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July 10, 2006
The drivers in Melaka
I am not sure how this is possible but when I was in Melaka over the weekend to facilitate in the NLP training, I somehow had the feeling that Melakan's road behaviour is warriour like.
Saturday night, my wife and I drove to the local Jusco and boy, was I wrong to think that KL's drivers are rude.
There was an ongoing fighting on the road in Melaka for even the smallest space ahead. We parked at a pretty cramped parking zone, alongside the road. A car wanted to get out of that space and we wanted to get in. There was no one who waited for even a minute to let this driver get out of the space. Wow, I was amazed. And I have no idea why this is so. I lvoe Melaka, it is a beautiful place. Once you talk to people - when they are away from their cars - they are nice and friendly and very polite. But on the road - oops. Thank you very much!
Amendment
It is good to be able to change an opinion. I have now two comments to this entry stating that Melakans don't usually go out on Saturday or Sunday, since Melakka is invaded by KL drivers. And this is then the time when everything turns out to be rude on Melakka's streets. Are they right?
Posted by Andreas at July 10, 2006 11:23 AM
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Lots of kiasu ppl around & tat causes chain reaction I guess. Havoc traffic, some waited so long, some like to cut queue, no one want 2 gif way. Anger accumulates & there u have it, even the most polite one will turn into rude driver. Sighhhh...
Posted by: DZ at July 10, 2006 05:24 PM
I am a Malaccan as well. Weekends, we prefer to stay home rather than get stucked in those jams.
Posted by: Jason at July 10, 2006 01:19 PM
Ah - Sashi, that might well be true. KL-ites who terrorise poor Melakans. And the chaos gets heavier since roads in KL are larger while the Melakan roads are so much smaller, limiting the actual space. Hm - thanks. You made me think :)
Posted by: Andreas at July 10, 2006 12:19 PM
I have a friend who's from Melaka, and he always complains that every weekend and public holiday nowadays sees a huge influx of tourists from other states especially KL and Selangor. So much so that native 'Melakans' prefer to stay indoors or at least keep their cars at home during these times.
So that rude driver you saw could very well actually be a KL-ite!
Posted by: Sashi at July 10, 2006 11:52 AM
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