He's got a point!

One reader who was frustrated with double-parking wrote:

"Why do I need to pay for parking if I need to wait half an hour before the irresponsible driver who blocked my car moved his vehicle?"

He added, "I try to be a cooperative and civic conscious citizen by parking in allotted parking spots and paying for my parking ticket every time I do so. There have been times when my parking ticket had exceeded the time limit by just 30 minutes and I’d find a summons on my windscreen."

"Mind you, the driver who blocked my car for 30 minutes didn’t even get a summons."

Read more here!

Main Main Warta

When you read this article, you've gotta ask;

'where's the professionalism?'
'where's the check and balance?'
'since when IGP is the press secretary?'
'why was there a rush to arrest people when proper checks are not done?'
'will there be enough rooms to keep this people away from hardcore?'
'why was there not much attention arrest the situation caused by mat rempits?'

I'm sure we've got more questions than these.

Butt Head

On the recent theStar's article;

When being asked what happens if there’s an additional passenger on the ruling of rear seat belts, Federal Traffic Chief Senior Asst Comm Abdul Aziz said, "It’s too early for me to comment on that, we will decide on the matter when the time comes."

Going out of topic then he went on and said, for now, the concern was to educate the passengers to start using the rear seat belts. "It is a good practice for the drivers, and also for the safety of their passengers." he said.

Wouldn't it be a good part of the education to know when the law enforcement are ready to bring in the books?

Don't you hate it when these people doesn't make up their mind? No one bothered what he said unless there are a genuine enforcement comes in to effect.

Seriously, I don't think there is a time that is 'too early' when it comes to saving lives. Just do it lah!

Lembu License

21st century how holders of lembu license park their cars. Amazing isn't it?

One month only?

Taken from theStar's article;

"The Government will install closed-circuit televisions (CCTVs) in major cities next year, said deputy Housing and Local Government Minister Datuk Hamzah Zainudin. He said the "mobile" CCTVs, which can rotate 360 degrees, would be able to record objects about 200 metres away and the records could be kept for a month. We will install the 'mobile' CCTVs together with 496 CCTVs in major cities including Kuala Lumpur, Malacca and Penang soon. The first phase, costing RM75mil, is expected to completed by April next year."

What? Records could be keep for a month? Haha.. almost laughable!

And then you read on, 496 CCTVs for RM75million. That's like RM150K per CCTV. No mention of the bidding process although I'll love to get my hands on this project!

A Cop's Sworn Statement

In Malaysian, when a person gets arrested by the authority of law enforcers, he is not treated as a suspect BUT is passed off as a criminal, even before a court hearing begins.

Taken from Malaysia-Today's article, a cop's sworn statement of a high profile case;

“I saw the arrival of the vehicle. Dato Seri Anwar was helped out of the vehicle and was led by two police officers into the foyer. He was blindfolded. He was not handcuffed.”

“As he passed me I said something, “Treat him like a normal criminal. Why is he not handcuffed?” This statement was directed to the officers who affected the arrest.”

“The normal practice is, when a person is arrested, he would be handcuffed. It is not normal to blindfold a person who is arrested.”

“When a criminal is arrested he is handcuffed. At that time I knew that Dato Seri Anwar was arrested under Section 377 of the Penal Code which is a criminal offence.”

Welcome to Malaysia.

Truckpool

Yea, you can click on to the images for a larger view. Petrol price is up at RM2.70/litre. This could be the next revolutionary transportation in town!

Wanna truck pool ?

Sheeps in wolves clothings

Concerned over the security in the Parliment, the House Speaker Pandikar Amin Mulia ordered the sanction against the Press Corp citing security as a rationale. When asked by Bagan MP Lim Eng Guan and Batu Gajah MP Fong Po Kuan, the House Speaker said “How do we know whether those showing the press tag are indeed journalists?”

Who can you blame him?

You can trust no one.

A 17-year old girl raped by a policeman in the police station learned that in a hard hard way.

Welcome to Malaysia.

Just another FORM of Rempits... a uniformed ones.

I was driving along Mahameru Highway, just behind the National Muzium, on a working day around 9.15am. Traffic was breeze at first, and then it hits almost at halt with traffic slowing down. What did you know.. there are a bunch of Learner's license uniformed bikers, i reckon 20 of them occupying 2/3 of the three lane highway, one the most right lane. They were moving like 50kmph. The max speed allowable on the highway was 80kpmh. Yes, they were moving at 50kmph on the most right lane. Isn't that the overtaking lane? Moreover, the 'leader' of the pack is asking all other vehicles to slow down and move on the left 'slowest' lane. Not only they are putting themselves at risk to potential accidents, they're putting other motorist in danger as well.

Would there be any other names or distinct comparison with the illegal rempits? I don't think so. Now, this is what I call.. uniformed rempits.

Emergency lanes

This is quite common scene when you drive around Federal Highway. There are cars especially taxis taking advantage of the the emergency lane when other lanes are clogged up with heavy traffic. Just take a look below.

Someone even blogs about it with TheStar. Road Safety Department director-general Suret Singh told reporters in his press conference recently that emergency lanes were meant for the use of authorities such as the fire and rescue department, police and ambulance, which provide services during emergencies.

What he didn't say is that it is not illegal to use these lanes. Only that these lanes are reserved for emergency purposes. Anyone knows?

Seat belt not needed.

I'm just curious. Every time i drive by a moving police patrol car, I can't help but to take a look at the front passengers (driver included). 10 out of 10, these policemen don't put on the safety seat belt. I am just wondering if these men really worried about crumpled uniforms or their life at stake. Studies have shown, speed kills even with a mere 60kmph. And there you know it, that is why I am not in police force.

Haunted Police Beat?

If you get lost or in an emergency and you walk around looking for help but found this empty air-conditioned furnished police beat, what will your thoughts be? Empty, you would say? So am I, but not without finishing some creative compliments to those guys. I don't know why this beat is not manned, maybe it's haunted.