Do We Really Abide?
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Fortification of the safety belt law has been raised ever since the new chapter of life starts in the year 2009, but do we really abide by the law? Perhaps, on the surface, yes, we do. We are fully aware that if we're not making the full use of the safety belt, especially for passengers who always sit on the backseats in a car, the punishment will be very heavy, the punishment will be like emitting a ray of laser onto your wallets and purses.
But hey, all I could hear from the people is, "make sure you use your safety belt, I would be fined for RM300 otherwise!" Yea... That's the biggest reason why people like us, willing to go through all the troubles to tie up that elongated piece of belt as though we are beauty queens in the making. But don't get me wrong, I did not mean that this implementation was improper though.
But the point is, how does the paradigm of us looks like? Are we gonna tie up the belt for the sake of our own safety, or for the sake of our money? Well... I'll be the first one to admit, I go for MONEY, I believe everyone else does too.
But hey, all I could hear from the people is, "make sure you use your safety belt, I would be fined for RM300 otherwise!" Yea... That's the biggest reason why people like us, willing to go through all the troubles to tie up that elongated piece of belt as though we are beauty queens in the making. But don't get me wrong, I did not mean that this implementation was improper though.
But the point is, how does the paradigm of us looks like? Are we gonna tie up the belt for the sake of our own safety, or for the sake of our money? Well... I'll be the first one to admit, I go for MONEY, I believe everyone else does too.
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Erm.. Well.. It is not really a response, I reckon.
Your post is suggesting a way to remind the drivers and passengers to fasten their safety belts, but what I'm trying to convey to the readers here is that, people in Malaysia do not have the intention of fasten the safety belts for the sake of their safety. But instead, all they could think of is just for the sake of not losing money.
This policy would not serve the actual purpose of seeding the safety culture within the nation, but the only probable effect is just perhaps the number of accidents would be reduced to a certain extent.
But things got a bit irrational when government announced cars which do not possess safety belts at the back seats are permitted to "re-furnish" their back seats with the belts in 3 year-period. Does this really serve the purpose? So, in other words, those cars which do not have safety belts at the back seats are at a higher risk of encountering fatal accidents than other cars which have them?
Malaysians do not have great cultures and ethics like those who live in other great Asia countries, like China, Hong Kong, Singapore, Japan, Hong Kong, and many more.
Tun Mahathir once suggested that, "our road is first-class, but our drivers? Majority of them are probably categorized in the 9th class". It's true in a way, since we do not own that kind of culture.
But your suggestion on pasting some reminder stickers would probably help drivers to beware of not losing a few hundreds of ringgits, but not beware of their own safety.
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