Malaysians' lack of road safety awareness

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Originally uploaded by Danial Raziq.

I promise I don't do this often. I don't often put Danial on my lap when we go out for a drive. I'm fully aware the danger that I put my son through everytime we do this. Then again, I am a Malaysian, and once in a while, my bad Malaysian habits do kick in and I succumb to it, not that I'm proud of it.

I am however, happy to record that we have been successful in training Danial to sit in a proper childseat when we travel. He sometime fusses but then again, we have to put his safety first before anything else. I remembered when Danial was little, before we got bibik and I had to drive with Danial in the childseat. I had to time it around the time he'd take his nap so that he can nap during the journey. And to make sure he's breastfed and full. It took a while to get use to planning everything around Danial so that we cut the amount of fusses to the minimum.

I guess it's official now. I'm the disciplinarian in the house. Azrai would give in to Danial if he starts throwing tantrums when he doesn't get what he wants or do things the way he wants. I'm the bad cop, who puts my foot down and do things the way it should be done.

I am grateful that at least we could travel in comfort. We have a decent car to go around with. And if having my baby on my lap is dangerous, my heart is in my throat when I see a child being squeezed in the middle between both parents on a motorcycle on the highway, going 100km per hour. We're talking about no crash helmet for the child, and 3 persons on a motorcycle is just asking for it.