It was recently announced in the STAR that fewer illegal racers (Mat Rempits) have been caught over the last three years in Perak. In 2009, only 52 were charged in court. Last year, only 22 were detained and for the first four months of this year, only ten were detained. These numbers do not mean that there are fewer ‘Mat Rempit’ on the streets!
All one has to do is take a drive along the main streets of Ipoh in the early hours of the morning of a public holiday or a weekend. At some point, you will come across what looks like a herd of cows wearing headlamps. They ride slowly and as a posse in front of the police station.
However, about 100 yards past the police station, they rev their engines and break off from the group. They then meander in and out of main streets, creating a ruckus and waking up the neighbourhood.
The Statistics can easily be changed if the authorities concerned stop closing one eye (and their ears), but take action to detain these illegal racers!
Introspection
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Monday, May 2, 2011
Tuesday, March 1, 2011
Illegal Racing
Every weekend, in the wee hours of the morning, the horrendous sounds of motorcycle engines whirring, thumping, roaring and growling can be heard in my neighbourhood. Didn’t the mothers of these motorcyclists teach them that when people are asleep they should not make a sound?
These uncaring and unscrupulous maniacs roam the streets in a posse making a deafening noise that reeks of malice for all and sundry. It takes the sound of just one motorbike to awaken the whole neighbourhood. So can you imagine the ruckus when there are at least 20 hooligans prancing up and down the streets on their modified machines?
And where are the law enforcers when the night’s peace is broken by the screeching and wailing of the motorbikes? An hour or so later, one can hear the wailing of the police siren. Is it merely to frighten off the ‘mat rempits’? We read in the papers that machines are seized and summonses are issued. Are these the only ways to curb illegal racing. They do not seem to work because all too soon, these illegal racers will be back on the streets.
Why aren’t the ‘mat rempits’ apprehended? When caught, the illegal racers should be forced to do some form of community service which should instil in them a more caring attitude. They could be made to clean a park, take care of the elderly for a period of time or even visit some accident victims. It will be a very humbling experience for them.
In a nutshell, the ‘mat rempits’ should be stopped. They should be taught how to be considerate of others, to get down from their machines and think about what they can do to help the people rather than annoy them.
Published in the STAR (3 March 2011) Letters to the Editor column under the title 'There's no end to Mat Rempit nuisance'.
These uncaring and unscrupulous maniacs roam the streets in a posse making a deafening noise that reeks of malice for all and sundry. It takes the sound of just one motorbike to awaken the whole neighbourhood. So can you imagine the ruckus when there are at least 20 hooligans prancing up and down the streets on their modified machines?
And where are the law enforcers when the night’s peace is broken by the screeching and wailing of the motorbikes? An hour or so later, one can hear the wailing of the police siren. Is it merely to frighten off the ‘mat rempits’? We read in the papers that machines are seized and summonses are issued. Are these the only ways to curb illegal racing. They do not seem to work because all too soon, these illegal racers will be back on the streets.
Why aren’t the ‘mat rempits’ apprehended? When caught, the illegal racers should be forced to do some form of community service which should instil in them a more caring attitude. They could be made to clean a park, take care of the elderly for a period of time or even visit some accident victims. It will be a very humbling experience for them.
In a nutshell, the ‘mat rempits’ should be stopped. They should be taught how to be considerate of others, to get down from their machines and think about what they can do to help the people rather than annoy them.
Published in the STAR (3 March 2011) Letters to the Editor column under the title 'There's no end to Mat Rempit nuisance'.
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