Do you notice the amount of people not wearing their seatbelts when they are in a car? The next time you stop at the traffic light, just do a little experiment by observing the passing car if they wore their seatbelts. I’ve done that once some time ago and HALF of them DO NOT wear their seatbelts!
Those reading this may be categorized in three groups, that is those who:
- answer, “Yeah loh, so damn true. Many of them don’t wear seatbelts. They don’t know danger one meh? They don’t care their lives one meh?”
- keeps quiet.
- answer, “KNN! Why must wear seatbelt one ah? CCB! No police also what.”
Honestly, I don’t understand why some people are so ignorant and do not give much thought of safety. The seatbelts are there to protect you from harm! Why the heck are you treating it like something troublesome?
If you look at other more developed countries, safety is a high priority. Not only must those in front wear the seatbelts, even those sitting at the back must buckle up. We don’t need to look too far, even in Singapore they enforce such rule. The photo taken from the back seat of a Singapore taxi.
To be fair, my cousin told me that even though they have such a rule, they do not enforce it strictly. However, at least there do try. In some countries, even cyclist are required to wear safety helmets at all times. In Malaysia?
It’s sad that even though Malaysia is reaching its 50th independence anniversary, the lack of maturity in safety aspects is still so obvious. I won’t even want to mention the level of safety measurements taken while designing its cars.
If you treasure your life (and your family), buckle up at all times. Do it because you want to, not because you are forced to.
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I almost died in a car crash a few years ago. If I wasn’t wearing a seatbelt I would not be here to monitor. I certainly recommend that everyone wears them.
@Andrew Odlum
Yeah, seatbelts really do help. If only people understand that it’s there to help them instead to restrict them.
I has been live in Singapore for past 10 years, and already used to buckle up whenever taking cab or in the car (front or back seat).
Many times, when visiting in Malaysia, I will automatic look for the seatbelt after enter the car, but all the backseat doesn’t have seatbelt….
@hanneng
That’s the difference between the two country.