Letters
by J.Y.
I am a frequent user of our North-South Expressway and I have this
IMPORTANT experience to highlight and share:-
I was driving back to Penang yesterday afternoon (24 June 08) when I saw
the unfortunate accident in the opposite direction involving the passenger
bus that skidded and overturned at Tanjung Malim. I didn’t know that the
skidded bus was from hometown Penang untill I watched TV3 news later in the
evening and was shocked to learn that the accident took two lives.
Now, this is what I need to share:-
I am a building contractor with over twenty years of experience and I have
been driving my 5 series BMW (latest generation and a dammed solid road
holding car) each time I travelled to KL. Lately, the new extended 3 lanes
highway had been opened up for use and since then, I have also been using
it quite oftenly.
HOWEVER, when I used it each time it is WET, I can really ‘feel’ that the new road surface is extremely SLIPPERY! To share with some of you, my car comes with a built-in traction control mechanism (skidding prevention mechanism) and you can feel it each time it is activated. Previously, I don’t come across this kind of slippery feel except when I drive over a
paddle of water at certain speed.
From my observation as a building contractor, the ‘wearing course’ of the new road surface could be TOO FINE OR TOO SMOOTH and TOTALLY UNSUITABLE for highway use!
The wearing course (top premix layer) mix design for highways should be of minimum 20mm coarse aggregate mix that will give us the required bond between the surface and our tyres. Fine wearing course (14mm coarse aggregate size and below) is only suitable for normal road. (A proper test need to be carried out to determine the mix design of the wearing course).
Since the opening of the three lanes highway, I had seen cars skidding in front me or in the opposite direction and approximately 2 weeks ago, one of my friends who is also a frequent user of our NSE, came to share with me about his slippery feeling as well as the many skidded cars he had seen lately.
I am highlighting this to TV3 and The Star with the hope that a thorough investigation could be carried out immediately to find out how or what causes the bus to skid. A proper and independent test need to be carried out urgently to determine the design mix of the wearing course. THIS CAN SAVE LIVES.
#1 by aawilliam on Monday, 7 July 2008 - 4:33 pm
Then PLUS should put up signs to warn users…….urgently
#2 by Mr Smith on Monday, 7 July 2008 - 4:49 pm
Anything is possible in Bolehland. Money comes before lives.
#3 by hotsync on Monday, 7 July 2008 - 4:54 pm
They built highways, collect tolls and kill motorists. Now you know why toll trucks are lining up in these highways.
#4 by cheng on soo on Monday, 7 July 2008 - 5:03 pm
How nice if we can have 900 km of 3 lanes highway (all the 900km) tol free like what our neighbour (Thailand) have.
Not like here , we hv to pay for 3rd class, dangerous highway. Anyways ,thanks JY and LKS for this vital info.
#5 by andy6000 on Monday, 7 July 2008 - 5:04 pm
5 series already feel the road condition, luckily it have BMW Technology –> latest generation and a dammed solid road
holding car. What about other comon car? …
#6 by oknyua on Monday, 7 July 2008 - 5:06 pm
“”I am highlighting this to TV3 and The Star with the hope that a thorough investigation could be carried out immediately to find out how or what causes the bus to skid. A proper and independent test need to be carried out urgently to determine the design mix of the wearing course. THIS CAN SAVE LIVES.”"
Is this the statement the contractor is waiting for? It seems this has been the modus operandi for a bona fide extra contracts. Everywhere – building, bridges, roads and then consultants called, extra tender issued and everything above-board what? There is no corruption what? Everything legal what?….
#7 by rainbowseahorse on Monday, 7 July 2008 - 5:10 pm
In my area, one stretch of road was damaged within a week of being constructed. After numerous repairs, they finally came up with a solution by putting sign boards reading “AWAS – JALAN DIHADAPAN TIDAK RATA”.
Most probably some smart aleck from PLUS will come out with some equally smart signage and considered that problem solved too!
#8 by malimdeman on Monday, 7 July 2008 - 5:39 pm
Orang kita tak tau buat jalanlah!
Contracts given to ‘half pass six’ contractors. We support ‘open contract system’. Only way to improve things!
#9 by Captain on Monday, 7 July 2008 - 5:42 pm
The first thing the Pakatan must do is expose all Contracts and how it is awarded and how these contracts given out by negotiation. These contractors just put any price and our BN Govt just blindly give in. Something is very wrong.
See the Penang 2nd Bridge issue. The contract should be awarded by open contract. We are sure it would be far cheaper. BN Govt just gave the project to UEM and China Harbour. Now this people say cost is higher.
What is the basis? How do we know they haven’t markup a billion ringgit? How do we know the quotation was not already inflated? Accountants must go thru their quotation in details… UEM could be taking Malaysians for a ride…
Even PLUS. they must have inflated their costing. Otherwise, like Penang Bridge, it is now taking maximum capacity, but still not making money? Need increases ? Need financial feeding from the Govt in expense of the general public? This is gross failure of the Govt, the MOF and Works. They are all a party to these cheatings.
Pakatan experts…plse expose them. review all contracts..
#10 by badak on Monday, 7 July 2008 - 5:45 pm
Another case of corruption..As far as JKR is concern, As long as the contractor follows the speck. There won,t be any problem. To earn extra profit .Contractors will use sup-standered materials.
#11 by shadow on Monday, 7 July 2008 - 5:49 pm
I drive C200 and I’m a frequent user of NS highways between Ipoh and Taiping. Many would have noticed that road repairs are taking place through out the year this area. Everytime I drive on a new road, I use to feel the slippery sensation. I thought may be I’m too sensitive. Now I know why. I used to see lots of skidding of vehicles esp duirng a rainy day ( not necessary heavy rain). Its high time the PLUS to look into this defect before to avoid future accidents.
#12 by ckchung on Monday, 7 July 2008 - 5:56 pm
I thought this only happen in Sabah where 50% of the funds for construction a road are corrupted, road built will need maintenance after 3 months after used. As economy worsen in West Malaysia more and more corruption on this kind of construction will be revealed.
#13 by bumi-non-malay on Monday, 7 July 2008 - 6:14 pm
perhaps one needs to take a sample of those road and see the mixture of TAR……could this SCUMS have added used discarded engine oil??….after all TAR is also not that cheap these days….over a few kilometres that a few million dollars savings….
Who has the money resources to do such research…..we are in the midst of defending whatever Justice and law and Order is left in malaysia which is slipping faster than anything. It seems these Racist Bigots thinks swearing under Koran is more credible than the High Courts and Proper judicial systems. …over my DEAD Body!!
Remember when the times comes its Insurance, Territory then discuss…….life is too short to allow SCUMS a 2nd chance for Racism!!
#14 by milduser on Monday, 7 July 2008 - 6:36 pm
Dont’ blame the contrators, the builders etc. blame the engineers. Are we having half baked professionals or corrupted ones who conspire to make more money by “throwing nails on the road” to get another variation orders?
#15 by old dad on Monday, 7 July 2008 - 7:29 pm
HOWEVER, when I used it each time it is WET, I can really ‘feel’ that the new road surface is extremely SLIPPERY! To share with some of you, my car comes with a built-in traction control mechanism (skidding prevention mechanism) and you can feel it each time it is activated :JY
Dear JY, Can you please give us a rough indication speed range when the built in traction control kicks in? It will certainly save a lot of us .
#16 by kosmoalpha on Monday, 7 July 2008 - 7:44 pm
J.Y,
in this country,it is a matter of who u know n how much is in ur tube to offer;definitely it is not what u know n how much u know!pathetic,isn’t it??
vision 2020,it is jus a bunch of propaganda ‘bull’,isn’t it??
#17 by boh-liao on Monday, 7 July 2008 - 7:51 pm
Thank you, JY, for highlighting the issue here.
We sincerely hope that the issue mentioned here is looked into immediately by qualified people. Should the problem exist, warning must be given to all users immediately and the problem must then be rectified ASAP before more unfortunate individuals get hurt or lose their lives.
#18 by kosmoalpha on Monday, 7 July 2008 - 7:59 pm
badak,besides the issue of ‘following the specifications’,in malaysia currently;one must also think about n look at who write the spec,how the spec. is being written n why the spec. is written in a certain specific manner!!grafts n foul plays which pertaining to the word corruption hav infact become a norm in this nation,pat n parcel of our life!!
jus wonder how pakatan is looking at these sort of stuffs n ways for rectification.
#19 by kosmoalpha on Monday, 7 July 2008 - 8:11 pm
do u think ‘open contract’ pocedure would be the panacea to stop all the hanky pankies??many of the GLCs n agencies like felda,felcra..etc etc are practising the so called ‘openess’ in certain aspects;’take a deep look n track’ on ‘the project in-charge,manager,engineer’s ‘trails’ on how they actually work on their ‘books’……what hav been n are happening then????
#20 by drngsc on Monday, 7 July 2008 - 8:12 pm
I agree with you JY. I am a medical practitioner ( not an engineer )> My car has anti-slip devices too, and I find that the NSE inside lane ( 3rd lane ) is not the same feel as the other lanes. I also have the same feeling on the new ELITE HWY.
What can we do?. I suspect that the road builders are cutting corners for profit. How can we get the AB government to check the HWYs?
#21 by peace on Monday, 7 July 2008 - 8:16 pm
Hey, for all we know, those signboard marked with “AWAS! KAWASAN ANGIN LINTANG! KURANGKAN LAJU” is a conspired warning signs by PLUS.
Just my speculations: It could have been due to the construction “shorcuts” PLUS took during development, and they used “natural elements” to cover up for their “human shortcomings (read: greed)”.
#22 by raven77 on Monday, 7 July 2008 - 8:26 pm
Can we charge PLUS for murder or manslaughter….
#23 by yhsiew on Monday, 7 July 2008 - 8:28 pm
It seems that the highway builder was unqualified for the job. Inevitably some people will think he is somebody’s crony although he might not be. It is important that the government awards contracts to builders with TRANSPARENCY so that the rakyat cannot put the blame on the government if something goes wrong with the completed project.
#24 by Loyal Malaysian on Monday, 7 July 2008 - 8:52 pm
We are talking about a tolled highway.
Been about 2 weeks since JY highlighted the issue but I have not read of any PLUS response to the concerns brought up.
Ah! yes I forgot PLUS is a law unto itself.
What are the lives and limbs of the highway users as long as their coffers are filled!!
#25 by peace on Monday, 7 July 2008 - 8:54 pm
To have accountability, we must have first have a judiciary system that’s fair and independent.
Otherwise, whatever faults we can find, it’s impossible to take action against.
We have a long way to go to become a “developed” nation. The rakyats are ready, but I’m afraid our politicians are not…
#26 by twistedmind on Monday, 7 July 2008 - 9:31 pm
Everyone get together and file a class action suite against PLUS, drive them to bankruptcy and lets open the highways – TOLLFREE!
Wishful thinking?
#27 by izrafeil on Monday, 7 July 2008 - 9:42 pm
thanks Uncle Kit for the article, I will drive carefully when its raining, also hopefully somebody from PLUS is reading this and take corrective action. If not, they already know, and if lives are forsaken, they will ultimately be judged by their respective God(s) in the hereafter….
#28 by James on Monday, 7 July 2008 - 9:45 pm
Perfect crimes, what? Profit from corruption by providing sub-sub-standard highway and killing the innocents who ride in local cars. In this way the lives of the rich are preserved so that they can contribute more to the corrupt. This only the bodohwi can come out with!
#29 by mendela on Monday, 7 July 2008 - 10:00 pm
I am driving an E-class. I too feel that stretch of road is way too slippery and easily skid when it rains. It seems the road is made from cement!
#30 by cheng on soo on Monday, 7 July 2008 - 10:09 pm
“Don’t blame the contrators, the builders etc. blame the engineers. Are we having half baked professionals or …..”
To be fair, don’t blame contractor or engineer, blame the paymaster, i.e. the owner, or developer, in this case PLUS,
am in construction line, very often, contractors n engineers are forced by owners or developers to cut cost / time / quality.
sorry to say in msia, very often, owner no respect engineer or contractor, unlike oversea. In msia, is chinese saying “got money big to the end”
#31 by badak on Monday, 7 July 2008 - 10:20 pm
I notice roads builded in the 1960s is still going strong ..no need for the frequent patches.But new roads with just a heavy down pour you will see pot holes .How sad
#32 by zhengmei on Monday, 7 July 2008 - 10:27 pm
No , No , No.
Listen to me. I am a frequent North South highway users.
I don’t agree with JY’s comment on this issue in 100%.
I am using wet tyres on one of my imported car. I am used to drive more than 130km/hour whenever I go outstation . When come to raining time, I will slow down to below 100km/hour.
Do you know what I noticed every time I travel from KL to Penang / Ipoh/ Alor Star.
The speed of the cars using the highway!!!
Kancil overtakes me.
Kenari also overtakes me.
All buses, overtake me one by one. Except trailer / lorries.
Just imagine, I am travelling 130km/hour, how fast they are driving.
Sometime, I just try to overtake them by speeding up . Some kancil can speed up to more than 150km/hour. I don’t know what petrol they are using!!! Can run soooo fast.
Raining time, also the same. I am using wet tyres. I don’t know what tyres they are using. I just shake my head. Can they really control their cars, if anything suddently come out.
I would say, our road is safe , if we follow the speed not up to 120km/hour with good tyre tread, of course.
Please , please dont drive too fast. Please value our life. Please don’t just complain about the road.
Skidding of buses, I would say, 99% due to overspeed and sleepy drivers. If you don’t believe, please try to drive 120km/hr, see by yourself, which bus not overtake you.
I pay you RM100.00
#33 by myint3 on Monday, 7 July 2008 - 10:33 pm
MaluLand, BolehLand… It all boils down to corruption corruption corruption. All the fat and dirty officers sitting in the government agencies giving contracts. Cannot blame the engineers and contractors totally lah. They are businessmen. They need to make money and survive. That’s what businesses are for.
In Sabah’s context and I’m sure it is the same in the Peninsula also, to get one contract or get approval for a project, the contractor/developer must feed(suap) at least 10 mouths. That shrinks their profit margin. So the contractors have to resort to using substandard materials or cut corners here and there.
I went to a friend’s condominium (in Sabah) and I couldn’t help but make comparison between his condominium and my Housing Development Board(HDB) flat in Singapore. If you’re not familiar with HDB flats, they are suppose to be cheap flats for the “common middle income” folks in Singapore, poor man’s flat. My HDB flat looks like a hotel suite compare to my friend’s condominium. The materials used for the kitchen tiles, bathroom tiles, toilet bowls, sinks are substandard compared to those provided for by HDB. Some of them are made of plastics!! And the guy paid more than what I’ve paid for my lowly flat(of course, you cannot compare a dollar to a dollar). I bought my flat at SGD260K. He paid more than MYR300K for his condo and the condo doesn’t even have a swimming pool??
I truly believe that Malaysians are capable. They are as good as their counterpart in Singapore. In fact, Malaysia produce a lot of intelligent people. I know a specialist who is number 2 man in KK Hospital and he is a chinese Malaysian.
PR must wipe out corruption. Corruption is affecting the quality of our “products”. PR must implement system of meritocracy ( I might be crucified for saying this but I know our current system breeds complacency and substandard service. So until someone come up with better system, my vote is on meritocracy). Give the job to the man/woman with the right expertise and experience. The rest will work it out itself. The “competition” will have a positive by-product. People then would actually strive to be excellent and actually study.
Do you know that in Sabah, we have secondary school english teachers who speak bloody lousy english? And these people have degrees? How did they pass? And they are mostly bumiputras/malays. I’m digressing but PR would have a tough job ahead. Heads up PR and be prepared to clean the shit created by BN/UMNO.
#34 by malimdeman on Monday, 7 July 2008 - 10:36 pm
Made some checks in the web and found this information.
If the road is coated with Asphalt then it will be shinny when new and oil will ooze to the surface. Therefore it will be slippery when new.
If cheap soft tar is used it will be even more slippery in the texture than Asphalt. It will be worse when it rains.
Anyone engineers out there that know the material composition of our roads?
#35 by pluto9964 on Monday, 7 July 2008 - 10:41 pm
>aawilliam Says:
>Today at 16: 33.45 (6 hours ago)
>Then PLUS should put up signs to warn users…….urgently
it should read:
Then PLUS should put up signs to warn users AND PLUS REPAIR THE FAULTY LANES …….urgently
#36 by Klaw on Monday, 7 July 2008 - 10:47 pm
I can personally testify to the slipperiness of the NS Expressway when it rains. I drive the Ipoh-KL route twice a month and there was once when I nearly lost control of the car a few times, especially between Bkt. Beruntung and Tanjung Malim (driving 60km/h!)
I thought the tayar botak already, but turns out it was fine.
Those users of the road reading this, it’s real, so when it rains, be careful and always remember to get a good grip on the steering in case it slipped.
#37 by tourman53 on Monday, 7 July 2008 - 10:50 pm
Subject: Fw: North-south highway 3rd lanes
From: Noorazira Bt Ahmad (DD/PCSB)
Dear TV3 and The Star,
I am a frequent user of our North-South Expressway and I have this IMPORTANT experience to highlight and share:-
I was driving back to Penang yesterday afternoon (24 June 08) when I saw the unfortunate accident in the opposite direction involving the passenger bus that skidded and overturned at Tanjung Malim. I didn’t know that the skidded bus was from hometown Penang untill I watched TV3 news later in the evening and was shocked to learn that the accid took two lives.
Now, this is what I need to share:-
I am a building contractor with over twenty years of experience and I have been driving my 5 series BMW (latest generation and a dammed solid road holding car) each time I travelled to KL. Lately, the new extended 3 lanes highway had been opened up for use and since then, I have also been using it quite oftenly.
HOWEVER, when I used it each time it is WET, I can really ‘feel’ that the new road surface is extremely SLIPPERY! To share with some of you,my car comes with a built-in traction control mechanism (skidding prevention mechanism) and you can feel it each time it is activated. Previously,
I don’t come across this kind of slippery feel except when I drive
over a paddle of water at certain speed.
From my observation as a building contractor, the ‘wearing course’ of the new road surface could be TOO FINE OR TOO SMOOTH and TOTALLY UNSUITABLE for highway use!
The wearing course (top premix layer) mix design for highways should be of minimum 20mm coarse aggregate mix that will give us the required bond between the surface and our tyres. Fine wearing course (14mm coarse aggregate size and below) is only suitable for normal road. (A proper test need to be carried out to determine the mix design of the wearing course).
Since the opening of the three lanes highway, I had seen cars skidding in front me or in the opposite direction and approximately 2 weeks ago, one of my friends who is also a frequent user of our NSE, came to share with me about his slippery feeling as well as the many skidded cars he had seen lately.
I am highlighting this to TV3 and The Star with the hope that a
thourough investigation could be carried out immediately to find out how or what causes the bus to skid. A proper and independent test need to be carried out urgently to determine the design mix of the wearing
course. THIS CAN SAVE LIVES.
FOR THOSE BCC RECIPIENTS, PLEASE SHARE THIS WITH ALL YOUR FRIENDS.
IF YOU ARE USING THE NEW LANES AND IF IT IS WET, MAKE SURE YOU DRIVE
SLOWLY!!!!
#38 by passerby on Monday, 7 July 2008 - 10:52 pm
They are built according to the NEP standard. ie., all material must be of equivalent standard or LOWER.
#39 by cemerlang on Monday, 7 July 2008 - 10:59 pm
Money mismanagement. All the money paid for such low quality. Imagine if the highways are of such low quality, what about roads of other places ? No professionals to make sure the less important roads are constructed properly. The job is done by cheap labour with no knowledge and no skill. That is how our money is spent. What should be spent is not spent. What shouldn’t be spent is spent. Then, it is very stupid talking about perbelanjaan berhemah. There is no perbelanjaan berhemah if the bosses handling the finances do not even know what is actually going on. Stupid bosses !
#40 by kosmoalpha on Monday, 7 July 2008 - 11:09 pm
as usual,quality hav been replaced by quantity!catch this trick??
#41 by Loh on Monday, 7 July 2008 - 11:14 pm
The railway over the bridge of River Kwai was known as the Railway of Death. Please do not make the North South Highway the Highway of Death. The Transport Ministry should take action, soon.
#42 by HJ Angus on Monday, 7 July 2008 - 11:14 pm
The state authorities should sue PLUS for building a non-spec highway that cannot cope with the speed limit
#43 by imranj78 on Monday, 7 July 2008 - 11:20 pm
Has anyone here really understood the issue? The question is, should someone be driving fast when the road is wet (irrespective of what car you are driving). If the road is wet, common sense (maybe not so common after all) dictates that we should slow down. Driving fast on wet roads will of course make your car feel slippery.
Don’t be too fast to blame the road conditions.
#44 by ng.muming on Monday, 7 July 2008 - 11:26 pm
Another case of corruptions and poor quality works. This time many people will get killed.
#45 by nus on Tuesday, 8 July 2008 - 12:01 am
I definitely do not agree with anyone who shoots from his belt that “SPEED KILLS”.
Many causes include the road construction, furnitures, the excessive heavy advertisement over the highways (raring to fall down by Murphy’s Law and rusting due to usual poor maintenance attitude), ponding, road curvature which does not allow one to see further in the distance, confusing signboards only apprenhensible and familiarized by locals (a family safe the driver who got out of the car to check for directions at a branch off ramp was annihilated by lorry ), etc, etc.
Only the wrong speed kills. The hogger in the fast lane. He causes vehicles to slow down and overtake him on his left. The old car which could not go above 80 kph on the 110 kph highway. He causes lorries to overtake into the middle lane in the path of fast vehicles. Lorries and buses overtaking other heavy vehicles
The north south highway with two lanes each way is inadequate for the traffic load and should have been upgraded to minimum three lanes long ago. The present widening is a safety risk for travellers. Has the government made the operator reduce the toll for such stretches where work is carried out. Also the heavy vehicles after the day’s work should not be parked so close to highway and in the dark at night without warning lights. It is better the vehicles be taken to various highway store yards.
#46 by myint3 on Tuesday, 8 July 2008 - 12:44 am
imranj78 wrote:
“Has anyone here really understood the issue? The question is, should someone be driving fast when the road is wet (irrespective of what car you are driving). If the road is wet, common sense (maybe not so common after all) dictates that we should slow down. Driving fast on wet roads will of course make your car feel slippery.
Don’t be too fast to blame the road conditions.”
Yes, one must concede the merit of your argument. However, the contention here is, has the road been built according to specs? The writer of the letter obviously know what he/she is talking about. The writer, being privy in the construction business, simply point out that according to his/her knowledge and experience, he/she suspect that the road may not have been built properly.
The bone of contention here is, has the rakyat been shortchanged with substandard product? To simply brush it off by saying that if the road is slippery, then you shouldn’t speed is only half right. Are Malaysians expected to just accept shoddy products and services lying down? Are we so gullible and docile? Then we might as well say, if you think the road is dangerous and substandard, then don’t use the road! Or, if you think the government is corrupted, then you should just leave and migrate out of Malaysia!
On a separate note but somewhat relevant to my point is, about few weeks ago I read in the paper about a minister who suggested that the rakyat get a second job to supplement their income so as to offset the hardship caused by the recent hike in fuel price. Problem is, some people can’t even get a job in the first place, let alone get a second job??!!!
The government being elected by the people to take care the welfare of the rakyat has the responsibility to provide (YES, to provide) all the basic and the best facility within it’s wherewithal to the rakyat. For argument sake, I would put it this way. If you going to spend 100 million of the rakyat’s money to build a road. Then you should give us a road worth 100 million. Not a road worth 50 million.
One may argue that the folks in this forum is fast to jump to conclusion when there is no confirmation that there is actually something wrong with the road albeit that the writer of the letter has pointed out that according to his/her experience and expertise,he/she suspect that there is something wrong with the road. The reason why we are all so fast to make a judgment is because we are fed up with corruption and inefficiency. Most of us, including myself personally, has one time or another experience and witnessed to corrupt practice.
#47 by pkrisnin on Tuesday, 8 July 2008 - 12:45 am
Corruption are driving prices UP and quality down = Inflation will rise. It is a know fact to all Malaysians. But how many of us really care. Just take a look at the Dr.M Blog and read the comments. The amount of idiotic comments in his blog makes me sad. Sad that most Malaysian haven’t grown up at all. There was 1 comment advising DR.M not to reveal too much less the current gov. reveals Dr.M’s wrong doing. Still got idiots like this in Malaysia.
As long the Malaysians are divided by race and religion, there will always be parasite to take advantage of this.
#48 by lhslhv on Tuesday, 8 July 2008 - 12:50 am
If you look at the repair work to resurface a trench that is dug across a road, you will notice that the repair work will leave a ridge across the road. The engineer expects the vehicles to level the patch work for them. What an engineering feast is this? Wonder which Malaysian university awards the degrees to this “engineer”?
With these degrees around, what sort of road quality can Malaysia achieve?
#49 by monsterball on Tuesday, 8 July 2008 - 6:43 am
This is important information to the government…..but why be surprised.
They have been mismanaging the country so long.
Just look a people die in floods!!
And our so call smart tunnel in K.Lumpur….is it working perfectly now?
When not so…will blame plastic bottles thrown into rivers.
Are they not done so for decades?
Yes..my whole family and I nearly died..taking a corner at a highway…..coming back from Kuantan…with a pile of sand…obviously ..to patch up something on the road..still lying there..mixed up with black oil!!
Luckily my car was fixed with 4 brand new tires…..and the extra grip gave me the advantage to steer the car .away…plunging into deep forest.
I have nights of nightmares..and thank the one above..saving my family’s lives.
#50 by yhsiew on Tuesday, 8 July 2008 - 8:09 am
Here is a weird idea for a free and quick fix on the 3rd lanes:
The authorities allow heavy and overweight vehicles to use the 3rd lanes for a month or two until the road surface is roughened and safe for light vehicles.