we citizens have the right to take laws into out own hands. you don’t do the job, don’t ask us to be patient.
Ever heard of 2 wrongs dun make a right, but 3 lefts do?
Simple: Plan the town better and provide more parking space. Thats the root cause, no parking space.
The lorry driver’s action is the extreme result where enforcement is poor. Remember, three fingers are pointing back at you when you point/deflect the issue onto others.
Double park problem, and all the problems in Malaysia only can be solve if DAP is in power.
yep.that’s why in penang everyone *ahem* likes to double parked even there are spaces available.thanks to DAP and all those non-racial-related people.they are all know how to behave.
why all the fuss. things wont change overnite just because this issue is highlighted here. just do what you always do when confronted with such situation. never expect the authorities to implement anything soon.
Obviously he never been blocked before. The authority are always giving comment, but they never actually experience it. How could they? They are always escorted.
Then how about all the double parking right outside police stations, Sri Hartamas as a good example – there is zero enforcement anywhere for this I think.
An even more seriously problem is business operator illegally blocking local municipality parking lots….on the other end, government should remove all cash wash operator and car workshop operating from a shop lot…or intermediate shop lot (at the very least)….all these inconsiderate operator act as if the road belongs to them
From “Parking lots are hard to come by in some areas, and if you choose to double park (it’s illegal, we’re not condoning it), the least you can do is to leave a contact number on the dashboard and respond promptly when contacted, or when you hear the horn.”
I think because of above attitude therefore the problem will never solve. No mean no even you put contact etc.
There is always a away to park the car… further away. If it’s emergency then it shouldn’t be there for more than 5 mins or leave the number at the dash. Now I see people chuck and eat, dine, hairdo, shop, just for the sake of their own convenience completely making others inconvenience. Simple solution… empower the citizen to take the picture as evidence and submit a report to book these double parkers. If it’s emergency I am sure they are more than willing to pay the fine.
Metal of honour for the tipper driver. I’ll buy him a lunch for the civil justice service he’s done. Fire all the so call enforcement.
There is never justification for double parking. It is only for selfish and lazy people- plain and simple. Sometimes when a double parker returns to remove his/her car, there is not even a wave or an apology sign from them. It’s as if they did nothing wrong at all and it’s their privilege. WTF!
Double park if you want. But be prepared to accept deep scratches, dents, flat-tyres, broken windows, car pushed away, towed away cars or FB postings of your vehicle. Don’t say you’ve not be warned!
I still think that drivers who double parked their vehicles deserved all the consequences. It is due to their selfish attitude that they disregarded other peoples ‘ interest. The Authorities concerned should take very stern actions eg. Imposing fines from minimium RM500/- to maximium RM1000/- on these drivers so that they learnt their mistakes. Alternatively, impound their vehivles for a period not less than 14 days until they relised the seriouslyness of not complying the law.
pull out PARANG and POP all 4 tires!!
I would love to invite that lorry driver to make a round in Sri Petaling.
Promo cycling … Cars are for mumys little pet like u… Spoilt
Try to double park in Singapore, see what happen? Bolehland always have the TIDAK APA attitude.
“Aiyah, need to walk so far, don’t want lah, just double park here la, NEVER MIND one.”
Its not just at Biz centres…
Ever come across a 3 or even 4-lane road turned into a 1 lane? You gotto try it out on a Friday…
Call the PDRM? Local Council officer?? (Haha) Your must be joking…
Wow so many angry response to this. Unfortunately street justice cannot cure this ill. Two wrongs don’t make one right. I was once blocked at a hospital public car park, called the number, fellow answered said would come but only appeared 15 minutes later. The fellow who is a junior doctor showed off his ID. said he had to attend to his ward round first. Like he was very important. I told him for the last 24 years as a doctor, I never parked illegally even during emergency. As for doing his morning ward round, he can go in at 530am to guarantee getting a parking space like what I did during my HKL days. So much for 11 years of moral studies in school, most Malaysian are still selfish. Does not matter who or what you are, should never inconvenient other people.
Make it a fair deal by splitting the summon paid between the blocked party and local authorities
Why do I need to call these double Parker and use up my phone bill to call these lazy-azz double Parker to move their car when the multi-storey car park is just nearby and only cost rm3 when you drive a RM100-150k car? Example in Seri petaling along Jalan radin. If my car were block and after I honk a long 3 seconds and if the double-Parker does not come within 10 seconds I will indiscreetly make a deep long line on your car and keep honking until you come.
Mr lorry man good job….my hero(^_^)
I have a suggestion, or a compromise for both sides. Only double park where you can respond immediately to the owner of the blocked car. How to do this?
DON’T LOCK THE CAR DOORS. If you worry enough that someone will steal your car then you will be constantly checking on it. Or if you dont, then at least the person you blocked can release your handbrake and push it away. This is done in low cost flats parking where space is very limited.
If you think it’s too troublesome, then think of the inconvenience of the person you blocked for YOUR CONVENIENCE.
Agree?