all your car crashes are belong to the ldp
(Last post on the the LDP for a long time, I promise, unless some fucktard *really* screws things up)
I maintain irregular hours. It’s just my thing. I still do but at least now I do not freak out like I did the first few months when I moved into my current dwelling.
Things went quite well for the first couple of weeks, most probably due to the fact that I kept normal sleeping hours for a while and passed out like a log. Then the first time in this house that I was awake at around 2 something a.m., I heard this:
SCREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEECHHHHHHHHHHHH — BOOOOOOOOOSHHHHHHHHHHH — BAMMMMMMMMMMMMM!!!!!!
Surely it must be an accident, I thought. Though I could not see any crashed cars from my window, I suppose it must have happened a kilometre or something away, and left it at that.
Two nights later I heard it again:
SCREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEECHHHHHHHHHHHH — BOOOOOOOOOSHHHHHHHHHHH — BAMMMMMMMMMMMMM!!!!!!
Okay… this is a bit weird… takkan the same thing happen at the same time with the same sound from the same distance? There’s no way someone could really be that unlucky — besides I’d checked a good stretch of the LDP and did not find any debris. Nope, nothing in the newspapers either.
Two nights after that, same thing.
By this time I was well and truly crept out. I am Chinese, right? Thus I’ve been exposed to all sorts of Chinese ghost stories and movies enough to fear the thought of some ghost who’d died in an accident along the very stretch of road reenacting its miserable death. People ‘going’ when it wasn’t their time (or they felt like it wasn’t their time), mercilessly killed innocents and all that, you know? I thought back to some seriously creepy situations I’d been in when living in a semi-wooden house in Muar; of course I was unable to sleep a wink that night. The next day I called my mom asking her to go to a temple and pray for my… erm spiritual well-being or something. I am not really *that* superstitious or religious, but desperate times call for desperate measures.
Over the next few months I kind of got used to the screech–boosh–bams. In the beginning I would switch the main light off, switch my night light on, jumped into bed with my blanket up to my neck. Then it happened again one night and I was too preoccupied with something to be bothered about it, and from then on I’d just mutter a quick prayer for the ‘poor soul’ and get back to whatever I was doing.
Then I spoke to a few people about this, and a journalist told me that car accidents are frequent on the LDP — it just doesn’t get much, if any coverage in the newspapers BECAUSE IT IS SO FREAKING COMMON. Plus, due to the nearness of our place to the highway, it wouldn’t be surprising that the accidents I’d heard occurred a good distance away.
Phew. But I didn’t really believe him until I witnessed the aftermath of a screech–boosh-bam, very visible from my window. Similar accidents followed; if I were an ambulance-chasing reporter, I wouldn’t even have to leave my house. The worst crash I heard was a triple overturn that left the car in quite a bad shape (duh). The funniest was when a group of college kids, still with the big ‘P’ sign attached on the car lost control and crashed into the fence that divides the highway and residential area. The driver also managed to cause grievous emotional harm to one of our neighbours who (still) parks his golden Merz by the fence by denting the front part a little. I really do not understand because, a) it is a straight road where he crashed it, and b) the Merz did them no harm, just sitting there golden and pretty so why oh why?!? Hehehe I could not look at my neighbour for days without wanting to laugh. He really loved that car.
Anyway for those who have no blinking idea of what the LDP is, here is a GIF visual courtesy of Litrack.
It’s half of the 40 km highway built at the cost of RM130 million, and I live somewhere within the black-circled area.
I wouldn’t even be writing this if it weren’t for the fact that a rather terrible crash occurred a couple of hours ago (and two nights ago, but it wasn’t as ‘big’ as this latest one). It was loud enough to make CT (along with two other neighbours) come out to have a look. A car (or two? I couldn’t see) had crashed into the divider, it was quite smashed up, lots of people stopped and got out of their cars to help/kaypoh, there was an ambulance with its sirens on because inconsiderate people wanting to get lucky numbers or to just gawk were holding up the traffic, two police cars… rather serious actually. I feel quite sorry for Litrack.
So, I have a few things to say:
1) You should be more careful on the LDP. The black-circled area is almost a death trap if you are one of those who think that you could ‘fly’ because there isn’t any traffic in the middle of the night. Remember — I can hear you crash.
2) Friends of tow truck operators wanting to ‘help’ you at a very high cost are pests that you should not even have to be bothered with. Always keep a couple numbers of some more reliable tow truck dudes with you — maybe your own friend or your own friend’s friend used him in the past; you never know when you’re going to need it.
3) If you hold up traffic (which MAY include an ambulance a bit behind you) to take down the misfortunate car’s plate number, buy a lottery ticket using the number and win yourself some moolah, you are going straight to hell. I don’t care what anyone else says.
4) Be nice to Kancil drivers. This is not really relevant, but I thought I’d just put it in for Jaime’s sake.
Safe driving tips from me eh? Heheheh that’s a bit rich but you know, whatever works.
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Next time, take pictures !
Suanie:
ishh.. tak nak
ppl racing at night laaaaaaaaaa
kesian. move out lah!
eh , last time hor..when i was werking in kelana jaya medical centre…nite shift ler…i oso hear those crash boom bang one..i used to terkejut oso , but then it has become so common tat i just sleep thru until my staff buzz me for emergency…haihss..sienss..
FA: Banyak cantik!
Don’t leave me, Suan!
(I heard the crash but I just went back to sleep. This is Malaysia, land of scary drivers after all.)
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Suanie:
wtf spamming??
some car crashes belong to dutch lady iced latte
Suanie:
ahem…
Seen a few people (probably drunks or stupid kids driving cars fast) banging onto the dividers on the LDP but they just drove away after that with thier broken bumpers. I guess, they would be in deeper trouble if the police came along.
Suanie:
RM300 just to make a police report, isn’t it?
Damn.. last week a friend of mine went to KL to attend a conference and guess what.. he too was involved in a accident on the LDP… the car in front just suddenly braked and thats where he found out that his Hyundai Accent isnt fool prove… NO ABS!!!
Eerie stretch of road
Suanie:
maybe it’s something along the roads that make you want to crash your car… kidding
That bit of the highway is stupid – with narrow flyovers and the big curve around SS2, 3, 4 and 5. But the area is also a catchment area for college kids / various youths who fly a little too fast at 2 am.
Suanie:
kesian litrak kan? all their toll money goes to repairing the dividers and people complain why construction is ongoing a lot. i think the LDP is one of the better maintained highways
You probably heard me killed a dog along that stretch. Or you could’ve been sleeping when I did it.
Suanie:
amitofo….
That stretch is so prone to accident. The junction turn left into the Steamboat restaurant has its divider fix so many time until now they put double divider there.
And you know, compassion chinese will put that “namo amitabaht” stone at place where fatal accident occurs. You can find more than 3 or 4 just around that area. FREAKY.
My house is just next to the Kelana Jaya LRT station. Everytime we hear a crash, my mom will relentlessly walk up to the road side to see who’s dead and who is not. Very keh poh I know.
Just recently, this malay couple hit the LDP maintenece lorry on the fly over where Taman Megah is. That is a terrible black spot as well.
I definately think LDP should tarmac the whole area with small bumps, just like how the curve in Middle Ring Road after the Sri Petaling Endah Parade. Bumpy but safe.
Suanie:
ohhhh no wonder I keep seeing those small Chinese altars… we live quite near to each other eh…
If you live in the area and go out to have a look, it’s fine by me. It’s those ppl slowing down their cars nearing to a halt to take down the numbers that highly irritate me. Esp yesterday, when the ambulance sirens was blaring out loud from behind and yet those inconsiderate ppl didn’t give a shit.
We should have one of those huge bumps (not those pointy ones) but need a big ass sign — otherwise the flying cars would end up in a more terrible state
Well, yeah – they (Litrak) didn’t have much to work with, seeing as the road was originally just a main road, which they had to adapt into a four-lane carriageway. But that water drip under the Tmn. Megah flyover keeps boring a hole in the tarmac – they ought to patch the bridge and not keep filling the hole.
I think probably those teenagers knew about that curve. They were probably doing Fast and Furious Prt 4: LDP Drift
I swear the LDP is one of the most dangerous highways in KL to drive in. Speeding drivers, blind corners, flyovers with countless turnings in and out….
Friends had told me so many ‘hantu’ stories about the LDP. But I have to admit that the stretch you’re talking about it extremely freaky. I’ve seen like 4 accidents there already. All on Saturdays. And loads of ppl stopping at the side of the road to watch the circus. If wanna see also go further down only stop la.. Idiotic le…
Actually I already knew that… Once my ex and I were driving on it, and he told me that his friend’s friend was going really fast on that stretch of road, then saw someone cross the street, tried to avoid that someone and his car overturned into the opposite lane. Luckily there were very few cars there as it was late at night, so the cars managed to avoid him and he somehow managed to climb out safely. That pedestrian was nowhere to be seen. Maybe cabut because scared… but maybe… hohoho.
Suanie:
maybe my original theory was right after all… my soon to be brother in law told me that the LDP used to be a massive ladang or something, quite kampung, with lots of stories…
I was at the Maybank taking money from the ATM and saw a motorbike smack straight into a van on the main road.
Dunno how he did it, but he smacked in head first. I heard this massive cracking sound and went “Oh fuck, takkan see people die.”
Lucky for me, it was just his motor bike mudguard breaking. Unless of course he turned zombie and picked himself up off the road. o_O!
Suanie:
that stretch of road is getting on my nerves
Hint for black listed area accidents
- Smooth tyres(IDIOTS)
- Modified car with smooth tyres(free ticket to hell)
- 100KMH at the infamous cornering. (Only well maintain BMW,Merc and some sport car can do that, Wira will not survive that cornering traveling 100KMH)
- tailgating (yet another free ticket to hell)
- Drunk driving(lots of pubs in DU)
- Bad road design and stupid drivers. Some idiot simply swing from the lanes towards giant to the flyover lane when they see the divider.(stupid people, they should just stick to the lane, wait for the traffic light then risking other people life)
And this happens frequently during midnight, 11pm to 3am.
And don’t forget some noob Kancil driver NEVER learn to move their feet away from the accelerator! All they can think is “slow down = press the break”.
Suanie:
this smoothing of car tyres.. erm is there a specific purpose to it? Other than a suicide mission of course
Also pity Western Digital and Freescale and all those companies along that stretch….they have to keep repairing their fences that get crashed into. Hehehe.
Suanie:
I bet they have an annual budget for that expenditure now
Haha, ok. It’s not funny but the LDP is the only place I know that can have massive traffic jams at 2am in the morning.
My visiting friends never forget to remind me about that massive traffic jam at 2am in Malaysia, on LDP no less.
And it’s the Kancil drivers who should be nice. Those tiny creatures think they’re king of the world.