I dont know why vehicles break down and why They breakdown when I am using the road??? ok...ok.. it's a bit selfish of me to say such thing, I'm not saying that vehicles can only breakdown when I am not using that strecth of road.

The thing is when vehicles breakdown, especially during peak hours - darn! - they freaking owned the road-man... the rest of the driving population will have to crawl and crawl and crawl to reach their destination.

I mean, come on, I am driving an 18 year old car - and i am taking pains to make sure that my car dont give up on me by going to the mechanic regularly, by making sure my petrol is always filled and man, so far, (touchwood*)I have been commuting to and fro Ipoh, KL and Penang without incident!

That's why I dont understand when I see cars newer than mine stalled by the road side or even at the middle of the road causing huge jam and inconvenience to everyone!

It especially frustrates me when big vehicles like lorries, containers or even loaders breakdown - and ESPECIALLY during morning rush hours!!!

Come ON!! People wake up earlier to AVOID the traffic and only to be stuck in a pre-dawn traffic becos of some inconsiderate driver who have no concept of vehicle maintanence???? grrrrrrHhhhhhh...

The past 1 month alone I have seen 2 trailers stalled becos of accident and the rest of the vehicles was backed up 1 mile away - I've seen 12 wheelers lorry stopped by the road side with emergency lights on - containers, 2 tons lorry etc.... what is Puspakom doing?? Arent they suppose to be the doctor of the commercial vehicle??

Granted even a doctor cant guarantee a patient full health so what is the next best thing we can do to prevent these big vehicles from kneeling down and bringing the entire traffic to a standstill?

What about putting up a 6 punisable breakdown reasons - say, if a vehicle breakdown becos of any of these 6 reasons:
1: No petrol, gas or engine oil.
2: Tyres blown, punctured cos of wear and tear.
3: No water in the radiator - smokes emitting.
4: No brake fluid, clutch fluid or gear fluid.
5: If the vehicle stalled in the middle of the road - heavier penalties.
6: If the stalled vehicle is not tow away or repair and be ready to restart in the next 30 mins - heavier penalties or the authorities will tow it and compound it.

A scenario: A vehicles stalled, if it is a commercial vehicle prob Puspakom may want to be involved - the traffic police arrive with their mechanic, discovered the problem the vehicle stalled was becos of 1,2 or all of the above - they will ask the owner or driver to get a tow operator to tow the vehicle away bearing in mind the 30mins grace.

Then they will proceed to summon the driver for their carelessness or inconsiderate behavior for allowing their vehicle to breakdown becos of their failure to send their vehicle for proper preventive maintenance.

On the other hand, if the driver can show on the spot, that they have just serviced their cars (by producing receipts or any documented proof) and the breakdown is not becos they failed in maintenance of the vehicle then in all fairness they should be excused.

I think if we can hold individual responsible by compounding them (esp drivers of big vehicles, becos they have the potential of holding back the traffic much longer) then vehicles breaking down in the middle of the road will be minimised....