Traffic Jam due to Poor Mentality

We can have a world class facility or infrastructure, but poor mentality by society always fails us. Developers and government agencies can make good plans and implementation, but in the end, it is always the end users who decide the outcome especially when we are on the road.

Yesterday, my family and I wanted to go to my brother's house at Putrajaya from Rembau, Negeri Sembilan. It was supposed to be about an hour journey. But, we faced a heavy traffic jam before we even reach Senawang exit. It was a long queue with vehicles crawling to almost a halt.

I was wondering whether there was a huge accident ahead. The worst stretch with traffic jam was between Nilai to Bandar Putra Sri Mahkota. After passing Bandar Putra Sri Mahkota, the traffic went faster although it was still less than 50 km/h. Then, I saw the culprit ahead. The drivers on the highway were driving slowing because they were watching a Plus Ronda vehicle was helping a damage car on the emergency lane. Due to this, my travel time became more than two hours.

The drivers were not helping actual. Instead, they were making other people at the back miserable. This is the poor mentality of Malaysian drivers. I hope Plus Ronda can deploy a huge canvas or whatever the material which can cover the entire vehicles involved in any accident, damages or stop. Thus, drivers on the highway cannot see anything and drive their vehicles at a normal speed.