Friday 8 January 2010

Malaysia: The Land of Psycho Drivers With A Death Wish

ZOMG. Just got home from work after being stuck in the office rush hour jam for over 1 hour!!! I must say that just as I was starting to think that us Malaysians were becoming more courteous on the road, I changed my mind. Cars cutting across from the extreme right to the extreme left; Cars not giving other cars way; Selfish drivers who drive right past the queuing cars and cut in right at the front of the lane when some of us have been obediently waiting in line at the traffic light. You name it, in these past 5 days I've seen it all. Well, nearly all. By the time I reach home, all I want to do is stomp around in fury and frustration, pulling at my hair, screaming, and basically behaving like your typical psycho-bitch throwing a tantrum. But I don't. Because I'm not a psycho-bitch (I hope...).

Seriously, I think our road and traffic system here in KL and the surrounding areas is crumbling and crumbling like concrete that has failed its slump test. As a budding engineer (hah!), I really can't see how this situation is going to improve unless the government pumps in billions of Ringgit to upgrade our public transport system and make the roads bicycle and pedestrian friendly. The latter requires extra road space - which is something that is direly lacking in this part of the country. So again, I don't see how things are going to improve. Maybe someone should propose multiple level roads... That might work.

But anyway, yeah. The traffic here. I don't know. I guess it's something we have to live with. Or we could move to Denmark.

Another 3.5 weeks in this crazy traffic.... I can do it. I can do it.. I CAN DO IT.

boo :(

1 comment:

Hean said...

We can do it, we can do it
We can make our dreams come true...

Haha. Yeah, wait till you come to this shitty place I call home, where everybody parks anywhere they want, stops whenever they want... :(