These days, muggings and snatchings are a thing of the past, as robbers and thugs become more daring with their victims. Face to face confrontations seem to be their favorite way. Effective? What do you think? I wonder when it will come to a point that even driving during the day is no longer safe. You get ambushed by 4 cars, surrounding your car.
You may honk or try to hit one of the cars, but all it does it damage your car. The would-be assailants probably will not care as the cars they’re driving are stolen anyway. Eerie.
Always be aware of your surroundings. Keep a lookout on anything suspicious. And by that I don’t mean on panicking everytime a car comes up behind you. Don’t worry, bayees are only dangerous when they’re not driving. Your ass is safe.
Try to change your routine a little, your way to work, your timing, anything that could help. You never know, you could be in the watch of an assailant. Always let someone else know where you will be - a trusted someone.
Have your car keys ready to go - have in them hand, so when you get to your car, you would have to spend time looking for your keys. Ladies, especially - PLEASE take note. Once you’re in the car, immediately lock your doors.
If you’re faced with an attacker, instead of fighting back or screaming for help, try screaming for something else, like, “Fire!” - this could be a life-saver than “Help!”. Just be safe. KLANG VALLEY is no longer like it was before. Victim of progress. To top that, petrol skyrocketing, will have a butterfly effect on crime.
Be safe.
A Year Ago
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July 15th, 2008 at 9:16am
Yeah and the polis still has so much time, energy and money to have so many roadblocks, but “tak cukup kakitangan” to do something, anything, about the crime.
No one even bothers reporting crimes any more - it’s such a hassle, and people have lost confidence that the polis can or will do anything about your report. Unless the report is about sodomy, then they will assign 30 cops on the case.
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