Driving in Malaysia

Malaysian drivers are super drivers… No I didn’t say SUPERB… I just said SUPER. Why did I say that ? well.. I feel Malaysian drivers are the worse bunch of drivers around. I have however heard that cabbies in parts of Thailand are worse but then again based on my personal experience when I visited bangkok I beg to differ. I did however see a video clip of a driver in China or Taiwan who backed right into a guy running him over then he stopped and then proceed to drive the car foward again… Imagine that… what an idiot.

Anyway back to my point… I have had it with most Malaysian drivers and I have noticed that most have ill traits (which could be due to pressures of the fast paced Malaysian life?.. I don’t know). Anyway majority of malaysian drivers fault in the following ways:

1. Possess licence obtain by paying under table money (coz most of them still can’t drive or park for nuts even after passing their driving exams)
2. Believe they are in a world of their own, i.e. they drive however they like with no regards to the safety to other road users.
3. Break the law everytime the drive their cars (either from not stopping for pedestrains, speeding through red lights, speeding at residential areas, making illegal u-turns, parking on yellow lines, illegal parking, dangerous overtaking, day dreaming, putting make-up or talking on mobile phone without hands free kit while driving, illegal entry into 1-way streets…etc … and the list goes on)
4. Drive around as though they own the roads
5. Rushing all the time, thus speeding and throwing profanities at others
6. Lousy good for nothing litter bugs who don’t bother throwing rubbish back into their cars nor do they bother to spit back into their laps.

So I don’t know about you but each time I go on the roads, I can say 4/5 times I have such bad experiences. That is why I prefer to drive at nights when the traffic is not there and there are also less people on the roads. Unfortunately for me, new terror and stress takes place at nights with the yet again “Superman” Mat Rempits (Illegal Scooter / 75-125cc motorbikes).

What can I say? It’s stressful driving in Malaysia. I personally have been to Canada and you should see the way they drive there. Its actually a pleasure driving on the streets where people are courteous to each other. Roads are definately much safer too. And even though the Malaysian government are taking steps to eradicate and educate Malaysian drivers… I think it will be a good number of years before things turn out (hopefully) for the better. In the meanwhile, I sure hope I don’t die of a stress related heart attack anytime soon.

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Stressful Communications

Have you ever tried having a decent conversation with someone but you end up getting all worked up over it? Have you ever felt frustrated not being able to put your point forward to the person you’re talking to? Has the person you talk to not made any sense to you? I bet you wonder why some people can have a mind unlike no other. Things also get worse if their temper is easily sparked.

Imagine trying to put your point across something and having it blow up in your face in return. I’m not saying who is correct or wrong but please… can’t people have a decent conversation to see who is really right or wrong? Why the need to get all frustrated, screaming at the top of your lungs and basically screaming profanities in the air? I’m sure nobody likes talking to people like that.

Well if you have experienced the above… perhaps you can teach me how to better manage people like that. There are all sorts of people around nowadays. All I can think of is to just turn away and let situations cool down by itself because as you know the harder you try to rectify the situation, the worse it gets…. so why bother!?

 

The picture above has been placed here as a stress management feature. If you are stressed, you should look at it and take a few deep breaths and hopefully your anger or stress would have faded somewhat.

If you need anger management then what you should do is print the smiley face out, get yourself some darts and start throwing darts onto innocent Mr. Smiley. (Oh what have I done!!!)

 

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