Road rage tends to happen on, you know, the road, but sometimes the anger doesn’t stop when the wheels do. There are lots of people who park their car only to return to find it has been intentionally keyed or dented. In these cases, they usually don’t have much recourse to claim damages – even if they manage to retrieve CCTV footage from the carpark operator.
A similar situation happened to TY Tai on Sunday, according to a Facebook post that has gone viral. In it, he stated that a passer-by kicked his Tesla Model 3 while it was parked at Nexus in Bangsar South. The vandal, who appeared to be with their parents, then turned around to spit on the car before leaving with the family in a white Audi Q8 e-tron.
The incident was captured by both the Sentry Mode on Tai’s Model 3, as well as Nexus’ own security footage. It’s not clear whether the miscreant was unhappy with this particular car, the Tesla company as a whole or Tai himself, and Tai doesn’t seem to know either the vandal or their parents. In any case, the owner did make a police report, but as there was no visible damage, the authorities decided not to open a case file.
This is obviously an unsatisfactory ending for Tai, who resorted to encouraging the culprit to come forward and apologise by promising to delete the post if they do. That’s hardly any motivation for the vandal to do so, especially given that they are not being chased by law enforcement, only hounded on social media.
It may surprise you to know this, but there aren’t actually any laws against vandalism in Malaysia – at least, that’s what Alliance for a Safe Community Lee Lam Thye wrote on The Sun just that Sunday. If his name sounds familiar, that’s because Lee was previously the chairman of the Malaysian Institute of Road Safety Research (MIROS).
Malaysia does have the capacity to punish those who cause mischief under the Penal Code Section 425, but this only applies to those who have actually caused tangible damage – which, again, Tai could not prove. As for existing Kuala Lumpur City Council (DBKL) bylaws, these only apply to city property.
Lee proposed an anti-vandalism law that would impose mandatory community service on convicted vandals and a jail term for repeat offenders. Until such a law passes, however, there’s not much that victims like Tai can do apart from publicly naming and shaming the culprit.
The lesson here is clear – this country needs to enact anti-vandalism laws to curb the prevalence of such acts. But really, do us Malaysians need the law or stringent enforcement to stop us from being a public menace? No matter what you feel about a car or its driver, you shouldn’t take out your frustrations on someone else’s property; that much should be obvious enough. If anything else, know that if you try to do something to a Tesla, you could end up having your face plastered across social media for the world to see.
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Typical audi drivers
Dumb audi driver living under the rock didn’t know Tesla got sentry mode. We seal owners only wish our cars have this wonderful feature
Shameful lor. All recorded at sentry sharp sharp can see the face clearly. Whole Taman now know who that family is.
Like you
Weak action by Msian netizens, in SG they will hound these idiots until their bosses/teachers call them in for a chat to correct their bad attitude. They will even call their parents or their grandparents in for lecture if none of them change. Instead our netizen just eat Mkini vomit and and regurgitate to their frens & family causing harm to country.
Uhhh, news flash. We already found out the Audi’s plates, owner of the vehicle which is registered to an autoshop business. No way that car can go unscathed in public after this.
money cant buy class
The Tesla driver must’ve did something before hand la why he only chose to vandalise that car. Not saying the vandal was right but we don’t know the full story clearly.
i wont be surprised. after all, only “one kind” people buy tesla from someone like elon
The kind that doesn’t buy seals?
Most stupid comment I have seen
u this kind sohai thinking very common nowadays for dumb S like you.. just like people kena rape you will say why wear sexy.. kongkam kunci buntet
Lol why so triggered? Want tissue to cry?
Obviously the Audi Q8 that cost 3x more got smoked by the Tesla. Sore loser Audi drivers
You said you doesn’t know the full story and yet you prejudged the Tesla owner that he/she must have done wrong?Only idiot will think like that.
To be fair, people who think the tesla owner is completely innocent isn’t exactly the smartest either, the point is we don’t know.
Not necessarily. Although, for the sake of the argument, it may be possible that the vandalizer had a specific grievance or past issue that led to the act of kicking the owner’s Tesla. However, it’s also important to recognize that some vandals act impulsively or seek to cause damage without any particular reason. Their motives may not always be linked to a previous incident but could stem from a desire to vandalize for its own sake.
Often times these kinds of people are either jealous/dengki or think it’s an eyesore to them, but this one drives an audi so idk man maybe he’s mental kot.
mental.
No laws against vandalism? For real? might aswell call it freedom of expression.
Every where else it’s considered damaging/trespassing private property and you can sue those individuals.
LOL we know how chinaman always plead ignorance.. “tak tahu.. saya mana tahu maa? Saya apa pun tarak buat, tiba tiba ini macam jadi.. saya apa pun tak tahu worr..”
So, 1M is good?
Wa tak Tau, wa tak Tau…
I think the frustration out of the youth has nothing to do with Tesla.. more like the owner didn’t park his car properly, the front end was protruding, must have hindered his walking path
Nah I don’t think so, it wasn’t even blocking that much of his path anyway. He’s just a rich spoiled si ginna who can’t stand others owning more expensive stuff than him.
Just kick back his car when he sees it someday somewhere….but make sure there’s no visible damage…
The blardy dudes probably have bad experience with Tesla,hate Elon Musk for being blardy lunsi,or got stranded outstation in Tesla due to battery issues or simply hate the blardy shit design of the Tesla.Thats why,don’t buy Tesla’s..they r targets now.
either tesla body damn solid to take the kick without visible damage or the guy’s leg is soft as a pondan.
can I kick the car if the driver parked like an asshoe?
Wait…says there is no anti-vandalism law, so if people sees that car, they can vandalise it back without consequences? Just wondering….ya. Don’t vandalise.
if a beta male’s wife sleeps with a harley davidson rider, will he post the sex tape online and demand an apology too
Look like a CEO or owner of company. Share his face to his associates and business partners. You wouldn’t wanna deal with savage ppl, would you?
Wow….watch out guys, anyone can spit and kick your car as long as there’s no visible damage. Quite worrying that this could be widespread.
Anti-EVs maybe…
Vandaliser is usually, most of times, a vandaliser. It’s possible that the vandalizer had a specific grievance or past issue that led to the act of kicking the owner’s Tesla. However, it’s also important to recognize that some vandals act impulsively or seek to cause damage without any particular reason. Their motives may not always be linked to a previous incident but could stem from a desire to vandalize for its own sake.
Are you sure you dont cut them like an a**hole on the way to that mall ka? Maybe look at your video recording for the last 60mins before entering there..
Usually the internet is good at finding out who a person is based on viral images. Lets see who is the first person to identify this vandalizer. Siapa pertama identify siapa power
wonder how the family and that sohai is thinking right now.. so meaning to say our current laws allow us to kick other ppl’s car as long as you can withstand the backlash of the internet world
maybe kalah drag-race with a tesla kut
the vandal regreted buying his obsolete audi, so he took it out on the tesla …