It was a nerve-racking moment when a motorcyclist and a child riding pillion hit a car near Sri Petaling yesterday, which resulted in the child being thrown onto the road. The incident was captured in dashcam video that has since gone viral on social media, and the police are seeking the car owner and witnesses of the incident.
In the 19-second video, the rider and his passenger were coming up to a split road and intended to switch lanes to make a right turn. However, the rider appeared to not notice a white BMW nearby and hit the car.
The force of the impact threw the young pillion rider onto the road, while the rider was thrown off his motorcycle shortly after went it rode over a kerb before crashing into a divider. Thankfully, both rider and passenger suffered only minor injuries, but the situation could have been worse considering the child was not wearing a helmet, but the adult rider was.
Seorang penunggang motosikal dan kanak-kanak yang membonceng mengalami saat saat mendebarkan apabila motosikal yang ditunggang lelaki terbabit dipercayai hilang kawalan dan melanggar sebuah kereta di Sri Petaling hari ini.
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It is imperative for anyone riding on a motorcycle to wear a helmet, regardless of age. For those with younger riders, make sure that the helmets worn bear SIRIM’s safety mark and are fitted properly. Helmets meant for adults may not provide adequate protection since they are not sized to fit the smaller heads of children.
In 2022, Bernama conducted a survey at schools located in three densely populated areas in the Klang Valley and found that over 300 children aged between five to 12 riding pillion were not wearing helmets when they were either picked up or dropped off from their schools.
The publication also spoke with Dr Kulanthayan KC Mani, a road safety expert and lecturer at the department of community health in Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM). “Statistics in 2019 showed that out of 6,167 deaths caused by road crashes, about 1,000 involved children… these incident could have been avoided. Wearing a helmet approved by SIRIM is one of the ways to avoid sustaining severe injuries or getting killed in a crash,” he said.
There have also been calls to set a minimum age for pillion riders, with associated professor Dr Law Teik Hua telling Bernama, “it’s dangerous for children below five years to ride pillion because at their age, they can’t sit stably due to their small size and body posture. And their legs are too short for their feet to rest on the rear foot pegs properly.”
“Furthermore, the kids are not mature or smart enough to be able to stabilise themselves and follow the rider’s rhythm as he/she makes a turn and so on. This is why it is crucial to set a minimum age for pillion riders,” he added.
Of course, such a matter is a delicate one, particularly for those in the low-income or B40 group that don’t have cars and depend on motorcycles. Law also said the authorities should review the prices of SIRIM-certified helmets, while Kulanthayan urged for more efforts to educate parents on where to source proper helmets for their children.
If you have yet to invest in a proper junior helmet for your young pillion rider, please get one ASAP.
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Please be responsible parents, especially on the road.
yes, the safety of these future PN voters are crucial
priority to spend money on latest trendy smart phone and vape cigarettes, passive safety device always last on the shopping list
If we have responsible parents, this accident won’t happen and Malaysia will be as advanced as Singapore. It’s all in the culture and mindset of Malaysian. It’s like you look at a country’s infrastructure or even public toilet then you can roughly know the people of the country.
We’re slightly better than Myanmar
Sounds like you never been to Myanmar
Looks like Ken Block accident.The motorcycle landed on the rider. No movement at all even after the kid has stayed up. Is he alive?
Try reading the article until the end?
not even the end, its in the third para
Thanks for the clarification. Just got shocked and pity to see the rider not responding right after seeing the video before reading clearly. Is the rider really that inconsiderate for the child not waking up fast to save his child despite minor injury? Seems like I pity the wrong person…
ni la punya bermacam-macam undang-undang pelik akan keluar nanti. Jangan pulak motor diharamkan bawa kanak-kanak pula nanti. Takde akai punya bapak mcm ni
good on the BMW driver to quickly tend to the kid after the accident happened
Come to SK and SMk Damansara Damai and check la. Every morning, afternoon and evening also people riding around without helmet. Potong lane without signal, go against direction. Don’t want issue saman to B40 then at least educate them.
I dont think is the education problem but is their mentality.
No need education to tell someone what is dangerous and how to wear a helmet, is a common sense
Damn right about the mentality. To them lost lives are easily replaced coz they don’t even wear mini helmets on their small heads let alone crash helmets.
Agreed on this point. There are many places where the target group can congregate so maybe the road safety education can take place there.
Try mosques on Fridays. Maybe the imam can preach road safety instead of politics
Then how will the apeks going around new villages learn about road safety?
Try mahjong centres after lunchtime. Maybe the centre owner can distribute road safety flyers to apeks
It was a close shave for the child. He was so close to being run over by the rear wheel of the car.
Everytime i saw this kind of act on the road, i would say “ahh ni contoh parent yg syg diri sendiri je”
Parent selamat bulih buat yg baru gantikan yg terkorban
People might get confused should any minor accident settling outside done need to make a police report, which is time consuming.
More has to be done to seriously tackle poverty. Often this is the direct result of poverty. Maybe this is a better use of free handouts. Give out free helmets at the school to those who need them but could not afford.
Of course education has to go hand in hand too. We see many cases of even adults without helmets , ignoring red lights , not signalling when changing lanes, on the phone whilst riding or driving , not wearing seat belts and my pet hate seeing kids standing on the lap of the driver in the
Child raising ain’t cheap. If poor then don’t produce so many
Come on guys. Think positive. The parents probably have registered the child as organ donor.
Won’t be much use when the boy is minced meat
Luckily is not lajak, if not BMW driver confirmed jailed for just existing
According to Malaysia law, BMW driver might face 6 years in prison.
Ban all kapcai, only allow scooters.
My place here in Pasir gudang, no need to wear helmet. Polis officers here also are very nice guys. Mesti ada satu polis saudara dalam group motosikal, so tak perlu risau..bunyi exhaust kalau nak pekak pun boleh kawting punya hal..hahaha
Our suami don’t wear helmet in bed. Mendayung 2 hours non-stop bini memekak til neighbors komplen
Chances are, the motorbike has no road tax, no insurance and no driving license or expired.
Is the kid father or brother. Pity kid to have idiot relative like this. The kid needs to grow under such environment where usually will spoil his or her life under guardian of idiot!
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