Irresponsible driver & uncaring malaysian
Wednesday, February 16th, 2005 | 1:00 pm @ SK
The Scenario: A soldier lost his wife and unborn twin boys due to an impatient driver and uncaring Malaysian, The Star reports today.
The mishap happened when the soldier stop his motorcycle when traffic lights turned red at the junction. A Perodua Kembara behind him moved before the lights turned green, hit his motorcycle’s rear end and cause it to jump forward and hit the motorcycle in front. The driver then sped off.
His wife fell to the ground, grieved in pain and feel unconscious. He tried to flag down the passing cars but none stopped to do so. Only after 20 minutes, a good samaritan stopped and fetched the victim to the hospital but died on the way.
The 73-year-old driver of the Kembara then lodged a police report at noon.
SK: I feel very uncomfortable and what hurt me the most is that, are Malaysians really that uncaring and civically unconscious? 20 minutes for a victim in help is extremely critical, though!
What if the Kembara didn’t speed off and fetched the victim to the hospital? Maybe, I said maybe she and the unborn will get through well.
What is the point of surrender and lodged thousands of police reports and feeling repent of whatever sins you’ve committed?
No way, they’re all dead by now.
February 16th, 2005 at 1:50 pm
Don’t mean to discriminate or anything, but don’t you think that 73 years old is a little too old to be driving around?
Or it could be his/her beloved grandchildren who’s the real culprit. They get Ah Gong/Ah Po to help them shield the authorities from the licenses and their futures…
As for the Malaysians, I wouldn’t blame you don’t stop when one person flags you (Personal safety issues, another issue to blame about). Don’t know about the situation here, but it is rather sick to see such thing going on…
February 16th, 2005 at 2:19 pm
i don’t know is this a big city thing. theres once my mother crashed her car (in kuantan- small town) into the middle of the road divider, a good handful of people stopped and help, I don’t want to sound like a racist here, but all of them are malay/indian, (the only chinese being my relative), sometimes I reflect is this a race thing? That Chinese care to wipe their own asses only? Alright…all these come from a Chinese(myself).
February 16th, 2005 at 2:33 pm
Killarkai,
Human will imply and playback things only when it’s being viewed by people from their own colour.
Same to this, if not because you’re a chinese, lots of ppl will start to raise racist issue again.
I feel helpless, indeed.
February 16th, 2005 at 3:58 pm
As Jaywalker says, I agreed with him, we indeed are living in a complex society. It might be at one end seriously wanting to help but on the other hand feared of being mugged.
But as for me, I do not know where, when, how the accident happened. It might be the society are lack of caring and sensitive people. Or it might be just dangerous to be stopping around the junction.
Regarding the old chap who sped away, it a little insensitive towards what he had just done. But he really got the courage to turn himself to the police (I think he should know that he will be in deep shit). If he is really guilty as charged, the fear and remorse will definate be killing him in this lifetime? Wont you feel the same, think abt it?
Thank god we are not the one losing our love ones.
February 16th, 2005 at 10:09 pm
It is very obvious that the driver scares that the soldier or somebody else got jog down the plate number and make a police report against him. So, he turn himself in to avoid being arrested.
I’m not trying to stain all the chinese and I’m not sure about the other races in Malaysia, but being a Malaysia born chinese, all I can say is, a lot of chinese had been thought not to be too nosy or too busybody at other’s business, even when he/she is in trouble since we’re born.
This is my own experience, my brother and I was on our way back from work, we saw this motor cyclist lie in blood after being hit by “something” and there’s a lot of people standing around but no sign of cops or paramedics. My brother calls 112 to make a report, while he is still on the phone, this happen, a guy jumps off his car and run towards the scene, my brother and I thought maybe he is going to help the cyclist, but we were damn wrong. He is going for the cyclist’s plate number, after he got the cyclist’s plate number, off he goes, doesn’t even take a look at the cyclist. Looking at that scene, I asked myself, is that how cool-blood we human are??
I don’t blame the people that didn’t stop to help the soldier, but can’t they at least call 112 for him? Knowing this make me sick~
February 17th, 2005 at 9:52 am
There needs to be a change in attitude of people, really. Malaysians are paranoid these days. They won’t really dare to help people they do not know.
If people drive down the road and saw a car accident, they assume:
- someone already called the ambulance
- i would help, but not now
- really got accident or not? what i help him and he steal my car. then how?!
Sad but true.
February 17th, 2005 at 11:22 am
A few years ago, I remembered I was at Kuantan visiting Killarkai, we helped an old ah pek lying on the floor after being knocked down by a BMW (remind me if I’m wrong).
The driver said he had been calling hospital a while ago but not to be seen until then. As for the victim, he was lying on the floor with his nose bleeding. We helped to stop the bleeding victim. I forgot when we left afterwards.
Afterwards, I was actually wondering, was the driver too panic? Or the driver feared that he might furthermore injured the victim if he helped him? Or maybe his attire is too expensive for blood stain?
I don’t want to know either, if not, I would have asked the driver. But I’m glad that I did something useful.