Tragedi di Lebuh Raya

I'm sure you guys know about the accident happened in Seremban on 10th Oct 2010. It's just too scary to see so many accidents happening around us, esp. in highways. Makes me takut wanna travel far especially with the big guy. He loveeeeeessssssssss speeding and I have to say, he's a reckless driver. At least in my eyes he is! I always have to tell him to SLOW DOWN SLOW DOWN I DON"T WANT TO DIE IN AN ACCIDENT WITH MY SON!!!! Like all the time. Believe it or not, even the little guy always tells his dad to slow down too.

We had been in an accident before like a couple of years back, when we went to Sg. Petani with my mom. Dekat plaza tol! That was because the break wasn't working, but then again the big guy was speeding as usual and only started to hit the brake when the car was only inches away from the toll plaza. We were lucky that there was an SUV in front of us at that time and so we hit the bontot of the SUV instead of the palang! If not, nauzubillah, I don't even want to think of what could've happened to us if it happened the other way around.

So people, please don't speed! You don't know what could go wrong on the road, so instead of blaming other people in accidents you're involved in, take a SAFETY PRECAUTIONS and drive safely.  You can't change the way other people drives, but you can change yours! Better be safe than sorry, aite?!?

Here's an article shared on FB about the Seremban accident :

North-south highway - 3rd lanes

Just got this from my friend who builds highways. This is true! I have another friend who works as pavement contractor and he shared the same thought!

All you frequent users of the North-South Expressway -Be more cautious when driving on the third lane.

North-south highway 3rd lanes

I am a frequent user of our North-South Expressway and I have this IMPORTANT experience to highlight and share:-

I am a building contractor based in Penang 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 often.

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 is needed 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 needed to be carried out urgently to determine the design mix of the wearing course.

THIS CAN SAVE LIVES.

IF YOU ARE USING THE NEW LANES AND IF IT IS WET, MAKE SURE YOU DRIVE SLOWLY!!!!