Driving to Malaysia
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Intend to drive up to Malaysia for the June holiday. Was a little alarmed by the news on the car theft in JB recently inspite of the fact that it was secured by a steering wheel lock. Anyone has any ideas on "What to avoid"
or "What to do" to make the car more secured in Malaysia. -
This is a repeated thread.
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Generally, malaysia is still quite safe... u may see many different trips up to different parts of malaysia by various forums and car made.... like Honda and Borneo Motor is organising convoy up north....
JB is quite notorious... but further north is quite ok....
Look for several thread here.... some pointers:
(a) book better hotels... like 4-star and up.... so that you can park your car more safely... in relative sense....
(b) when u park your car outside... avoid isolate corners.... pay to park in carparks in shopping mall or commerial buildings... safer...
(c) avoid travelling at night if u are not so familiar with the road, coz the signages and road lightings might make u extra difficult to find your directions....
(d) try to follow all traffic rules... coz u being singaporean... hee hee u will be picked up by the police rather than local, even though u are committing the same offence.....beware
(e) now... better don't offer bribe.... coz the govt is crampling down hard on their policeman.... so u never know what type of police u are facing.... also u pay on the spot... u may end up getting the ticket in the end..... and u will later be hold up at the checkpoint.
There are many other precautions..... u may refer to the forum in malaysia.... like the autoworld....