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Message: <blockquote data-quote="cempaka" data-source="post: 366055" data-attributes="member: 7014">Funnily enough, I do think that driving in Malaysia has made me a better driver than before when it comes to reacting to unexpected events and accident avoidance.  In the US for instance you might have a near-crash once every month or two but here you can go out for a ten minute drive and have several. :laugh:  At least I'm getting a lot of practice!I remember reading about this one study.  In Scandinavia you'll often see people standing at completely deserted intersections waiting for the light to turn green and the sign to flash WALK before they will cross.  They found that countries where this was common had much lower rates of pedestrians struck by cars while jaywalking. But they had higher rates of pedestrians struck by cars running a red light  because they weren't used to checking before crossing.  So when it comes to dealing with something like a motorbike speeding towards you going the wrong way down the middle of a dark lane with its lights off, a Malaysian driver would at least have plenty of experience <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite8" alt=":D" title="Big Grin    :D" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":D" /></blockquote>