Highway rage tends to occur on, you realize, the street, however generally the anger doesn’t cease when the wheels do. There are many individuals who park their automotive solely to return to search out it has been deliberately keyed or dented. In these instances, they normally don’t have a lot recourse to say damages – even when they handle to retrieve CCTV footage from the carpark operator.
An analogous state of affairs occurred to TY Tai on Sunday, based on a Fb put up that has gone viral. In it, he acknowledged {that a} passer-by kicked his Tesla Mannequin 3 whereas it was parked at Nexus in Bangsar South. The vandal, who gave the impression to be with their mother and father, then circled to spit on the automotive earlier than leaving with the household in a white Audi Q8 e-tron.
The incident was captured by each the Sentry Mode on Tai’s Mannequin 3, in addition to Nexus’ personal safety footage. It’s not clear whether or not the miscreant was sad with this explicit automotive, the Tesla firm as an entire or Tai himself, and Tai doesn’t appear to know both the vandal or their mother and father. In any case, the proprietor did make a police report, however as there was no seen harm, the authorities determined to not open a case file.
That is clearly an unsatisfactory ending for Tai, who resorted to encouraging the wrongdoer to return ahead and apologise by promising to delete the put up in the event that they do. That’s hardly any motivation for the vandal to take action, particularly on condition that they don’t seem to be being chased by regulation enforcement, solely hounded on social media.
It could shock you to know this, however there aren’t truly any legal guidelines in opposition to vandalism in Malaysia – no less than, that’s what Alliance for a Protected Group Lee Lam Thye wrote on The Solar simply that Sunday. If his identify sounds acquainted, that’s as a result of Lee was beforehand the chairman of the Malaysian Institute of Highway Security Analysis (MIROS).
Malaysia does have the capability to punish those that trigger mischief underneath the Penal Code Part 425, however this solely applies to those that have truly precipitated tangible harm – which, once more, Tai couldn’t show. As for present Kuala Lumpur Metropolis Council (DBKL) bylaws, these solely apply to metropolis property.
Lee proposed an anti-vandalism regulation that might impose necessary group service on convicted vandals and a jail time period for repeat offenders. Till such a regulation passes, nevertheless, there’s not a lot that victims like Tai can do other than publicly naming and shaming the wrongdoer.
The lesson right here is evident – this nation must enact anti-vandalism legal guidelines to curb the prevalence of such acts. However actually, do us Malaysians want the regulation or stringent enforcement to cease us from being a public menace? It doesn’t matter what you’re feeling a couple of automotive or its driver, you shouldn’t take out your frustrations on another person’s property; that a lot needs to be apparent sufficient. If the rest, know that should you attempt to do one thing to a Tesla, you would find yourself having your face plastered throughout social media for the world to see.
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