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COMMENT | An impatient motorcyclist and the Mat Rempit menace
COMMENT | You are driving and you stop at a traffic light in either Kuala Lumpur or Petaling Jaya, Selangor. Chances are you will soon see motorcyclists jostling for space in front of you.

Worse, they will not wait for the light to turn green but will jump the red light given the smallest leeway to do so.

Last week, I was on my way home and had to stop at a red light in Taman Megah, Petaling Jaya. It was past 11pm and traffic was light, thankfully.

I was the first to stop at the traffic light. Later, there were a few cars behind me, all on the lane to turn right. There was another vehicle, an SUV, which stopped parallel to me as it was in the centre lane to move straight ahead.

Just as it was about to turn green, a motorcyclist managed to wriggle its way on my left to the front. He was a typical, impatient biker who always has to be first and in front.

It was at this moment that I was also about to move. The motorbike knocked into my car as it tried to...


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