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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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  VIDEO: Shah Alam public saves child locked in a car

  1 June 2015 / 29 comments

  A video showing a crowd attempting to save a child locked in a car parked in front of a bank in Section 9, Shah Alam went viral on social media earlier today. In the end, […]

   

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  Shockingly, only 7-9% use rear seat belts, MIROS finds

  25 May 2015 / 68 comments

  A study by the Malaysian Institute of Road Safety Research (MIROS) has alarmingly found only 7-9% of Malaysians to wear seat belts in the back, The Star reports, with transport minister Datuk Seri Liow Tiong […]

   

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  PSA: Petition to make the use of child restraints compulsory in passenger cars in Malaysia

  22 May 2015 / 47 comments

  An informal group of concerned individuals called The Child Restraint Action Group hopes to petition the government to make child restraints (child seats) compulsory in all four-wheeled vehicles, in addition to other measures that might […]

   

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