Parents are allowing their teenagers to ride a motorcycle without helmets and worst still allowing them to carry younger siblings
Like many Klang Valley drivers, our biggest worry, day in and day out when driving anywhere in Selangor, especially along Old Klang Road, Kampung Medan, Bangsar South/Kampung Kerinchi, Bandar Sunway and most of Shah Alam is the number of teenagers and school children riding and also being pillion riders without wearing a helmet (as in this picture below).
As a car driver we are getting more worried, which we are sure most other drivers are also feeling the same way. Why, well if we were to be in a small accident with motorcyclists ‘running’ a red light when we have a green light in our favor, imagine the horror with the social media that sees only ‘one side of the story’ which accuses us the car driver.
Then, what if the motorcycle rider is NOT wearing a helmet and has an accident and it is fatal. Will the car driver that hit them be liable for the fatality and have to go through all the horror of being accused and branded a murderer like with the recent ‘basikal lajak’ case?
Parents who allow their school going children to ride a motorcycle without a safety helmet or who themselves ride without a helmet should have their motorcycle taken away. A fine and the cancellation of the motorcycle license will NOT work as we are sure MOST of them DO NOT even have a license.
Meanwhile, just yesterday, NST carried news that a 7 year old boy was killed when his 10 year old brother took him on a motorcycle. This is where the parents and surrounding neighbours are to be blamed for not correcting the 10 year old and preventing him from riding the motorcycle. (please see picture below).
