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Why Food Delivery Riders Are Malaysia's Most Dangerous Road Users

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Why Food Delivery Riders Are Malaysia's Most Dangerous Road Users Drive in any Malaysian city for more than 20 minutes and you will experience it. A motorbike appears out of nowhere on your left. Another squeezes between you and a lorry on the right. One more runs a red light like traffic signals are merely festive decorations. And almost always, there is a brightly coloured food delivery box at the back. Let’s be honest about something many Malaysians already know but are afraid to say out loud: food delivery riders are slowly becoming some of the most dangerous road users in the country. This is not written out of hatred. It is written out of reality. The problem is not that they are bad people. The problem is that the system they work under almost forces them to ride dangerously . Food delivery is not paid by the hour. It is paid by the delivery. The more orders you deliver, the more money you make. Simple. So if you are a rider trying to earn RM150–RM200 a day,...
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Why Tailgating Is Practically a National Sport Here

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Why Tailgating Is Practically a National Sport Here There are many sports in this country. Badminton. Football. Sepak takraw. But there is one sport that does not get enough official recognition, even though millions of people practice it every single day. That sport is tailgating . Not the American kind with BBQ and pickup trucks. No, no. I’m talking about the high-speed, bumper-kissing, life-flashing-before-your-eyes kind of tailgating. The kind where you are already driving at a perfectly reasonable speed, and suddenly a car appears behind you so close you can read the driver’s dental records through your rear-view mirror. You don’t see their headlights. You see their soul . The Tailgater Mindset Tailgaters all believe the same thing: “If I drive 0.7 meters behind you, you will somehow go faster.” This is fascinating logic because the car in front is already limited by: Traffic The car in front of them Traffic lights Speed cameras The basic laws of phys...
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