Fast Growing and Social Responsibility

As I drive my second hand car, manually geared and move with 1000cc, admiring the beautiful greenery environment along the Kesas Highway from sending my son to the college, suddenly distracted by gigantic and luxurious so called imported vehicles. They appeared closely behind and looking either brutal or ferociously. I sensed my car is moving as slow as a turtle. That’s what people thought of the old car. My car and I seemed nuisance whilst having them lost their speed and turn. Who cares to know that during those day in the early 80’s, the Daihatsu Charade made by the Japanese was among the hero’s on the road. However, today, most youngster, men and women just look at it at 'one eye' and give a blink at most old cars. They even under estimated its power and capacity.

After using the car for almost 2 years with upgraded maintenance and speed, this car is still on the road. But will people realize his potential by just looking externally? Hundreds of ringgit have been spent and have it serviced once in 3 months just to get my car fit to be driven. But do people see beyond that? Can people read between the line that one should have a lot of money to own an old car? Either the manufacturer or the users should have the tendency to educate themselves with the fast growing technology. It will not reach the common sense of ethics if there are still people who have a great deal of living requirements.

Currently Road Bully is common phenomena to the road users. The passion to drive fast is always a necessity to most drivers. Having lots of fuel in tank, driving a luxurious car and late for work or classes caused these drivers to over take and tail the front car. I was once witnessed for quite number of accidents. Cars which are produced locally often hit and rammed into one and another. They contribute the largest quantity of cars involved in the accident. They drove like a helicopter pilot after deployed but amusingly, stopped at the traffic light. On the same day, I pretended asking my sons, why are they stopping? They should be able to ram the lights if they are truly a hero or claim themselves as road bully.

Unlike in the western and the European countries, the Malaysian should be aware and truly understand the systems. Many of us do not concern of having sign boards hiding behind trees, roads with cracks and gaps after rain and ignoring the usage of signals even driving in the kampung area and schools. This is only a peak of an iceberg. However, it will cause lots of fund wastage and even fatality. Only after statistics are 'on line' or increase rapidly, everyone starts blaming each other and look for solutions. To my opinion, is it or it is too late?