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Hello! There has been a long time I di not wrote anything in this blog...I'm back!!!

What are the measures that had been taken by the authority to counter the problem?

I do agree with the guys opinion about countering illegal street racing in our country, but as always I have my own opinion about this topic. "It's the authority job to handle the cases. not us!" you maybe heard those line almost everyday, right? As I said before, people do not care what happen to there surrounding unless that bad thing happen to them.

There is many measures already taken by the authority to counter illegal steet racing problem, but few of them ever work. What happen? Is their actions not effective enough? It's not the authority, it's the people involved in illegal street racing itself at fault here...

Having "speed trap" at almost every roads and highways is one of the measures taken by the authority. There is reported cases involved illegal street racing especially in highways. Eventhough measures taken such as fine and warning and being lock up, there still many street racer 'haunting' our country roads.

Another measures taken by the authority is what we called 'road-block'. There is many places that being the 'hot-spot' to become illegal street racing home base. There is always police there, that's for sure. Sometimes the illegal street racer can get away with it and sometimes they can't. That's because the police is smarter than them. Their vehicle much cooler than illegal street racer vehicle.

Simply put, wherever there is illegal street racing happen, there is the authority to counter them.

yan_byakuya

Nur Izyan Fakhruddin

A124981

There is an action, but is it effective??? Hmm.. Let's think about it!

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Wan Fadli Hazilan Wan Rosmidi (A122863)

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Hello guys... long time no see... Seems like there are a lot of things need to be discuss as we keep on thinking about our interesting topic which is “Illegal Street racing”. As we can see, there are plenty of comments that have been made by our colleague regarding this issue. The thing that catches my eye and makes me wanna go further into our discussion is the issue of the measures taken by authority to “combat” this problem as being said by Khairi in his post. When looking into this issue, there are one question pops up in my mind. Guess what??? Hmm... Are they effective or not???

Now, let’s get into my point of view. Legalising street racing is not the solution. The government recently proposed turning street racing into a tourist attraction. They believe that the Mat Rempit (street racers) who partakes in such activities is natural performers, and that the stunts they perform can be a tourist magnet. Besides that, they even suggested that certain roads be closed off at specified times to allow these street racers to indulge in their passion. They reason that if roads can be closed in order to hold a Pasar Malam, it would be alright to close them for street racing as well.

They also think that it wouldn't do any good to hold such activities in remote Sepang or Batu Tiga, because the distance would discourage spectators from gathering. If we think deeply their suggestions are certainly worth considering. However, there is a difference between closing roads to hold a Pasar Malam and closing roads for street racing. They are completely different activities and must therefore be managed in different ways.

Other than that, there are also people who approaches street racing with the idea that it is a recreational activity for youngsters. The idea that street racing is fine so long as it is held at an appropriate time and place certainly seems to offer an opportunity for a better solution than the hard-line tactics currently employed by the police. However, there are some points that need to be considered. If the matter is not handled properly, it could send the wrong message and cause street racers to think that everything they do is sanctioned.

The noise caused by illegal street racing affects the peace of the neighbourhood and disturbs the lives of residents. This is the reason why citizens dislike street racing. Before deciding which roads to close to accommodate these street racers, the authorities ought to take into consideration the effect it might have on nearby residential areas, the activities of business establishments, and traffic conditions in the area. This means that they should make sure that the location they finally pick is a secluded one, and it's the reason why they wanted to open the race course to street races. Firstly, its' far away from any residential areas; secondly, it's safe.

From my opinion the responsible parties should consider working together with these disciplined racers to organise and manage weekend street races under safe conditions. This will reduce the number of accidents and help ensure that innocents are not affected. However, other racers might not be able to hold to the higher standards and disciplines required for road racing. They might only be in it for the adrenaline rush, and lack the discipline or the expertise to make it in amateur racing. They should work together with the parties involve to set up short, mid and long term plans for promoting and regulating recreational racing activities.

Organisers of such events must adhere to safety standards. It would be best if an insurance company were willing to offer coverage for the event. Accident prevention and response measures, as well as responsibility for any that happen, must be determined. In addition, steps must be taken stop and prevent illegal betting from subverting such activities.

To add more, government should work together with organisations experienced with racing events to come up with professional regulations for street racing. They must come up with a racing activity that is safe, has a shallow learning curve, and to the taste of the young street racers. Simply closing a few roads won't solve anything. They should work together with the Sepang race course and the Formula One organisers.

Hmm... Confusing, confusing, confusing... Such a complicated things right??? We do understand the need for speed, but untill when this deasease will disapear in our world??? Only God knows that...

Alright guys, such a long discussion, I think that's all for now... See you when I see you in the next session... Feel free to comment...

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It`s me, Mohd Shaffi Bin Mahadi(A124280)...We almost come to the end of our discussion and this post, as Khairy have posted his comment..It's about the measures taken by authority to counter this problem...We are discussing about what is actually that the authority have done to annihilate this problem once and for all and whether it is effective or not....

As Khairy have mentioned about the actions taken by authority such as setting up a road block and patrolling at the roads. It is important for the authority to observe for this activity. It to ensure that they know that they are been watching. Besides that, the government also had legislate a law that allow the authorities to detain and charge not only to those people who are who were involved in the racing but also those who watch the race. This measurement is to avoid people getting involved in such kind of activity. If we let the people that went to watch illegal street racing just like that it will be as we are releasing the source of provocation to the construction of this activity. Simply says, less people interested in it the lesser people who are going to join it.

The measurement looks like there is enough actions taken but is it effective.We got the people to observe, to seize and plus the law that supported us but where is the loopholes? There is a loopholes since the problem is still there just like Khairy said. From my opinion, I believe that the execution is not enough. Eventhough if we have all policemen to watch the road all the time, it will not do anything if all of them are fall asleep all the time. The analogy is to highlight that full commitment is one of the aspect that is essential to ensure this thing to work out.

Besides that I do thing that the law is not heavier enough to counter this problem. If we made it more stricter, it will force them to step back. For example, if we enacted a law that that provides an imprisonment to almost 20 years for those people that involved illegal street racing, I bet they will think a thousand times if they want to get involve in this activity.

Okay then,that's it for now and wait for my next post......("P)

action taken to combat....effective????

Ola….its me again,

mohamad khairy izwan bin mohamad zamani (A123138)

well, since not much for me to do this weekend, so I decided to write on this blog. Well previously I’ve talked about the effects of the illegal street racing towards the public that we all know is a very hazardous. Hm..for now I’m going to write on what the authorities had done to oppose this illegal act. I bet everyone knows that lot of measures had been taken by the authorities to counter the problem. One of the actions taken is by setting up a road block and also patrolling at the roads that was identified as a venue for the race. Not only that, the government also took a drastic measure by legislating a law that allow the authorities especially police to detain and charge not only the those who were involved in the racing but also those who watch the race at the side of the street. Furthermore the government had also legislate an existing law regarding safety on road by penalize those who were arrested on charge of committing an illegal racing with heavier punishment. Well, so far, we had seen that the government had taken lot of action to deal with this problem but the question is that does these actions effective? Well, frankly speaking I don’t think that the measures taken by the authorities are effective and why did I say that? Well, the answer lies in front of our own eyes. The problem is still there. No matter how many road-blocks and patrols take place we still can see a racing take place. These illegal racers seem do not care even though they realize that they will face a heavy punishment if they got caught. Why does this happen even though lot of actions taken by the authorities? There’s only one answer to this question and that is these measures taken by the authorities to combat this problem are not effective and a new and more effective solution need to be think of. Well..i’ve been writing a lot here and it seems I need to go now. Till we meet again guys…chow sin chee….

effects towards public..what are they??????

Halluuu….i’m back,

hehe.. It has been a long time since I last published a post here. Well I couldn’t help it. Wow..looks like the topic on illegal street racing had become more interesting. Seems like my friends in their post above had talked about the effects of illegal street racing towards public and some of them also talked about a disastrous consequence to the family of the perpetrator It is an interesting topic to talk about and I think I’m going to go on with this topic but I won’t touch about effects to their family.. Well..as I’ve talked about in my previous posts, illegal street racing is an act that go against the law of this country and it is without a doubt that each illegal act will have a very negative impact not only to those who were committing the act but also the people around them that is the public. well, what could the impacts to the public? hm..one of the impact is that it will not only endanger those who were involved in this act but also other road users. Why do I say that? It is because these people especially the motorcyclist or also widely known as ‘mat rempit’. These Mat Rempit as quoted by shaffi earlier are infamous for their "Superman" stunts, a stunt where they like flying on their motorcycles and this of course will endanger not only them but also others. You guys maybe curious why did I say that this action will endanger other road users. This of course could happen as when they were doing this action their control over their vehicle will be lesser with their feet is nowhere near the main brake, and if the suddenly lose control, the probability of crashing with other vehicle is very high. other dangerous action that they performed on their motorcycles also include the kind where they weave in-between moving and stationary traffic at high-speed during racing. This action according to shaffi earlier is also known as "Cilok". This is dangerous as they could collide with other vehicle as they were weaving. Other than endangered road users, another effect that can be add on here is that they also cause a public disorder. This always happen when they were racing at midnight near a housing area especially the ‘mat rempit’ where the sound that came from their motorcycle is very noisy due to a modifications made by them. Well..i think that’s all I’m going to talk for now..till we meet again….bye

(mohamad khairy izwan bin mohamad zamani)

(A123138)

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Hello and hey there...("P)

Once again with me, Mohd Shafi Bin Mahadi (A124280) to continue our discussion on the topic of illegal street racing...If in my last post i did mentioned about the factor of illegal street racing, in this brand new post i would like to further our discussion about the effect of illegal street racing...

When we are talking about the effect of illegal street racing, for the sake of this discussion it means the direct effect of what illegal street racing could bring to the people. In my opinion, the people that will be affected by the problem is the that person involved in that activity of course, their family, and the society.

First and foremost, the person or the perpetrator that did involved in the problem..What could happen to them?They could kill somebody by doing it, be killed and bring harms to a large number of people..There are various effect that this fellow daredevil could face when they decided to race. They could be lying in bed due to amputation of part of their body or it can be anything. The shame thing is they don't share the same thought with us and could not put this thing into their consideration before making a step into this activity.

Move on to the their family?What in the heaven could their family face? They could lost their son or daughter, face disgrace or oppression from the people for what their son or daughter had done. The best thing is they don't do anything.It's not their fault entirely. Maybe they can be blame a bit but in the end is the person that pull the trigger is doing what they are doing by their own awareness.

To the society, it could tarnish their image. For example, people will labelling our society with such image. It does leave a stain to us. If you go to the http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Street%20racing, people do know about our version of illegal street racing activity where they know about the "mat rempit".

Quoting a part of the article, " These Mat Rempit are infamous for their "Superman" stunts and other feats performed on their motorcycles. They are also notorious for their "Cilok", a kind of racing in which racers weave in-between moving and stationary traffic at high-speed ".Now that you have know, do you feel ashame about what this activity had bring to us.

It is a shame that most people can bare with this situation and close their eyes just like that. As i repeatedly said, if the society could not join hands to wipe out this problem it will be like an epidemic that still attached as part of society...

Till next time, adios...("P) Person that care...

Effect of illegal street racing...to whom?

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Hello...we meet,again...

As I told you before, there is two types of illegal street racing, that is involved motorcycles and cars. the picture I show you above shows that both is illegal and may cause many bad things towards the people (or animals) involved in it accidently or on their own free will.

Modified vehicles may makes it smoother, faster and powerful. But will it make the driver, passanger or the people watching the illlegal street racing events safe? eventhough the driver says that its safe but bad things could happen at any time and any place,right?

There is many cases involving illegal street racing accidents reports in newspaper and television. Innocents citizens got killed because of this unhealthy sport. Many tragic news involving illegal street racing happen not only in Malaysia but around the world. In Malaysia, things involving illegal street racing for motorcycle is involving the missing of Nurin Jazlin Jazimin whom believe being kinnaped by a group of 'mat rempit' in http://www.dancewithshadows.com/society/malaysia-sex-offenders.asp.

While in the west, the statistic for people involve in illegal street racing also high. In http://www.nhra.com/streetlegal/stats.html shows that there is rules that makes the illegal street racing forbidden. People sometimes do not care what happen to the family that their family members got killed by illegal street racing drivers and think its just another reality of life. But, if it's happen to them, they strated blame on the authority and the driver and started to share there grief with others.

Eventhough illegal street racing events happen in deserted roads in old days, now they have courage to even have a 'competition' in the middle of the town such as Kuala Lumpur! On of the busiest town in the world.

People on the street, and innocent citizens got the effect of illegal street racing...family and the authority got the effect of illegal street racing. The family I mention is the family of people who involved in illegal street racing. don't the illegal street racer thinks about their family opinion about what they are doing? Does it hurt their feeling or are they just let it go? If the illegal street racing driver got involved in an acccident, who would visit them? their family or their 'friends'? and who would take care of them...?

Authority or the goverment is doing there best to make illegal street racing in Malaysia become less occur. But, they need our helps and also the cooperation of the people involved in illegal street racing itself. there also news that police traffic officers got run down by the illegal street racer. Do they do not have mercy even to another human being? Even animals loved their children and clans, what about human?

As a conclusion to my opinion, I think that the people involved in illegal street racing should act with human nature not with animal instinct. There is an effect towards everything we do not only to us but to other people around us. We might hurt them accidently and we need to make amen for it.

Thank you.

yan_byakuya

Nur Izyan binti Fakhruddin

A124981