— @ (@anthraxxx781) February 27, 2024
A dashcam video of a head-on collision has emerged on social media, this time involving a Toyota Vios and a motorcycle on a two-way road. According to the post by @mynewshub on X/Twitter, the incident took place in Parit Sulong in Muar, Johor, with the dashcam time stamp showing the incident at 6:59am on February 27, yesterday.
The footage begins with the dashcam vehicle overtaking a prime mover truck, with two motorcycles ahead travelling in the same direction. As the dashcam vehicle rejoins its lane, some oncoming headlights are already visible in the footage, and the white Toyota Vios is seen to pass on the right hand side.
Brake lights on the Vios are seen just as it passes the camera vehicle, and the Vios appears on video to be edge of the road on the opposite side, on the white line. If we rewind to observe the oncoming motorcycle, its positioning is somewhat in the middle of its lane, then the rider swerves to its left, likely in hope the oncoming Vios would swerve left – away from the bike – to return to its lane. It does not, and the two collide head-on.
In the comment thread in the post by the @mynewshub account, the top reply at time of writing was from @httpizyxn, who wrote that it was their relative who passed away, indicating it was from the crash that turned out to be fatal, as they thanked the dashcam owner for the footage. Tragic as it is, this demonstrates the role of a dashcam in such instances.
As for the failed overtaking attempt by the Vios in the video, the lesson that can be learnt is that overtaking a large vehicle such as a prime mover truck takes more time than it would for overtaking regular passenger cars. The outcome of a failed attempt, as it turns out here, is deadly.
JOHOR 27/02/2024.
Kemalangan maut melibatkan motosikal dan kereta di Jalan Parit Sulong – Muar, pagi… pic.twitter.com/KJ9jXnmQDf
— MYNEWSHUB (@mynewshub) February 27, 2024
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R.i.p to biker. Driver pun K.O.
This is why all car need adaptive cruise control, follow car cruising, follow speed limit.
Otherwise causing all these meaningless overtaking,
If the front var is driving at speed limit, it is a mental issue to overtaking it.
Now, the one who hog the road, is it driving too slow?
If too slow get it Saman accordingly too.
Since this news is at public, give following up story too.
Saman the driver in front also?
Drive fast saman, drive slow saman. Saman you also lah.
Qzam said ” if “.
If that vios is equipped with after market AEB. both road users wud be still alive.
Agreed, driver drove wrong car shud have bought and drive ativa comes standard AEB
yes, besides the ones who drive too fast and overtake recklessly there are also those who drive too slow till everyone behind forced to overtake . 2 sides of the same coin .
Bet you some will say ini semue salah motor for not giving way to the overtaking car. Car drivers alwiz blame motors for any accidents.
Driving in old trunk road without center divider or a two way road like this needs patience, knowledge of road conditions ahead and overtaking experience.This type of road present more challenges than driving on highway or city roads with divider or dual lane per way. Hence I observed many city drivers don’t understand the challenge in driving old trunk road.
So those who hv years driving on city and highways but lack experience driving old trunk road be more conservative and patience. Don’t rush. Expect longer travelling time than highway
So true. I have driven on highways most of my life but whenever i travelled out of the city and encounter this kind of road, I’ll always drive carefully and patiently wait to pass another car. Using waze/maps sometimes would be helpful so that i know when is the next corner/straight road/etc, especially at night. From my experience, most city drivers are impatient & always overtake dangerously, especially in festive season. One overtake can change it all, pls be careful guys.
this Vios driver is downright crazy to drive at that speed on this type of road, you got no extra space at the side to swerve away when emergency arise. Good on-the-road skill is not measured by how fast you dare to speed but how fast you can react when you have to.
Vios driver should have swerve back to left lane and ..fail on the decision to overtake and fail on the decision where to steer in that situation..hopefully there will be no news about driver has mental issue, as always..
Vios driver lack common sense and critical thinking skill. I was surprised the vios swerved to the right almost onto the bare ground, like why would the driver do that? People normally swerved to the left of where they’re heading when meeting an unexpected incoming traffic, that’s what the biker did and was expecting the the vios driver to do the same. I’m pretty sure the cammer and the lorry driver would slow down and create a safe space for the vios if it ever try to swerve back to the left lane. Being a danger to other road users, he/she shouldn’t be operating vehicle anymore.
Looks like the Vios is trying to overtake both the lorry and the dashcam car… from my experience most lorry drivers will always give cars a chance to cut by slowing down when there are many cars behind. The lorry would probably give enough space for the vios to enter. The driver clearly has no patience and tries to cut the dashcam car also. Nonetheless, there was also enough space to go in the middle of both lanes right before the crash happened. At the end of the day we need to be patient when driving as we share the road with everyone.
smart (auto) car, stupid (brainless) driver
Every car must have a dashcam. Without it, the dead victim’s family won’t get the justice or there will be a miscarriage of justice.
driver should be charged for murder and death by hanging. life for life!
Better to reword the title as “Driver kills motorcyclist in a head-on crash when overtaking”
Deceased scores perfect ten for best somersault defeating all 2024 gymnast and diver.
Car drivers will demand to retitle “Motorcyclist crash into car for not giving way”
It’s always the pleasure of a magistrate to announce the road accident verdict on whoever guilty after trail. Layman don’t kepochi simply implying the outcome ok LEL
Wah this Vios quality is so bad. Langgar motor pun driver mati. Avoid lousy handling Toyota. Chery, BYD, Tesla all much better
The driver should be sentenced to death. If this happen to my family, i will make sure the driver will not be alive for long.
kuat sembang kencang wor.
I have done it once. Go try anything funny with me Ben Yap Bitch
fuyoh! makin sembang makin kencang wor…
The vios driver must be blind not to see incoming bike. Seems like he continued on the right lane despite massive room to move in on the left lane.
is that naza gtr 150 that was crash into vios car
Problem with Malaysian drivers, most are not trained to drive defensively or know how to activate the ABS brakes (assuming that one is present). Then again, some drivers, if they could be bother, also procure lesen terbang. So, what to do? As for comments about the vehicle itself, not sure if a Benz or even a BMW would make any difference in this scenario.
Effect from Long Covid (SAD)