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  VIDEO: Are you using a child car seat for your child yet? Listen to these testimonials from parents

  9 July 2015 / 6 comments

  Last weekend we gave out the first batch of child car seats to parents who applied for our Child Seat Rental for Raya campaign, sponsored by Mercedes-Benz Malaysia. We took the opportunity to interview some […]

   

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  Nissan admits Takata airbag caused fire in Japan

  9 July 2015 / 9 comments

  In what is a truly scary development, Nissan Motor Co has admitted that an airbag made by Takata Corp, installed in one of its cars, deployed with so much force that it caused a fire […]

   

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  CRASH VIDEO: Here’s what happens to a child strapped in a non-compliant pocket-type child car seat

  7 July 2015 / 8 comments

  With child car seat awareness at a high now thanks to unfortunate accidents which involve children being thrown out of cars in accidents, there needs to be further education on what kind of child seat […]

   

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  ASEAN NCAP releases star rating vs price chart – Proton Iriz is the cheapest five-star car on the list

  7 July 2015 / 95 comments

  The New Car Assessment Programme for Southeast Asian Countries (ASEAN NCAP) has released a star rating versus price (on-the-road inclusive of insurance) chart, comparing the affordability of each car vis-a-vis their occupant protection. And, surprise […]

   

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  Watch out, car thieves posing as bank repossessors – know your rights, demand to see authorisation cards

  3 July 2015 / 14 comments

  For whatever reason, carjackers in Malaysia are getting more and more daring recently. It wasn’t too long ago that a car theft case involving a perpetrator acting as a car buyer was reported, and now, […]

   

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  Puspakom on carjackers: be cautious with 3rd parties

  16 June 2015 / 21 comments

  A week after the unfortunate theft of a sports car at a Puspakom inspection branch – in which a carjacker posing as a potential buyer nicked the vehicle at the end of a B5 inspection […]

   

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  VIDEO: Touching Toyota Safety Sense commercial goes through life from dad’s and daughter’s eyes

  15 June 2015 / 74 comments

  “Love works invisible. Toyota works love.” Things can sound pretty silly in Japlish, but after watching this video, you’ll know exactly what they mean. Father’s Day is coming soon, and this Toyota Safety Sense commercial […]

   

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  Please use child seats to balik kampung this Hari Raya – get FREE child car seat rental from us at paultan.org

  12 June 2015 / 70 comments

  Dear readers, dear parents, the Hari Raya Aidilfitri season will be upon us soon and to most of us, that brings about long and arduous balik kampung journeys. It’s an undeniable fact that accident rates […]

   

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  BMW Child Seats available at RM1,799-1,999 promo

  12 June 2015 / 28 comments

  This morning’s event at Publika, which saw the launches of the BMW 1 Series facelift and 2 Series Gran Tourer, was in fact part of the second iteration of BMW’s Safety 360 programme – the […]

   

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  VIDEO: Lorry drops driveshaft, hits car on the NKVE – drivers, always keep a safe distance to vehicles ahead

  11 June 2015 / 51 comments

  More troubling incidents involving poorly maintained lorries in Malaysia have come to light. After a 30-tonne lorry with apparent brake failure smashed into 24 vehicles in Kuala Lumpur last Tuesday, yet another one popped its […]

   

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  VIDEO: Student driver reverses into a motorcycle – check your mirrors or get a reverse camera, everyone

  10 June 2015 / 26 comments

  Overshoot a traffic light, and decide to reverse back to not block incoming cars? We’ve all been there. Not everyone is capable of doing so safely, though. For some, it can go very, very wrong. […]

   

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  Car stolen at Puspakom – watch out for carjackers

  9 June 2015 / 35 comments

  We have just gotten wind of a terrible car theft case involving a sports car here in Malaysia. What’s more alarming is that it happened at a Puspakom inspection centre, with the carjacker in question […]

   

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  Use of child car seats to be enforced by 2017 – report

  9 June 2015 / 51 comments

  The government is set to propose an amendment to the Road Transport Act 1987 to regulate the use of child seats in cars, which is expected to be enforced by 2017, The Sun reports. Transport […]

   

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  Tow truck scam incidents are on the rise in Malaysia – know your rights; who to call during car breakdowns

  8 June 2015 / 54 comments

  An unfortunate “tow truck scam” incident is currently being widely shared on social media platforms. The story is as such: the victim lost control of his car, and thus required the vehicle to be towed. […]

   

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  Malaysian Transport Safety Board to be established, open for public discussion until June 30

  5 June 2015 / 8 comments

  In the wake of recent fatal accidents on land, sea and air, the Ministry of Transport – together with the Malaysian Institute of Road Safety Research (MIROS) – is looking to establish the Malaysian Transport […]

   

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