I’ve Passed The Boiling Point of 110 Degree Celcius!!!!!
When I left office last Friday evening, I was still feeling cheery despite being stuck in traffic almost throughout the whole day. I was listening to the music played on my radio, switching stations when I became bored. The massive jam in Sunway was expected (cause it was after work) so I patiently drove through it all. When I het Federal Highway, I was feeling elated. The traffic was just fine with some pauses here and there. I heard on the radio that the there was a jam building up from Hilton PJ heading towards KL so I decided to exit at the Jalan PP Narayanan (222) intersection. Naturally, there was a long queue from Federal Highway towards that intersection, so I stayed in my queue and patiently waited for the traffic to move along. That was at 7.05pm. After 30 minutes, when the traffic was still not budging (it’s not normal for such a long wait), I decided to give my mum a call to let her know about the heavy traffic so she would not get caught in it as well.
Guess what??? She said that the traffic light was not functioning since late in the evening. And so I concluded that that must be the cause for the traffic build-up that was causing the Federal Highway to be jammed up with vehicles. So once again, I waited patiently whilst enjoying the music aired on the radio. At about 8.15pm, I’ve managed to wade my way to the traffic lights at the intersection (After more than an hour!!!!!!). I decided to make a report to JKR about the unfunctioning traffic lights and the massive jam it’s causing. When I finally got hold of the JKR contractor, his explaination was that there were manyother traffic lights that was not functioning due to the heavr rain, yadda, yadda, yadda. And the best news was, they only had two team of technicians to fix all these 6 traffic lights. He also commented that the traffic police should have sent their personales to handle the traffic. Then he asked me to stay calm and drive safely! So I just laughed it off and got back to my driving.
Next, I called the local traffic police station in Section 8 PJ, which is the nearest traffic police station (only 5minutes drive away from the scene). The officer claimed that ha has already sent his guy to monitor and control the traffic flow at the scene. I (in a very nice manner) informed him that his guys were not there at all, that is why there was such a major jam!!!!!
At this point, my patience was wearing thin. Then there was this rude Arabic malay guy who tried to take a right turn when he was parked on the farthest left lane….. He couldn’t get through and was honking at me and raising his hands and staring at me. I was inocently stuck in the middle lane, trying to go straight. I just stared back at him and signaled him to go where he wantts (as if it was possible during the jam). Many more drivers were begining to loose patience and were honking like nobody’s business. the cars were trying to move in all directions, causing more congestion. So I turned my music on to the maximum level. After (God knows how long) I got through the jam. I went to the police station to personally inform them of the major problem they have overlooked. Then only did they send their police out to monitor the traffic!!!!!
When I reached home, I was flushing from anger. Sometimes I really am embarresed by the way our local authorities work. Our government would always ignore complaints and reports until someone actually dies or a really major accident happens. And it’s not just the government, even the citizens have a laid back, ‘tidak apa’ attitude. They just don’t bother about anything or anyone. They would rather loose their temper and keep honking through the jam than to make a report about it!!! That is why (i feel) our society has never moved forward.
