We’ve been there before – the driver of a vehicle ahead of you suddenly hits the brakes, and before long, it appears that the road ahead was clear, and there was no good reason for them to abruptly slow down. In essence, this was the situation faced by Nurul Ilham Anwar, daughter of Malaysian prime minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim.
Known as brake checking, the act of abruptly applying the brakes in cases like this one has less to do with ensuring the brakes on one’s vehicle are functioning as they should, and likely more to do with an act of retaliation towards another road user that has wronged or offended them in some way.
While Malaysian law does not address the act of brake checking specifically, this falls under reckless and dangerous driving, as described in Section 42(1) of the Road Transport Act 1987.
I don’t usually post these things but I was bullied on the road today. ??This car kept on pressing the brakes on the fastest lane. Super dangerous and I had my 2 year old with me. Was there for a good 1 minute before she (yes, she) changed to the next lane. pic.twitter.com/dBFli21eHU
— Nurul Ilham Anwar (@eelhumm) January 20, 2023
This states, “Any person who drives a motor vehicle on a road recklessly or at a speed or in a manner which having regard to all the circumstances (including the nature, condition and size of the road and the amount of traffic which is or might be expected to be on the road) is dangerous to the public shall be guilty of an offence and shall on conviction be punished with imprisonment for a term not exceeding five years, and to a fine of not less than RM5,000 and not more than RM15,000.”
Clearly, brake checking is dangerous and should not be done, and the outcome of misjudgement by any driver involved could result in other innocent road users getting collected by an out-of-control vehicle in the process.
Malaysian law has the tendency to put the blame on the car behind when it comes to collisions, so in this case the onus is on us to be able to provide evidence that the car in front is in fact driving dangerously.
Once again, a functioning dashcam would prove valuable in the event a police report is made, which then can be furnished with video evidence, especially if the following vehicle does not stop in time and collide into the brake-checking vehicle. Retention of evidence is key, therefore use storage that holds up to the rigours of Malaysian heat.
If you have yet to equip yourself with a dashcam, it would be a good idea to get one as soon as possible. It’s a wild place out there.
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green car, which political party is green colour?
You called?
Ask the driver to come to my office and I’ll teach him about tarakelola of driving
Driver will come with the rakyat protesters to show him that his bangsawan daughter should not deserve any special treatment. She too must follow the rules: ikut kiri jika bukan memotong.
Power to the people!
How u know she road hogger?
Maybe the Proton Iriz was rhe hogger all along and got pissed off from the high beam or tailgating like many Bangsa J drivers?
How you know she is not overtaking?
If she was able to be tailgated by an Iriz, she isnt overtaking lar, use common sense.
She tailgate the iriz, not the other way round. typical product of malaysian education, english pun susah nak paham
Putang inamo TaLIPAS
People wouldn’t normally do that unless she was being an ass and likely she was. What was she doing on the fast lane in a near empty highway?
“First saw this car near the toll gate when she honked at me for going towards the Touch N Go lane. I have signaled to go to the left, but I didn’t see any signal of her going right (towards Smart Tag lane). Guess she was mad about that”
Normal people wouldn’t do that under any circumstances. And most likely she try to memotong at the fast lane because obviously there’s one green car in front of her
Memotong what? There are NO CARS on the middle! Unless u saying she saw the mythical ghost VW Beetle lar.
Looks like not only your constituent voted you out.
Even the roads are asking you to leave
Careful green car. Later you feel something entering your exhaust pipe then susah
PH only knows to do that, threats and mobism. Gangster government.
Ironic cuz this was mostly done by BN rempit supporters in the past. Luckily they all got fired when BN bergabung with PH and cleansed themselves
Dats farnie. Now PH gabung with BN, all dat you said about BN is also true for PH. Kah kah kah!
I crashed my car inyo somebody who abruptly stopped his car for no reason. The lane forward was empty. But cops say it waS my fault for being too close.
It is your fault. Even if the car you banged don’t have any working braking lights you are still at fault unless it is night time.
Don’t think it is brake testing. More like no confidence in driving cos the speed don’t look fast.
Ask the driver to come to my office and I’ll teach him about tatakelola of driving
Ask the driver to come to my office and I’ll teach him about tatakelola of driving
So fast abuse of power. Well done PH!
Don’t worry honey. The car will be impounded, driver receiving police hospitality and warmth of a lockup
An idiot did that to me. I was on a bike on a wet day. Had the impression the retard was trying to kill me. When I honked, he tried to side swipe me after getting into position. A lot of crazy people out there. Watch out and give them wide berth.
They learn from internet bro
2×5
= 10
Where got road bully? Nampak biasa2 saja or mungkin brake tapi tak la sampai category road bully or mungkin dia terbrake sbb ada benda jatuh like hand phone. otherwise the green car driver is normal.
Jangan la perasan sangat? Stay cool
Brake switch rosak kot..
How about slow driver taking fast lane? Any law can compound this kind of attitude? Sometimes left lane is empty but still got slow driver stay on fast lane at below 80km/h even the sign about 110km/h. Should compound this kind of driver also if got video. Educate driver to be more responsive and responsible.
Yes should compound her even if she is anak PM so what.
Looks like not only youf constituent asked you to leave but also the roads.
Video was cut short for her own convenience. Can see from the video that there are no other cars and both were hogging on fast lane for no reason. I am guessing that the green car is not happy our miss Nurul hogging fast lane and not giving way when flashed. Both were stupid if you ask me, the almighty BossKu.
The video showed no break-checking, don’t know what break checking is?
Gotta wonder what she did to p!ss off the Iriz driver.
Mentang2 anak VVIP laju je amek tindakan, kalau marhaen mcm kita yang kena mana nak ada laju camni
Actually the police could also issue summons to the recorder because she was clearly using handphone to record while driving. Let’s see if they actually do it =)