Enforcement key to changing bad driving habit

I READ with a heavy heart the report on the tragic death of the 57-year-old lady on Sunday night after being run over by a pick-up truck outside a food outlet in Serdang. Four others were also injured in the incident.

What are the lessons to be learnt from this? I believe the practice of placing tables on the road outside food outlets should be banned as it poses a risk to the safety of the patrons and also takes up parking bays.

It is not known yet why the driver drove the way he or she did. But whatever the reasons are, I am of the view that it is because a lot of Malaysians drive their vehicles as they please with total disregard to traffic laws. Stringent and regular enforcement against these drivers is also lacking.

It was reported that the police caught four mat rempit who were riding recklessly and performing stunts on their motorcycles in the early hours of Sunday, “Four mat rempit caught in action during road ops” ( TheStarOnline, Nov 18).

If the police can conduct such operations in the early hours of the day, couldn’t they mobilise more officers to ply major roads and also be stationed at major crossroads/ junctions to nab errant motorists at other times of the day including peak hours? Isn’t there enough police personnel to do this? They have to start now.

SHAL THARUMALINGAM Petaling Jaya