It’s not everyday that headlines such as “train hits car” pop up, but here’s a rare one. Yesterday, a KTMB train collided with a Perodua Axia at Johor Port in Pasir Gudang. The specific location is the KM 31 track next to the main entrance of the port.
According to Seri Alam district police chief Mohd Sohaimi Ishak, the 9.40 am incident did not cause any injuries. He explained that the coming together happened when the 31-wagon train driven by a 32-year old man was heading to Johor Port from the Pasir Gudang station.
The train then came in contact with a Perodua Axia driven by a 41-year old local heading towards the Johor Port main gate. The cop added that early investigations point to carelessness (kecuaian) on the part of the driver, who did not realise that there was a moving train in front of him. The case is being investigated under Section 79 (2) of the Road Transport Act 1987.
Attached above is a dashcam recording from a vehicle behind the Axia. As the light turns green, the Axia heads towards the port’s gates before a traffic warden rushes over to stop it. The warden was blocking a lorry on the slip road before dashing over to the Axia.
The car stops as it sees the train, but it’s now too far forward and the train clips the Perodua’s front left end. Could have been a lot worse, but fortunately, no one was injured and the damage on the Axia does not look to be very bad.
Yes, the driver should have been more alert, but perhaps another traffic warden – one for each direction – would have prevented the incident.
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Train hit axia, axia is reckless. car hits basikal lajak, car is reckless. hmmm…..
Driver should have planned ahead and know that at exactly this moment a train would appear. Guilty of reckless driving
Train dan Basikal lajak are not supposed on the road , Fullstop. Lembu betull la diorang nie …maen sondol je.
Axia driver must have seen the many comments here thinking it is alright to break laws and went ahead to try and cut off that behemoth train.
probably the axia attempted to zoom ahead instead of waiting for the train. also, why is there no proper train crossing signal, the traffic warden stands there, no one would understand why he stands there
https://paultan.org/2022/04/12/perodua-bezza-goes-against-traffic-on-highway-after-an-accident-then-hits-another-bike-video/
Going by Malaysian logic these days, that poor Bezza was totally innocent and the fault should lie with that devious motorcyclist who had the gall of being collected by that car.
And PDRM expert in pointing fingers…
The car is at fault in my opinion, there is a traffic controller there you should follow his instruction and can’t you see the train coming ?
The controller should display a “berhenti” lollipop big sign like our school traffic warden.
The motorcyclist to the left did not need a “berhenti” lollipop to stop a clear distance away from the oncoming train.
johor lagi!
kes basikal lajak… johor. kes singapura pam ron95… johor. kes keretapi… johor.
teringat dulu2 dikampung, siap ada bunyi loceng ting tong ting tong, guard pun akan menghentikan kenderaan dan menurunkan palang untuk menhalang lalulintas.
Sekarang ni, keretapi main lintas macam tu je?
Nasib baik at low speed
Tengok betul2 tu ada seorang utk berhenti trafik. Motor kat tepi pun tau berhenti, apesal axia tu buat bodoh mau cuba tikam lalu?
Following Malaysia’s most recent logic, the train driver did not drive careful enough to avoid the possible accident.
To me, I will ask why those illegal things appear on the way first. If you do not care about your life in the 1st place, why blame others.
Bruce lee,
You might be correct.
If there is a court case,the Axia dude will argue,’I m a small white elephant,you didnt notice meh? Or lu syiok mimpi cuc cun amoi?”
Or,How come train got no brakes,meh,eventho I may be axia rempit.
In driving school we all learn the 3 second rule. 3 secs to look right, left, right, before turning. 3 secs gap between you and the car ahead. During night, one should double that time but the same rule applies. Every driver must be aware of their surroundings and make enough space for reaction time in case something goes wrong up ahead. When you do not make such allowances, you are driving reckless regardless if it lead to an accident or not.
Copy paste: “Honestly… a man is stood in the middle of the road and the driver somehow misses him waving frantically at them. Then he/she has more than enough time to reverse but does not do so.”
Yeah it is surely the train fault, definitely. The train suddenly pops out of nowhere, how can anyone blame the axia driver for not seeing such a huge thing coming even when the motorcyclist to his left stopped a clear distance away. LOL Malaysian Logic
Yup. I wish I could press an E-Stop button to Malaysian logic. It is totally out of whack the past week.
Agreed. At least in jail, that woman driver would have plenty of time to assess and care about her own life now.
Where are the barriers?
Not just the no barriers, the signal lights at the crossing also dun appear to be working from the dashcam’s footage.
Barriers may or may not be necessarily present on rail crossings.
epermittest.com/drivers-education/railroad-crossing-signals
Quote: Safety gates may or may not be present at the crossing. Flashing red traffic lights mean that a train is approaching…. Keep in mind that warning lights may be malfunctioning if they are not active! Always conduct a visual check for trains in both directions before moving over a crossing, even if traffic lights indicate that the track is clear.
Warning signals only improve driver safety when drivers themselves follow the rules.
this won’t happen to a Myvi…. the true king of the road…. silap2 terbalik keretapi tu…
keretapi nak kena summon..
Sampai tempat ada kemungkinan bahaya pun tak kurang laju:)
This could have been easily preventable. When the train is coming, just make all the traffic lights red at the junction. Then nobody should move. Now it is misleading when you have a green light. This is tantamount to entrapment.
Any bikers or cars that still want to run the red light, then is your problem already.
Incorrect, watch the video again. Green traffic light is for the road junction where the axia had stopped. It doesnt mean it is green for the next junction where the train tracks are at.
From video clarity quality-
There is no road marking to call it a junction, no traffic light too.
The train just drives to the road.
If it’s a USA, authority might get sued.
warden also stupid…
Agreed. If not the warden, the Axia had already passed the railway track.
Honestly… a man is stood in the middle of the road and the driver somehow misses him waving frantically at them. Then he/she has more than enough time to reverse but does not do so. Of course there should be barriers and more signs to alert drivers of an incoming train but this is not an extreme situation and 100% should never have happened. Perhaps the license was not obtained properly but all in all it shows our driving tests and lessons overall do not prepare us enough for real world driving. We do not even practice on highways, how to merge into fast moving traffic, how to perform emergency braking manoeuvres etc. Malaysia is an amazing country and I would not live anywhere else, but certain aspects of it really are way behind everyone else
It was a Green Light there, ppl can drive up to 30-50km/h legally,
But…
Then it’s a simply running by the train, not sufficiently managed by the Traffic Warden?
Not enough manpower?
Not proper infrastructure?
Is this Safe Roads?
It may not be fair for Axia nor insurance company to bear this kind of regulated road condition.
Incorrect, watch the video again. Green traffic light is for the road junction where the axia had stopped. It doesnt mean it is green for the next junction where the train tracks are at.
Green for the first junction, it was not green for the 2nd junction
Train salah lah … Train wanted to do road crossing. Hence, train must stop to ensure no cars then only can cross the road
People tend to forget that in train crossings, train has right of way. Unlike cars, trains need at least 500mtr to come to a complete stop.
Car vs basikal lajak. Car salah
Train vs car. Train salah of course.
Malaysian logic
Bezza vs motor. Siapa salah?
Just draw a blardy big yellow box before the train crossing.Any stupid dude who stop inside yellow box is guilty.Now the car rempit can argue,why the train refuse to apply the brakes.
at that moment he shouldnt have stop tho
Seems like the shorter axia view was block by the taller lorry park on the right. And the warden does not seems to have proper flaggings to flag and stop traffic !
Train needs to upgrade its brake discs and pads for faster stopping.
Come to pasir gudang then you will understand the situation
The warden was not looking at the on coming traffic. He was looking at the train. Defonitely not well trained.
Totally agree with PDRM.
Don’t forget that if motorbike at fault to hit your car, the car driver is at wrong also.
Bike also can go into restricted car lanes… but car cannot go into bike lanes….
This is real lembu logic in Malaysia
ofcourse la the axia is driven by orang tua bebal
6 years ino inprisonment?