After the video of two Malaysian cyclists shown drafting behind heavy vehicle earlier this week, here’s another video from Facebook user Abu Amar Darus. This time it’s a lone cyclist on a highway, taking advantage of the slipstream behind a multi-axle low loader carrying a heavy load.
The video is taken from the vehicle following behind, another lorry and while no speed was posted, from the traffic passing on the right, something in the order of between 30 to 50 km/h seems plausible. The person taking the video comments that the cyclist is “a strange one, he’s the only one doing this.”
More pointedly, a comment is made that if the vehicle brakes suddenly, the cyclist will be on his behind while also mentioning that a piece of road debris had missed the cyclist and he ignored it. “Jauh mana dia nak kayuh? Tak letih ke dia? (How far is he going to cycle? Is he not tired?),” is the final comment before the video ends.
While cyclists have the right to use the road where permitted, doing so in a dangerous and foolish manner is an inconvenience to everyone, not least other road users. Such behaviour on public roads tends to result in the cyclist becoming road jam which tends to spoil everyone’s day.
Please remember, every road user is responsible for their own safety, which includes proper driving and riding behaviour while obeying road rules, whether the vehicle is powered by an engine, or legs.
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Non civic minded, shameful.
Not only non-civic; non-accord, and non-city minded. Village people, as some would call. People from Melaka would say “kecik-kecik tak nak mampus, dah tua bangka menyusahkan orang”.
Now, with interest free loan, everyone can buy bicycles with money they never had, and cycle with their whole families with full attire, just to show off the wealth they never had.
They are a nuisance everywhere …
professional cyclists drafts during their races. when one drafts, he must know the technique and skills to draft safely.
coz of this 1 bugger… all cyclist will face the consequence. If authority take charge, all will impacted.
by that time if, our complain & blame is no more valid.
OKB – Orang Kaya Bodoh
cyclo psycho
There are idiot drivers and there are idiot cyclists. There are idiots everywhere, period.
Cyclist draft with cyclist not with huge lorries like that. What’s his aim btw? Shameful for other cyclist who has been cycling for decades and trying to get through good cycling ethics to the public.
Sheer stupidity will soon ends one’s life. This is just a matter of time.
Pure stupidity that give other cyclists a bad name. PDRM should track the cyclist down and have him arrested.
A very large group of people now can afford to buy bicycles on installment, just like everything else they buy, 90-100% loan. Lack of education results in poor civic consciousness, poor understanding of laws of physics and unable to understand the consequences of their actions. Just showing off their borrowed wealth which they never had.
My 10 year old also able to sense the danger, but this grown up man.
Let nature selections do their work .
Just buy an ebike if he needs speed but less legs power