Last year, many were frustrated after a convoy of Lamborghinis was caught driving dangerously on a highway in Johor. Prior to that, a convoy of BMWs from Singapore blocked the entire Penang bridge, resulting in an 1-hour traffic jam. It appears these drivers of certain car clubs haven’t learned their lesson as a convoy of Perodua Myvi cars was causing major inconvenience to road users.
Yesterday (Monday, 1st January), Twitter user @/anthraxxx781 posted a video from the perspective of a passenger. The 18-second viral clip showed the driver in the car on the left lane overtaking a whole convoy of Myvi cars that were driving on the right lane on an unspecified highway.
Unfortunately, there was no information given by the user about where and when the incident took place but as expected, the post garnered a lot of attention from netizens from both Twitter and TikTok who criticised the inconsiderate individuals in the video. Many were understandably furious that the convoy of Myvis were misusing the right lane (a.k.a fast lane) as its purpose was for others to speed up to overtake vehicles on the left lane.
A few shared how they’ve experienced similar incidents of road users driving rather slow on the right lane that they had no choice but to overtake them using the left lane. Others tagged the Royal Malaysian Police (PDRM) and Road Transport Department Malaysia (JPJ) to look into the situation and take action against those hogging the road.
Neither PDRM nor JPJ have responded to the issue but according to Tally Press and Carsome, driving slow in the fast lane and preventing others from overtaking you is a Category 1 traffic offence that could land you a fine of up to RM300 by the authorities. Let’s take this as a reminder to drive in the correct lane so we won’t get in trouble with the law or cause inconvenience to other road users.
Sources: Twitter, TikTok, Tally Press, Carsome
