always practice defensive riding

Do these go under or over the jeans?

I think on top of the jeans... and siap sedia laaa kena bahan

Over bro

WHO: Malaysia is Third in Road Deaths in ASEAN and Asia

https://www.bikesrepublic.com/featured/who-...asean-and-asia/


no surprise....

Want to share a related story a few months back on one of my trips to Seremban.

I was riding around 1 or 2pm in the afternoon and somewhere near the Nilai exit, I saw three vehicles on middle and right-most lane 'racing'. One was a blue pickup (Isuzu, I think?), and two sedans whose make I can't remember. They were weaving through traffic more aggressively than kapchais, forcing people to give way, and I thought to myself: "That's just begging for trouble."

Lo and behold, around 10~15km later, past the Nilai North exit, there was a long ass traffic jam. I slowly lanesplit to the front and what do I find? The blue pickup had collided with one of the sedans and a third vehicle, which was a white VW Golf, IIRC. All three were wrecked, and I think the Golf was carrying children, who were crying by the roadside but thankfully okay. Not sure if anyone was seriously injured as I had to move along to give way to the PlusRonda.

This kind of road bullying and aggressive driving is not limited to 4 wheels. Bikers can be pretty aggressive too, especially on motorcycle lanes and narrow paths. Just a few days ago I saw them cucuk one of those three wheeler kapchais used by OKU that was also carrying a passenger...on a toll-side motorcycle lane. Like come on lah, be more considerate.

Hard to stop this kind of bad driving and riding unless there's more enforcement. Our road users are just naturally unconcerned with the well-being of others, so it doesn't surprise me that we're 3rd on that list.

i wonder if the menteri transport dare to introduce some 'international standard' law

regarding motorbike lane filtering n splitting.... LOL....

if he can reduce road deaths in 4 years, that will be revolutionary.....

The way I ride is to assume that everyone on the is out there to get me.

being chase by some one like those in the movies?


tht how rempit rides.. to 'loose' some one getting them... lol...

u ride as fast as u can..to ge away frm everyone...

Lol. it is actually the opposite for me. I ride as slow as I can (within speed limit) so I got more reaction time. I am actually very scared to ride fast.

Only Sometimes I will speed when the road is clear or to overtake some super annoying slow drivers who doesn't know how to keep to the left

Problem here is always enforcement. Laws can be introduced, but must be enforced to make sure people follow. To make things worse, Malaysian mentality is always 'it's fine as long as I don't get caught'.

Imagine if they introduce a law against filtering to either limit filtering speeds or eliminate filtering outright...it would be hell to enforce because bikes are everywhere.

in Utah USA

Another tip: If possible don't be the first motorcyclist to go when traffic light is green.

What tyre is most suitable for my bike?
Now using Honda Dash V2,
For raining,

Read this article in The Sun Daily today which I find is true

Or if you do, when turn green keep look left right and straight before even move, many rider/driver in Malaysia seeing traffic light as another road ornament..

stay on the left most lane when queuing the light, especially when your bike are the 1st to arrive at the junction, car driver especially tend not to see bike stopping even in a broad day light..

I learnt this the hard way back when I was a new kapchai rider...many years later...old habits die hard lah...but thankfully, much more careful now

If I were the first to arrive, I would rather be in the middle of the lane. Yes, it is a bad choice but car driver who can't see a stopping bike in front is a distracted driver and will hit you even if you on the left most side. By stopping in the middle, the car will hit your bike, not you. The mass and the chassis of the bike will absorb most of the impact energy and transfer to you as a secondary impact with much less energy. Yes you get thrown away from the car which is better than under the car.

By stopping at the left side, there is high probability for the car directly hit you especially you leg and flip you under the car. It is also the reason I ride in the middle of the lane when I ride slow. The idea is not to give enough space for the car behind or incoming to filter trough. Yea, the thing most hated by car driver is seeing bike filtering during jam but given a chance, car will do the same if rider is slow. This is dangerous and where hit and run case usually happen.

The other benefits of riding in the middle is if car do filtering beside you, you still have enough space to move aside to a proper tarmac, not to dirt or grass or longkang.

Lastly, if accident do happen, your bike being in the middle will block the car from running away.

there is case where the driver is having seizure, n the car just plow tru everthing @ high speed.

this is an example.. c the kapchai pinned on the wall... sad...



so hv to make sure wht is happening behind you.
by checking the mirror always... when there is no other car stopped behind your bike..

now the trend is riding on the lines/lane spliting whether got jam or no jam, slow bike do, fast bike oso do, esp on federal hiway.

This post has been edited by basilisk: May 20 2019, 08:06 AM

one possibility is..

if the road is 2 lane with opp traffic direction..

idiot driver tak sabar wana cut u.. n u riding in the middle..

he will purposely cut u so close n might even knock u off cos he is 'angry' at u blocking.

instead if u notice these kinda idiot driver @ the back, u can

slow down move abit to the side n let him pass. ....

so the choice is up to 'you' bikers...

plenty of 'idiots' on the road...