Lorry driver repeatedly makes an attempt to drive into automotive, causes a number of close to misses and obstructs site visitors

Lorry driver repeatedly attempts to drive into car, causes several near misses and obstructs traffic

In a sequence of videos posted to Twitter by person Simrath, footage from front- and rear-facing cameras present a driver’s encounter with an aggressively-driven articulated lorry when en route from the Federal Freeway in direction of Subang Airport, after which taking the ramp to the North Klang Valley Expressway (NKVE).

The creator of the submit noticed that the lorry had been pushed recklessly from a distance earlier than their very own encounter with the lorry, making harmful overtakes and almost crashing into their car. The creator sounded their horn to voice displeasure, then made an try to overtake the lorry, which was unsuccessful because the lorry driver moved to dam the creator’s automotive.

Additional down the highway in direction of Subang Airport, the lorry driver does a brake verify on the far proper lane, and seems to have tried to drive into the digital camera automotive when the latter tried to overhaul the now-stationary lorry. The creator of the submit encounters the lorry driver as soon as once more on the ramp in direction of the entry into the NKVE, the place the lorry driver brake-checks the creator but once more.

Below Part 42 of the Highway Transport Act 1987 (amended in 2020), the penalties for reckless and harmful driving are disqualification from driving for 5 years, a most jail time period of lower than 5 years and a effective of between RM5,000 and RM10,000 for the primary offence.

Incidents equivalent to these are additionally a reminder to have a dashcam fitted to your car when you don’t have already got one, which can give you video proof within the occasion of any dispute relating to the highway incident.