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So just very recently I went on a trip to Msia n got into a car accident with a malaysia car. Genting to be exact. Was somewhere after Pagoh towards SG. Traffic was relatively heavy for an evening drive back. I was e one in the wrong here as I slammed into a MY Lexus. First thing was panic. Ever watched those videos on Facebook sites like Beh Chia Lor, Singapore Reckless Driver n get angry when the driver who caused the accident nvr come down immediately to check on the car that he/she rammed into? Well now I really know why.. When it happened I was overwhelmed. Shock, panic, basically overwhelmed by the feelings of doom. Getting into an accident in SG is one thing, to have it happen in MY, its my first. So just wanted to share my experience on what happened so for those who unfortunately get into one in msia, will not panic like i did. - Don't follow too closely to the car infront. Always look far. I know its smthing we all get complacent with at times. NSHW traffic as we all know it can be unpredictable. Fast, slow, fast, slow. Don't try to tailgate, always maintain a safe following distance. I wasnt following too closely or anything but I think I just didnt react fast enough to the sudden chain of ebrake. - Make sure ur phone have auto-roaming. u need to be able to call out during an emergency, data to whatsapp (some tow trucks may ask u to send photos of the exact location). - Make sure u have all the emergency numbers in ur phone. Well I didnt have. The PLUS hotline is 1800 88 0000. It is the equivalent of our EMAS. Their PLUS will only tow ur vehicle to the nearest exit. For my case they didnt and i have no idea why. They only assisted to stop traffic and tow my car and the Lexus to the road shoulder. - Standby a reliable tow truck number. Even with a tow truck number, u need to decide if u want to repair ur car in a workshop in jb or tow it back to sg. If insurance claim I think it's definitely going to be tow back to sg. For my case tow was my only option because the front of my car was badly damaged, tyre also ruptured becuz of the impact. Settled for insurance claim. And it is also best to prepare a few tow truck numbers to call. Some of them may not be available when u need them. Some of them may be located all the way in JB and will take more than an hour plus to come. No good to be stranded on the NSHW. Traffic is heavy, very dangerous. I paid RM100 for a random tow truck that stopped to tow my car to the nearest exit. I think he is those opportunist kind who will target accident cars and try to offer to tow ur car for a large sum of money. They know u are desperate so even if they offer u a high amount, u have no choice. But yah I only asked them to tow to the nearest exit so I can find other solution. Base on what I encountered, the "market rate" to tow ur car back to SG is about RM1200 to RM1400 from but also depends on ur location. This will be all the way back to ur workshop in SG. If there are cheaper towing options, please do share here for the rest of us. Never know when we may need it. I also wished I was a member of AAS. Might be able to activate AAM towing services. But u need to be a member and I wasn't one. - What to do upon an accident. Same thing like SG... If all parties are okay, decide on settlement. Take photos, call tow truck. Exchange particulars with the other party. Take photos of IC, driving license. If you are claiming another party, try to take photo of his identity card with his house add. We also made a police report. I dunno if that's the usual practice but the police accompanied us to the nearest exit to take our statements. n becuz I was at fault here, it means they will slap me with a traffic fine for careless driving. The fine is RM300. This fine is also necessary in order for the malaysian driver to claim me for insurance. N i think the statement is also needed in order to tow ur car back to sg. - After all done, wait for your tow truck to get back to sg. The truck lane open only after 12am so I had to wait till then as it happened late evening and by the time everything settled, alrdy damn late.. - So in total, my car was towed by 3 different msia tow trucks. 1st was to the nearest exit, second towed my car nearer to jb and then change another tow truck to tow into sg. right now the fate of my car lies in the hands of my workshop. just the luck of the msian car to get into an accident with an sg car plate. his claim against me will def take awhile. as for me, it is a lesson well learnt. i can blame the car way infront who caused the jam brake but to have banged into the back of a car, that is on me and my fault. no one else to blame but myself. so many trips to msia n this is the first time i gotten into this mess and i was also unprepared. to the rest who regularly travel up north, do drive safely and make sure u have sufficient cash for emergencies and the right contacts on hand in case of an emergency. even better if u have contacts to a reliable workshop in jb should ur damages not be that severe and u wanna try to get the repair done in msia. be composed and dont panic. i am also fortunate that the driver of the lexus is understanding even in that situation. knowing i am helpless he tried his best to talk to the tow truck guy and police for me as i dont speak malay. the thing is i can blame myself for what happened etc, but at the end of the day, im just glad to be bk home safely n that i didnt hurt anyone. this is going to be an expensive lesson but i have to say im happy i am even ALIVE to be able to type this. okay thats all!

I keep coming across request for information on driving to Melaka on this forum. The following 2 guides have been posted previously on this forum but sometimes it is just so difficult to find. I start a new thread to make it easier to people looking for information on Melaka. Here is a simple driving guide to driving from Singapore to Melaka using the North-South Highway from my own experience. The NS Highway stretch from Singapore to Meleka is designated E2. So if you are lost, keep looking out for the E2 route sign. Drive carefully and get up to speed slowly. Getting up to 110kph should not be a major problem. After that, slowly get used to higher speed in the region of 120kph+ for overtaking. If not comfortable, just stay on the left lane, but try not to go too slow. Listen carefully to your car for any strange noises. Make sure your passengers are buckled up and if they are distracting you, tell them so politely and ask them to help watch the road. There are KM markers (milestone) along the NS Highway. It’s either on the divider or at the side of the road. 0km is JB, counting up as you go Northbound. The markers are seen every 100meters (white plate) and every 1km, green plate, IIRC or vice versa. Try to keep a look out for them every now and then to orientate yourself. You can ask you passengers to do that for you. Keeps them awake. North bound out of SGP, Machap R&R is around 70+km mark. It’s a big stop so rather safe, but still the common cautions be taken i.e look after your belongings. There will not be much stop from here until Pagoh 140km mark, so I recommend the Machap stop to refresh a bit. There is a Baskin Robin here but the price is pretty steep. After Yong Peng (100km), which is about half-way to Melaka, you will cross the hills. Some up-slopes and sweeping bends. Keep the power and momentum going so you dun loose too much speed or get caught out trying to accelerate up-slope. Coming off the hills will be a stretch of concrete straight road. There are a few culverts you will cross so keep your eyes looking far ahead. Slow down if you dun want to roller-coaster your passengers. Pagoh R&R is another big stop at around 145km. You can stop if you want to. Next up is Tangkak (nothing there) and the Johor-Malacca State border. Once you pass Jasin, your exit will be coming up next. Keep a look out for the signs and milestone. Exit AYER KEROH for Melaka. Exit 231. The exit is at 195km mark. So start to pay attention at around 190km mark. Signal and keep left earlier becoz exits come and go rather fast when travelling at high speed. If you miss the exit, don't panic. Never try to reverse on the NS Highway. Just keep going on, there is another exit at 217km mark. Exit to Alor Gajah and make your way back to Melaka either using Route No. 5 (Old road) or get back on the South bound lane of E2. If you miss that, go KL, the food is better anyway. From the toll plaza at Ayer Keroh, it’s another 20mins to downtown Melaka, look out for the sign - PUSAT BANDARAYA. You will most likely get lost a few times from here to town, but that is part of the fun of driving to Malaysia. Have a good trip. Other relevant links: PLUS Site - http://www.plus.com.my/

M'sia's new enforcement system to catch more speeding motoris http://www.asiaone.com/News/AsiaOne%2BNews...719-359968.html "The AES will use about 800 fixed and 500 portable cameras to monitor traffic in 831 "black spots" located along highways as well as state and federal roads." Can't speed on NSHW soon...

Hi all. would like to knw what are pros and con of running in my car to Melaka?? most likely I would drive within the speed limits. no hard revs.etc ur opinion is much appreciated.. TIA.

And now this https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/asia/errant-singapore-motorists-barred-leaving-malaysia-10998904?cid=fbcna Pattern more than badminton KUALA LUMPUR: Motorists from Singapore with outstanding summonses should be barred from leaving Malaysia until they settle the amount owed, said Malaysian senator Rabiyah Ali in parliament on Wednesday (Dec 5). Rabiyah said the proposal is aimed at curbing Singaporean drivers who use the country’s highways as a testing ground for their vehicles’ speed. “The problem pertaining to the illegal racing and reckless driving by luxury car drivers and high-powered motorcycles from Singapore has been a tough challenge for us to solve.

Any bro kana liao?

Location : Heading north, before Exit 210 (Kajang), 90kph zone.

Tempting to change my stock wheel, but a bit (actually not a bit only) worry how the aftermarket wheel/rim can stand the long distance and Malaysia road condition. Any input and sharing is appreciated. TIA

Was reading last night wan bao and saw this news. Please drive with care especially on raining season.

Was traveling at NSHW today from Malacca and encounter this close shave. Some of the debris hit my car number plate and caused some chip on it. Was thanking my lucky stars that things did not turn out worse than it is. Debris could have flew higher and hit my car/windscreen, the truck could have served into my lane or even worse, flip. Also thankful that the car behind me wasn't that close (but I usually keep a constant lookout to make sure I am not blocking anyone) so when I braked, it had time to react. Didn't jam brake as I doubt the car behind could react as his view of the situation was likely blocked.

Lost control and hit the divider. Sad end for the the year. - See more at: http://www.straitstimes.com/news/singapore/transport/story/two-dead-two-seriously-injured-muar-car-crash-20141230#sthash.O380k2nW.dpuf

interesting read... Don’t look behind you Driving alone at night, even with music blaring out of your car’s in-car entertainment (ICE) system, always seems like a spooky thing to do. Even if you happen to have a BMW or Mercedes with each marque’s nightvision optional extra, driving down a dimly-lit winding country road – and we have many crisscrossing the country (even within Kuala Lumpur itself) – at night can be a very “interesting” experience. Were the headlights in the rear-view mirror really from a car and not a phantom VW Beetle trying to race you off the road? Did you just spot a face in the mirror sitting in the backseat or was it all just a trick of the light and your own tired state of mind? Apologies to those of you expecting bon mots on overloud car stereos and GPS units that lead unsuspecting taxi drivers down the wrong turning and into an oncoming train but, as Halloween is just around the corner (Oct 31, to be precise), a tribute to some of West Malaysia’s most spooktacular destinations seemed appropriate. Of course, if you happen to be driving through or to some of the following places, what you thought you just imagined may not have been a trick of your imagination ... and not even the best car sound system in the world can drown out your shriek of terror upon putting one wheel into – cue appropriate music here – The Twilight Zone. At destinations like Bukit Tunku or Kenny Hills where, aside from palatial mansions and more grey-market import cars than you can shake a stick at, you can sometimes find yourself being followed by a speeding phantom biker or a shadowy silhouette that keeps pace with the speed of your vehicle. Then there is the strange tale of the taxi driver who picked up a fare to go to the Highland Towers only to be paid by his phantom passenger with a money bag filled with blood. It is said that on the anniversary of the disaster every year, you can still hear the screams of the many dead who lost their lives tragically. Given its age – and the fact that many of its older schools were used as torture and detention centres during World War II – it is no wonder that KL has its fair share of spooky corners, haunted carparks and phantom vehicles. Yet, it does not have a monopoly on all things that go bump in the night. There’s the Karak Highway and its various tales of phantom cars that try to race you into a deep gorge or the story of dead husbands and their severed heads being used to whack the top of cars by a demented banshee-esque apparition. Or how about one of the destinations along the highway, the resort of Genting Highlands where – according to urban legend – there is a floor at one of the hotels where no one can ever get a room ...because the entire floor is reportedly haunted. Further down the Karak, punch in “Tras” and “Police Station” on your TomTom/Garmin/Papago et al and chances are, you will end up at one of the most remote stations in the country. It’s apparently so haunted that policemen have reportedly resigned their commissions rather than be transferred there. If you happen to be heading north on the North-South Expressway, a detour off the main stretch will lead you to the infamous Kellies Castle where unknown screams have been heard while doors have been known to open and close by themselves. Then there is the eerie road near Tambun town where you literally are driving amongst the dead courtesy of the graveyards that seem to surround this lonely stretch of tarmac. The ghost of an old lady is said to stand by the side of the road here waiting for what, we don’t know and we don’t want to find out. Tired from your paranormal road trip and need a pit stop? Why not try the Tambun Inn? If you don’t mind lights switching on and off by themselves, hearing whispers where no one can be seen and occasionally see the odd shadow figure, then this is the place for you. Ipoh itself has many spooktastic locales but, if you head further north to Kuala Kangsar – type Malay College Kuala Kangsar – and, unless your satnav is acting up, you will end up at a boarding school where the shadow of a hanging man can be seen amongst the shadows of a tree, where the sound of a platoon can be heard marching and where the sounds of chains being dragged can sometimes be heard amongst the corridors of this hallowed hall of education. And then, and only if you’ve survived your ghost adventure through half of Peninsula Malaysia, punch in Union High School, George Town, Penang, and be prepared for what the locals apparently call “The Deadly Junction”. It is said that, no matter how good a driver you are, if you happen to be driving on the road near this junction, you will crash your car. Or see the ghostly figure of a lady carrying what looks like a baby. There is a TV series on cable called Ghost Adventures that regales the viewer of the adventures (some say misadventures) of three brave/foolish Americans who travel the world looking for ghosts. Now, with this rough introduction, some Internet research and a GPS unit, you too can do what they do. Of course, if you’re crazy enough to want to do this, don’t forget the adage: “Be careful what you wish for, you might just get it.

fark off from the right lane lah. very screw up. NSHW most of the time only 2 lanes. they travel at right lane with 110-120 speed n block up many cars. all the cars hv to overtake from the left, i stuck behind such idiots a few time on each trip . WTFFFFFFFFFFF

Did a search on the above topic and found nothing relevant. Anyone can advise where to find caltex station on nshw and at KL? Tks

Hi All, I was caught speeding at NSHW and from their webby - http://www.myeg.com.my/ , I have to pay RM300, the ePayment does not allow non Malaysia issued credit card for payment. In this case, where can I pay up? Thanks in advance.

I was coming back from KL yesterday afternoon and going fast as i figured it was Monday and during the morning drive up to KL the whole drive was free of manned speed trap, maybe usually weekends they catch enough sgp drivers, so can take a break on Monday? But no matter what, personally I always keep to speed limit on one stretch which it notorious for speed trap. So I did only 110+ on this stretch yesterday also. Lo and behold, suddenly there was this mega road block with only one lane passable, a few white TP big bikes plus a few polis evos parked neatly next to the "pit lane" for unlucky cars, one full section of TPs waving selected passing cars to park one side. Ok so far, coz I didn't speed for at least 10km before reaching the road block, so I slowly move in the queue for the "selection". No luck for me when I reached the sergeant who did the selection...... He pointed at my car, and then pointed to the pit lane. I sat inside, off engine, continued my cig and one smiling TP in a cap came, "Good morning, sir. Can i see your driving license?" He checked my license, but I regretted letting him see my wallet when I took the license because inside it there was a stack of ringgits, BIG regret! This prosperous looking sergeant kept smiling at me, not sure if the wallet can really made him so happy! Then as usual, he walked to the front, looked at my number plate. At this time I noticed all other cars which kena stopped in the pit lane were MY cars!? Usually there are more sgp cars than MY cars. Mr Smiling walked to me, asked with another smile "Evo 7, or 8?"..... In my mind I was like -- why you bother? Just go straight to your usual line, can or not? Of course we always return our smile to TP's smile. So I smiled back "old car lah, evo4" He smiled, "ok, we just checking. Your car no speeding on our radar"..... I was "???" but straight away moved off. Wah lau eh, no speeding, then stopped people for what? the single file road block caused a 2km jam! And just checking? Big bank robbery just took place so need a road block? Anyway, i figured this road block probably used up 90% of their highway patrol team, which means the rest of the NSHW to tuas exit everyone can chiong!!!... And most of us did just that :D Do you guys know how often they stop drivers for nothing, not even the 50 ringgits?

I swear.. I thought.. Why so jialat.. All the way from Ipoh to KL okay.. After KL it started.. 4 chain accidents.. then got polis stop me after the Tuas / Gelang Patah exit.. 4 accidents I saw..Like no joke man.. Damn... minimum all 3 cars involved.. Saw one with 5 cars involved... P.S Yesterday was there any Audi club events? Coz saw a whole row of TTs , A4s , A5s with a A6 as the official marshal..

Luckily there was no trailer which could have run over it.

so do we still need to standby RM50??? No more hidden roadblocks and speed traps - Star-motoring SHAH ALAM: There will be no more hidden roadblocks and traps to book speeding motorists as police will now conduct such operations in the open. Deputy Inspector-General of Police Datuk Khalid Abu Bakar, who announced this on Saturday, said there would be no more “ambush” in such operations. He said signs would be placed ahead of speed traps and roadblocks to forewarn motorists. “We should not be hiding behind bushes or trees. We should come out in the open and enforce the law,” he said after attending a public dialogue session at the “A Day with the Police” event held at the Selangor police contingent headquarters. The newly-promoted deputy police chief said the move was also in line with making the force more transparent. “We should educate the public against committing traffic offences, not just give out summonses. “The first step towards that is to be more open and transparent,” he said. Khalid, however, explained this did not mean police were going to go easy on speed demons. “Just because you do not see us it does not mean you can speed and break traffic laws. “Other than speed traps which will be done in the open, we are looking at other ways to discourage traffic offences. “One is to have more cameras installed along roads,” he said. Former Transparency International Malaysia president Tan Sri Ramon Navaratnam, in an immediate response, said he welcomed the move as it indicated that police wanted to be transparent. “This will increase public confidence in them. “Being transparent to prevent rather than to punish shows that the police are trying to be friends of the public,” he said. Bank staff Phua Eu Jin, 23, said conducting operations in the open to nab speeding drivers would be more effective. “The police have been conducting speed traps by placing cameras behind large pillars and hiding behind bushes. “This was not much of a deterrent as most motorists did not know they were caught speeding until summonses were mailed to their homes,” he said. Engineer Shawn Dass, 23, said speed traps to ambush motorists were not safe as accidents could happen. Selangor and Kuala Lumpur Tipper Lorry Owners Association president Lee Keen Seng welcomed the directive, saying the association had been appealing for such a change. “This is good for all drivers, not just lorry drivers, as visible policemen are a much more effective deterrent,” he said. Johor Lorry Operators Association deputy president V.K. Mani agreed, saying some of the “hidden” traps could also be unsanctioned by the police.

During CNY, there were many cars in NSHW. We travelled at fast lane at about 100km/hr. I let the Madza SUV to cut in from middle lane. After travel for a while, I saw Madza SUV turned to middle lane. I saw new Nissan Livina hit the middle divider (It was hit by proton Wira (2nd car) at its back and lost control). 1st instinct was to do emmegency brake. I was worry my kid and twin babies at back and saw the wira behind me coming. I braked 3 times to allow the wira to have more time to brake. I successfully braked without hitting the car infront of me. But the behind car hit me still. He told me he braked harder and also pull hand brake. My new estima's bumper was chipped out some colors. His car bonet totally dented. We pulled our cars to the side and take down particulars. After a while, there are more serious accident with 7/8 cars behind us. Since the back car hit me, I would negotiate with him. He was army and wanted to claim on his insurance. My wife taken his paticular. After we make the report nearly my wife hometown. I started calling him about his insurance company. 1st he picked up the phone and agreed to sms me. After that he never picked up and avoided me. I gave up. I went to Toyota-M'sia to check . The workshop said very small accident by hitting back the real planel a bit. No need to repainted bumper if you do not mind with small chips. Cost me RM240. If you have accident in M'sia and your cars are not serious. The best thing is to ask for some cash and get him compound with fines at police station. Never trust Malay (If he drive proton not BMW/new honda/toyota)! I heard that there are many Malay old cars without insurance on the road told by my brother in law who sell new/used cars in M'sia. If wiithout insurance, they will not dare to report police. Play the trick to ask for cash. For less than RM1K, workshop in M'sia normally does not interest to handle with insurance claim for you. Worst is that it is 3rd party claim. My friend told me that he took 4 yrs to do the 3rd party insurance claims with his workshop in S'pore when having accident in M'sia. He put $300 deposit. The workshop handled the case for him. Not point to claim own insurance to affect NCD. To me, I learn a lesson when accident in M'sia. Most importantly is that my family is safe.

HAs anyone used the NSHW to Malacca these few days? Any pot holes along the way to and from Singapore?

My friends were victims of a Highway Robbery along the NSHW! Beware all road trippers & travellers!! They were making a weekend trip to KL last Saturday but never made it there. About 60km from KL, a van swerved right into their path and braked, my friend couldn't brake in time and thus crashed into the rear of the van, which proceeded on it's way as though nothing happened. It is believed that the rear of that van was re-inforced cos the damage was minimal while my friend's ride was quite severe. Now, when this happened there were vehicles to the left of my friend's car which prevented him from swerving left to avoid the collision. These same vehicles promptly stopped by the accident site to offer "help" and about 10 persons dismounted from the said vehicles. They surrounded my friends and the accident vehicle, offering to tow the car to a workshop, settling insurance claims etc...all in the name of "helping". But I believe if my friends had allowed them to tow the car away, that would be the last they would ever see of it! Luckily, my friends got help through the proper channels and managed to get the car towed back to Singapore. Even then, a few valuables were discovered to be missing from the car when they finally arrived at IDAC, Singapore. More importantly, nobody was injured and all of them made it back to Singapore alive & well. We all thought these things can only happen to other people, never to one of us, but this incident is a sobering reminder that this type of thing can happen to anybody at anytime !

read a lot posts in MCF regarding travel on NSHW, wonder some frends here quite often to talk about their above 180km/h cruising NSHW experience can't imagine at that speed consistently, tot most <1.6L Auto transmission cars(forget about those performance cars) hard to hit >180km/h, right my past NSHW experience was 110~130km/h mostly, occasionally 130~150km/h, road hogging bo? don't think my sunny1.6M can hit 180km/h

News from Radio Capital 958 马来西亚国内5条大道的过路费将在下个月1号起涨价。 马国工程部长莫哈末再因今天宣布，内阁批准调高南北大道、安隆大道、吉隆坡西部疏散大道、新街场大道和新班底大道的过路费。 其中，南北大道的过路费是以公里计算，每公里微涨近马币1分，其余4条大道的收费涨幅介于马币1毛到5毛之间。 莫哈末再因说，这次调整只涉及第一级私家汽车，其他等级如重型车辆和公共交通工具的收费率保持不变。 Malaysia will raise toll charges for its highways from 1st March 09. Malaysian Works Minister Mohamad Zain, today announced that approval has been given by Cabinet to increase the toll charges for its highways. The toll for NSHW will be increased by 1 sen per km. Mohamed said that the adjustment involves only private cars. The toll for heavy vehicles and public transport remain unchanged.

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