Yet another accident captured on a vehicle’s video recorder, or dashcam has been making the rounds on social media, and this time a round the incident involves a vehicle making a sudden lane change into the path of another vehicle approaching at much higher speed.
Here, the footage uploaded by Facebook user Ruhaiza Samsudin begins with a Proton X50 in the same middle lane directly ahead of the camera vehicle, which also shows other traffic on the right-hand-side lane travelling much more quickly.
One of those vehicles is the black Toyota Avanza shown in the screengrab image above, and its driver has failed to slow in time to avoid colliding with the X50 that has just pulled into its path, thus making contact and appearing to also make contact with a red Proton Waja taxi that has pulled over to the shoulder, behind the X50.
According to the stamp on the footage, the camera vehicle was shown to be travelling at 92 km/h before the X50 made the sudden lane change to the right, and before that, traffic on the overtaking lane can be seen to be travelling considerably quicker than that.
Looking more closely at the shadows of the vehicles ahead – that of said taxi, and the white BMW 5 Series between it and the X50, the preceding two vehicles were already their lane before the latter made its lane change.
When the Avanza enters the frame its front wheels are already locked as it trails plumes of tyre smoke, and inevitably collides with the X50 that has pulled into its path. As the X50 then gets pushed wayward, it appears to have collected the taxi as well, as indicated by both cars moving to the left shoulder.
While adhering to the posted speed limit should be a given, the responsibility of using the road safely also lies with the party making a manoeuvre to change lanes – or in any other instance of crossing the path of another road user – especially when a large speed differential is involved, which should already have been made clear to the driver of the X50 in this footage.
Even if speeding road users falls foul of the rules by exceeding the posted limit, and if the other party is at fault in other instances of failing to stop in time, the point is moot if the collision could be avoided, along with the attendant losses of time, use of property and money, as well as potential injury. Remember – look, indicate, and be sure the path is clear before making a move on roads and highways.
Looking to sell your car? Sell it with Carro.
mana boleh tukar lane mcm tu gile..
Turbo lag @ X50 DCT?
Cannot pickup?
Or.. Got BSM but still come out to road hogging?
Got side mirror don’t need to use?
Either he don’t have pickup skill, or he is orang gila.
You can see that he didn’t maintain a safe distance from the car in front so the problem became twofold:
1. Couldn’t brake in time
2. Couldn’t accelerate before swerving into the overtaking lane
If a motor rider behind,
One would be dead.
The X50 owner attempted murdering, smooth criminal.
How are going to avoid someone changing lane immediately? Keep a distance from who? No car in front of u then suddenly slow car appear in front of u. What a stupid comment
Why so rude, you dint understand that the x59 dint maintain distance with the bmw infront of it and suddenly last min change lane while braking.
You out of context la. if you watch the video carefully, the proton driver did not keep a safe distance with the bmw in front, thus he suddenly brake to avoid hitting the bmw, then suddenly he change to right lane.
Same like previous 2 eksidens involving proton wira at Nkve & Federal hiway. Ini semua salah PROTON lgi..
You are correct Jho Loo. I’ve purchased my first Proton, an X50. I found that it’s Blind Spot Monitor and side-mirrors are dangerous. The side-mirrors are based on left-hand drive. Proton knows the issue and irresponsible.
That is why you get BSM but you too noob to use such a sophisticated car. As Steve Jobs said, it is not the phone but the user that is problem.
Avanza no ABS? Smoked all da way
X50 LDA not working? Stoopig betoi
Lengcai, all those what ABS AeB this tat is just marketing gimmick for you guys to happy when sign contract. Those things only works in greater continental car aka BMW Benz etc. I know because last time I drive camry now drive BMW. Same scenario of lost control in both car when I purposely trigger it to learn the car behaviour, the camry with all safety gadgets success to lost control and skid like hell while BMW with minimal not so shiny gadget lost and regain control almost instantly with AI cut in and balance the car. Wow..impressive! .frm then on, I never trust asian safety tech on broachure especially those Myvi or Beza…haha.. but at the end, law of nature is the boss. So slow your cat when nearing other cars, never trust Malaysian driver, treat them all as baby driving car especially soccer mom, so you will be save all the time. Nature 1, human 0.
Ermmm, you’re a Malaysian driver too right? So you’re a baby too?
Tampak X50 tdk fokus pada pemanduan, mungkin tgk HP. Sekali tgk depan, kereta putih brek, dan disebabkan terkejut, driver x50 brek dan kilas steering ke kanan tukar lane..
2 wrongs don’t make a right bro. X50 cut out suddenly but that Avanza was going way too fast to be within legal limits. This video doesn’t say anything except the stupidity of malaysian drivers and they have the cheek to blame road, authorities or WKS for their stupid acts. Epic LOL
All drivers should take a stupidity and mental test every 5 years. Too many stupid drivers on the road.
The worst r the “rogue” bikers,especially the Grab,Panda,Lalamove riders.
They speed from the middle lane,trying their “skill”to overtake from the left.
From the video,once the X50 suddenly change lane..the RIDERS become “SUPERMAN”.
Those who didnt die,need a wheelchair for life.
This is about cars not bikers. As with Lapizi talking nonsense about wrong subject again. Too much drinking sessions?
The accident involves only cars. Manade kena mengena with bikes bro? Buta ke.
I disagree. Make it 2 years.
How many will bet that Avanza was speeding excessively on the right lane? ;-)
X50 reckless driving.
X50 could have killed others for dangerous lane switching, without looking the rear.
X50 should brake, x50 should have safe distance so his braking won’t hit that BMW.
Avanza reckless driving? Police to verify its speed, and speeding saman accordingly.
Accident is caused by X50. Different issue.
Copy paste: “Can see cam car was going at 90kmph, X50 cutting out was presumed to be about the same speed, max 110kmph could still slow down to match it at 90 but it was obvious that Avanza was going much much faster than max speed limit.
Bincangkan how fast that Avanza was going.”
you from puspakom? hahaha… just joking
Just too many stupid drivers who can’t gauge in their head the speed of the rear approaching vehicle. These morons are the ones who will just pull out thinking the car behind will brake for them. Well, this is what happens lah.
And please be considerate, it is a fast lane, so when you come out, drive FASTER!
Can see cam car was going at 90kmph, X50 cutting out was presumed to be about the same speed, max 110kmph could still slow down to match it at 90 but it was obvious that Avanza was going much much faster than max speed limit.
Bincangkan how fast that Avanza was going.
You can clearly see that not X50 fault. It’s actually MYVI fault. X50 doing nothing wrong. Everything is MYVI fault. Fuel price increase also because of myvi. Ayam and telur so expensive also myvi fault.
X50 changed lane and didnt signal at all. I bet you you are one of those that dont signal as well….
Ofcourse, Myvi just stay home. Because Myvi is the most hated car on Malaysian road. Girls also dont want a BF that drive Myvi. Girls parent also dont want their future son in law to drive Myvi.
Are you perhaps the X50 driver? It explains the stupidity written in your comment.
Myvi is the King of Faulty
Hmm .. X50 driver refused to slow down following the car up front and decided that it’d be best for him/her to change lane but failed to asses the traffic as a whole – truly a teaching event.
1. X50 change lane to avoid bimmer who reduced speed ahead, but apparently did not take a look at his right mirror so did not notice the fast-approching Avanza.
2. Avanza is going fast, the camera car is doing around 90km/h, and Avanza might around 110-120km/h, not sure about the speed limit in this area, but Avanza is going too fast, even the driver did applied brake, but failed to reduce speed.
3. Avanza no ABS? can see the front wheel lock up so badly. and its tyre must not in good condition either.
4. kudos to the white bimmer, good avoid, make itself free from getting involved.
there’s an AES, that’s why car slowing down. 90 km/h speed limit.
This happened at the highway near Bangi area.
There’s a taxi in front of the Bimmer that is slowing down.
white BMW so calm so pro avoiding mess
Bmw is also good at Moose test., and the f10 steering is variable steering so very very quick since variable ratio at lower speed thus could avoid hazard with less manouvre. Even without fancy safety assistent you can now see germany really put effort to create safe car. Whats the use for fancy marketing poster if at the extreme situation it all fall apart. Imagine the Avanza go any faster the driver might go to hell already. Thanks the Waja amd divider the X50 not rolling around. Imagine happen in middle lane both car will donut around and roll over and create a lot tomato juice all over.
That bmw has super quick response! avoided any damage to both his side and front… wow
Thanks to super quick variable steering to avoid, and brilliant braking system to slow speed. A 10 yrs F10 Walk out like a hero even without very fancy safety gadgets.
Root cause was the slow moving taxi occupying the middle lane. It should have been at the left most lane. Even the small lorry at the left most lane is faster than the taxi. Of course the x50 obviously changed lane without looking at the side mirror or misjudged the Avanza speed. The Avanza could have slowed down and standby to brake when start seeing vehicles queuing up behind the taxi. The whole accident can be avoided if any of the party played their part at any particular stage of the build up. They all need to go back to the driving school.
If someone is passing you on the left, you are definitely too damn slow. Sadly most dont understand. And u should always check rear view mirrors every 10sec, at least 20 secs
Ultimately it’s only the X50’s fault. That’s how the law applies. Nevertheless, as you have mentioned, all of those could have played their part to avoid any type of accident.
Kereta depan slow,
Brek ❎
Tukar lane ✅
All that ADAS specs.. pointless.
The best ADAS .. is the driver. Educate, be a better driver, stay vigilant, and be considerate of others. That’s all there is.
That’s why i think for some competent drivers, they don’t need all these ADAS. I have driven for almost 15 years now but i still remember what my driving instructor told me, to check all your mirrors every 10-20 secs and I did that until today. Never been into an accident but i have evaded a lot of potential accident by doing that. Just focus around your surroundings at all times, drive safely and always check your mirrors! It really does help to save you.
Nowdays everyone pay undercounter driving test
Most of the people who bought the X50 are those who wants a powerful car at a budget price.
That’s why you’ll always see an X50 driving crazy fast or sticks to a speeding bimmer on the highway.
The need for showing speed.
However, they fail to realise that the X50 is not really a fast car.
But who knows… maybe the X50 in this video is trying to test something else… rear collision safety?
This is where the speed limit reduced from 110km/h to 90km/h with AES camera ahead on Plus highway, between Bangi and Kajang interchange. Most of the car starts slowing down to less than 70km/h to avoid get snapshot here, many just not notice and keep speeding 110km/h on the fast lane, or perhaps they run there everyday and know exactly where to reduce speed approximately 50m near the camera to pass the AES camera…
It’s really annoying when the driver in front brakes and slow down even though already within speed limit at this stretch. 60 or 70 kmh is really killing.
How many drivers are aware that when you join a lane, you must get up to speed as quickly as possible. So many just get into the fast or overtaking lane and prods along at standard speed… seen this so many times.
Actually they know, just that their car power cant catch up to their ego. Thus bammm..
Beria cakap “baik beli X50, laju, banyak safety features”
Satgi accident sebab taknak tekan brake je.
A cannot go any faster lorry at the left lane, a super slow day dreaming taxi at the middle, a patient bmw follow behind, a lousy driving skill x50 try to imitate her clan that flew past, a incomprehensible speeding avanza without vsc. The steady white bmw didn’t bother to stop even kena a bit on the right side.
Ok, Grade A license for BMW.
Maybe taxi go slow to tunjuk samseng, X50 change lane but is still within the speed limit, IF avanza follow speed limit as well this accident could have been avoided. Taxi is the Main culprit here.
aku perati je orang tukar lane kanan tapi bawa slow. lane kanan tu lane memotong. maksudnya lepas potong kau kena bawa laju la sebab nak potong. lagi la ni highway, depan kau bukan ada kereta pun. kalau nak slow masuk lane kiri la. harap owner x50 dapat cepatla spare part nak repair balik belakang tu. semoga sabar dan tabah. owner avanza kena cek tayar tu, kenapa sampai berasap bila brake macam tak grip.
Why all blame x50 driver only? Avanza driver should be blamed too. The driver should not drive too fast and expect emergency anytime knowing that the car condition is not good. Accident will not happen with only one side.
The driver of the X50 should expect for emergency too even his/her car condition is good. Thats why they put rearview mirror and side view mirror on the car. For you to look first before you change lane. And there is also the turn signal. Those things are put there are not for fancy display. I bet you are one of the many drivers that dont bother to look at their side/rear view mirror and use the turn signal and expect someone to brake and give way to you
Commenters here forgotten that driver above speed limit is actually ILLEGAL but since they all do it they all think blame must be onto X50 only.
Damn, this make people wanna drive BMW. Look like a hero walk out of clown of mess in relax mode. Thanks to fast steering, good moose test, and reliable brake. Fundamentally, it is already brilliant. Add in a little safety AI, bravo. Who need fancy safety system when it doesnt help in such situation. Rather be in a blant BMW than a fully bolt on safety system X50.
This is 90km/h speed limit route. So everybody have gone beyond the speed limit except the small lorry.
How did the bmw get out the mess unscratched? Steady!!
Moral of the story: car maker should start develop tech that detect speed for car in front and behind for safer maneuver or lane change.
The BMW has skill and camera car follow safe distance rule properly.
Thumb down to the taxi (hogging), X50 (stupid) and Avanza (speeding).
Things they don’t teach you in driving school.
Relative speed of vehicles from behind
When changing lane must ALWAYS look back a few times to gauge the speed of cars coming from behind.
Not just look once , then turn.
Lorry/bus drivers sometimes fail to do these. They change lane to fast lane to overtake other lorry, even though there is a fast moving car at fast lane.
From what I see, the red taxi slowed down, so did the BMW behind the red taxi. The X50 braked and switched lane. What are the odds that the X50 feared he/she couldnt brake in time/wanted to avoid colliding with the BMW and he/she instinctively switched lane (I’m not saying its the right thing or the smart thing to do). My thoughts is that if you’re going to drive slow, go on the leftmost lane. Driving slow on any other lane is dangerous – it’ll make other cars impatient and possibly act dangerously. They may also have to brake more than they should or try to change lanes.
P.S: I used to rempit on the road with my Myvi, but now I drive like an uncle with my Saga on the leftmost lane.
that’s the MY problem…. all bloody slow cars drive in the middle lane … then , faster car hog on fast lane.
what happened to slow lane? for illegal overtaking…
changing lane without signaling, bloody bikes riding in all lanes, even the bloody buses and trucks can hog on 3rd lane.
Semua ada gaya tapi takde otak.. mungkin MY educational standards syiok sendiri , producing tidak apa ppl with poor ethics and logical thinking
To be fair, x50 driver has very very very big bond spot which proton refused to acknowledge. The driver side mirror angle is very small and you see half your car body at maximum.
X50 has BSM so no excuses about blind spot.
there are many jibai drivers nowadays who cut out on the overtaking lane and then slow down ! lol – sure langgar la idiots !
IMHO, a lot of accidents on dual and multiple carriageways have middle and fast lane hoggers as one of the main root causes. They frustrate other drivers and lead to driving in anger and impatience. The Seremban to Nilai PLUS highway have 5 (yes, FIVE) lanes on each side and yet the middle and right lanes are always clogged while the left-most lanes are sometimes empty.
In the UK, middle lane hoggers on multi-lane highways are slapped with on-the-spot £100 fines, or receive the fine in the mail if caught on camera. There was even a case of a lone car (empty highway) caught on camera driving on the middle lane getting fined.
In the late 80’s when Miri opened its first dual carriageway between the town and Lutong, the police aggressively issued RM300 compounds to those who hog the right lane, pointing to the numerous signboards ‘Ikut Kiri Jika Tidak Memotong’. Perhaps it is time for the authorities to do the same on our highways now, using drone technology to pin the culprits.
Signal to change lane. It’s what you learn in driving school. Apply it. Nobody can read your mind.
TAKSI always Wrong no matter what
TAKsi drive slow and steady in middle lane also Wrong
x50 is not overtaking the slowpork taxi
after 3 seconds X50 still behind BMW butt
x50 slowpork in fast lane no wrong only taxi is wrong
Avanza shaft the x50 in less than 3 seconds that was hell fast
70% of people need to retake their driving licence. They think they are racing car drivers. I think X50 driver was on phone or got distracte by eating or smoking…….., people think they own the road.
70% of people need to retake their driving licence. They think they are racing car drivers. I think X50 driver was on phone or got distracte by eating or smoking…….., people think they own the road.
This country failed from the instructor to the departments.
Diffrentiating since day one in the driving school by teaching everyone which is fast and slow lane is so much crucial. Today highlighting tailgating has became a crime, but driving in the fast lane at below speed limit is legal and caused all sorts of jam. Cmon back to basic teach the basic so the norm will go on smoothly.
Dude going over the speed limit on fast lane does not make it legal dude. No matter what both were at wrong here.
The only thing not correct is the car prices too high and the Avanza owner can’t afford to buy a better car with good performance. Or its Toyota problem that promote Avanza is good runner smooth handling even in high speed condition.
Just 2 questions –
Can a small mpv like Avanza run in high speed??
Can small mpv easy to handle in high speed??
Toyota Malaysia please advise Malaysian public especially Avanza owners based on actual facts on the two questions above mentioned.