Many of us looked at it as a nice date, some were looking forward to it for thinking it was an auspicious date, you know for fairy-tale wedding, birth and whatnot.. but little that we know 10.10.10 will also carve a tragic history for witnessing such fatal catastrophe on the nicely combined binary-ish date.. Allahua'lam..
Al-Fatihah for the deceased.. send some prayer for 'em, people..
اللَّهُمَّ اغْفِرْ لَهُ وَارْحَمْهُ، وَعَافِهِ، وَاعْفُ عَنْهُ، وَأَكْرِمْ نُزُلَهُ، وَوَسِّعْ مُدْخَلَهُ، وَاغْسِلْهُ بِالْمَاءِ وَالثَّلْجِ وَالْبَرَدِ، وَنَقِّهِ مِنَ الْخَطَايَا كَمَا نَقَّيْتَ الثَّوْبَ اْلأَبْيَضَ مِنَ الدَّنَسِ، وَأَبْدِلْهُ دَاراً خَيْراً مِنْ دَارِهِ، وَأَهْلاً خَيْراً مِنْ أَهْلِهِ، وَزَوْجاً خَيْراً مِنْ زَوْجِهِ، وَأَدْخِلْهُ الْجَنَّةَ، وَأَعِذْهُ مِنْ عَذَابِ الْقَبْرِ وَعَذَابِ النَّارِ
Took place at route 222.9 of PLUS highway, this fatal tragedy has drawn massive attention, not to mention anger among the nations since the last 2 days and yours truly is no exception.. I was taken aback upon learning the nature of the crash.. how can a heavy vehicle like a bus seemed light enough to fly into the contrasting roadside after hitting the guardrail and later ploughed into 5 other vehicles unless it was driven fast and furiously.. this is a bus that we are talking about, not some kancil or any light weight vehicles.. thus, only one logic reason comes fleeting in my mind, that is the speed of the bus can explain it all..
The speed must have sparked a huge momentum upon hitting the guardrail thus it flew the bus literally over to the other side.. so stop blaming on the strength of the guardrail, braking and steering system of bus and whatnot.. a speeding vehicle has higher potential danger to engage in a bigger crash impact, what more a furiously driven heavy weight bus.. rumor has it that the bus was driven at 150km/hr at a predetermined 90km/hr speed limit area .. Allahu'alam.. only the survivors can tell the real situation..
This fatal accident has caused 12 casualties which include the driver himself.. innalillahi wa innalillahi rojiun.. it is sad to know that most of the victims are still young and had their whole lives ahead of them.. one of 'em is going to his convo, some are college students and a girl on her 1st ever bus ride.. i know Allah knows best, it is their fate and their lease of lives have been cut short, but a precaution could minimize the fatalities, hence the horrific tragedy.. everyone knows that speed kills and yet they still let it happens insanely..
i have personal experiences of being provoked by a Delima bus and other buses while driving on the right lane at PLUS expressway.. i find it absurd to be shoved away by heavy vehicles when they are supposed to adhere 80/90km/hr speed limit.. these drivers seem to have the same kind of intimidating moves of shoving cars in front of them away by tailgating and flickering their high-beam light.. urgh, isnt it just plain dead annoying!!
these drivers seem to forget that they carry lives in their custody.. i just hope that at the expense of this horrific tragedy, an expensive lesson is to be learned by us all, not just the drivers, the enforcers and public as well.. please remember, speed kills..
i just love the idea of engaging a hotline system for allowing passengers to report via calls and smses pertaining to bus drivers' attitudes and actions while behind wheels.. this will let them know how serious we are.. don't let us lose faith on the main mean of Malaysia's public transportation.. frankly speaking, if somebody asks me to ride a bus at the moment, my only answer would be a big flat "NO!!".. so to all the bus drivers, please redeem yourself, regain back our trust & confidence in you and stop risking our lives for some foolist and reckless acts!!
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