Malaysian drivers can be likened to cavemen in cars

I am sending this to friends who don't read The Star, or who don't read The Star like I do, ie every page, and every word,  {hahahaha}  Click here>>>> Malaysian drivers can be likened to cavemen in cars as I find myself reading this twice, and nodding my head in agreement many many times.

We Malaysians are really pathetic!

I also hope the police will read this thoroughly, and maybe use this as reference to draft their SOPs and to achieve their KRAs under "Traffic Management"

Some quotes from the column :

• Clearly, most drivers long ago concluded that the authorities are not serious about enforcing traffic regulations. Cars are, for example, illegally parked right in front of the pondok police in Bangsar but the cops don’t seem to notice or mind.
• if you are unfortunate enough to get ticketed whenever officialdom stirs, a few dollars should settle it; more if it’s near a festive season. It’s called an out of court settlement.
• It makes no sense to stop at a red light when there is no traffic,”
• Pedestrian crossings, as everyone knows, are actually kill zones;
• Motorcyclists, for their part, don’t think that traffic lights (or any rules for that matter) apply to them.
• owners of those expensive and flashy cars with fancy number plates and windscreens covered with club stickers. They seem to think that they are entitled to special privileges including parking in front of hotel lobbies, mall entrances or restaurants.
• Orang putih and diplomats, of course, get a free pass when it comes to traffic rules; the old tuan mentality is apparently alive and well despite over five decades of independence and constant reminders by our politicians that we are now masters of the universe.
• We grumble about what’s wrong but won’t do our part to help make things better.

And Finally, " It’s about time we cultivated a healthy respect for the law and learn to take our obligations as citizens and drivers more seriously. As Gandhi once said: “We must be the change we want to see.  Until we do, we will be little better than cavemen in cars.
Now you know why I had to read this twice.. Thanks Dennis