Top Ten Thngs You May (or May Not) Notice When Your Traveling On the North South Highway

I’ve been travelling a lot. It tells, doesn’t it?

Most drivers break the speed limit. Some drivers even break the concorde speed limit.
The accepted lane convention for Malaysian 3 lane-highways : Left lane is for anything slower than 110km/h (buses, lorries, old cars, me). Middle lane is for constant speed of 110km/h (move any slower, please move to the left lane). Right lane has no speed limit. If you’re on that lane, be prepared to be flashed down by the black CLK doing 168km/h.
Express buses can speed pretty darn fast, too.
Spending 3-4 hours driving on the highway makes you appreciate AirAsia and their budget flights.
Eating junk food while driving gets all these crumbs onto your shirt, car seat and car mat that are impossible to clean. Especially while driving.
Radio transmission fizzles out just when your favourite song comes on.
Toll prices costs a bomb.
They are forever doing road repairs when you are travelling. It never fails.
All the rest areas are packed with cars on weekends. Don’t even mention the lines going into the toilets (especially the small rest areas).
Distance = 200km. Toll charges=RM26++. Time Spent=More than 2 hours. Cost of getting a sore bum = Priceless.

14 Comments

lilian

December 4, 2005 at 11:39 pm Reply

But I love the highways! It is much more fun than waiting for the flight that never take off. You can buy durian, lemang, cincalok, star fruits, keropok….depending on which states you are in. And enjoy them in your car too.

NSDS3HvLDjJd

December 5, 2005 at 2:28 am Reply

“Spending 3-4 hours driving on the highway makes you appreciate AirAsia and their budget flights.”

See, that’s why us East Malaysians stick to flying 😛

Pat

December 5, 2005 at 10:28 am Reply

Its not just CLK’s doing 168 km/h, I’ve seen Wira, Iswara, Civic, Camry, Accord, etc and even the ocassional souped-up Kancil zooming past me even though I’m doing 120 km/h on the left lane.