Unsafe driving habits linked to accidents

KUALA LUMPUR: Unsafe driving behaviours, particularly speeding and reckless driving, can lead to accidents involving even luxury and high-performance vehicles, said Malaysian Institute of Road Safety Research (Miros) director-general Prof Dr Wong Shaw Voon.
Despite such vehicles being equipped with state-of-the-art safety features, fatal accidents can still happen, he said.

"Although they can be driven at top speed of over 200kph, it does not mean that in the event of an accident, the vehicles and the drivers will be safe.
"These drivers claim that driving just slightly over the speed limit does not pose any problem to them. On the contrary, driving at high speed increases the risk of accidents," he told Bernama.
Wong said the roads are designed according to a certain speed limit and to stay safe, motorists should observe the speed limit and traffic rules such as wearing seat belts, including those for rear passengers.
"We are not 'Superman' or 'Ironman'.
We are humans, let us prevent accidents by practising safe driving rather than nursing injuries or losing lives," he added.
Miros behavioural and evaluation analysis unit chief, Noradrenalina Isah, said according to a Miros study on road users in 2012, drivers aged 42 and below are more prone to breaking traffic rules.