Damn, I have to drive to Cameron's around Raya. Looks like I would be a law abiding citizen then ......... Until Tapah >
... The joy of having a mountain road with a UDM in your hands ....
Joshua Spidey;759177 said:
... no overtaking on the left ...
I'm sorry, bro. Although I agree on catching those cucuk-ing too close from behind, this is one law that doesn't make sense.
If a person can be overtaken (safely) on the left lane, then that person should be fined for "lane hogging". If you keep hanging around in the middle lane or fast lane, your car becomes the starting point for a traffic congestion. This is one behavior that is very annoying to me because any car staying in the middle lane effectively slows down everyone around him.
Take for example a Toyota staying in the middle lane at 70 (as all Toyota drivers do). I'm coming up behind at 90 and there is a 540i coming in the fast lane behind at 110. I am stuck with two choices, try to merge into the right lane, but that would take time to speed up my car, so the 540i behind me has to slow down to 90 and wait for me to gain speed before he can regain his speed. And so does everyone in the fast lane behind the 540i and this takes time. The other option is I dive into the left lane and overtake without affecting traffic ... Or risk hitting whatever slower car or lorry may be on that lane.
So you see ... This one Toyota staying in the middle lane has caused 10 cars to slow down and effectively start a small congestion on the right lane and has the potential to cause accidents.
This is why there are so many collisions on the right lane along Federal Highway. Everyone is crushed into the right lane to try and overtake because those selfish drivers refuse to go onto the left lane when there is space.
It is so bad sometimes that I regularly go onto the left and overtake 10-12 cars in one shot rather than risk joining the train of cars on the right. All it needs is one emergency braking and everyone needs new bumpers tomorrow.