Road Fatalities Reach 42 This Year.

Bandar Seri Begawan - Another young life has been claimed following a tragic accident that took place yesterday at approximately 2.24am, which also resulted in another person sustaining injuries that warranted treatment at the Raja Isteri Pengiran Anak Saleha (RIPAS) Hospital in the capital.

According to the Royal Brunei Police Force (RBPF), the victim of the early morning incident was the 20-year-old male driver of the vehicle who succumbed to multiple injuries, including bleeding from the ears and nose as well as injuries to his chest whilst the other individual was the vehicle's passenger who is still being cared for at the hospital.

The occupants of the car were making their way to the Bandar Seri Begawan/Gadong area via the Rimba Highway when their car veered off the road and hit a tree on the left-hand side of the lane during heavy rain, which had created slippery road conditions and pools of water on the motorway.

The loss of the young man's life brings the nation's road deaths to 42 for the year 2011 thus far - the fifth casualty since October 2011, which has become a major cause of concern for the authorities - in the wake of another accident less than two weeks ago on December 9, 2011 that saw the death of an 18-year-old youth along the Hassanal Bolkiah Highway.

Though human-error such as using mobile phones, failure to wear safety belts, jumping red lights, making illegal U-turns and speeding have been known as some of the many causes of road accidents and also some of the issues faced by the Police when dealing with road lawbreakers. The RBPF also highlighted that the main cause of accidents includes the country's unpredictable weather patterns that brings with it heavy rain.

"Bad weather, particularly heavy rain, can cause obstructed views and lack of clarity and this can worsen when driving at night," pointed the police in a press statement. "Furthermore, effects of heavy rain can also cause slippery roads and contribute. to a number of collected water on the roads surface that is difficult to assess.

"Factors such as these can cause unstable driving and the vehicle driven to skid or veer from the road, especially within the vicinity of areas that are dangerous such as bends and the like."

An earlier report had stated that between January and October .this year, of the 37 road fatalities, nearly

50 per cent of fatal road accidents had involved youths between the ages of 18 and 28. The year 2011 has seen the second highest number of road casualties following the deaths of 54 individuals in 2007.

Over the past four years since 2007, explained the Royal Brunei Police Force, statistics compiled by the Department of Investigation and Traffic Control has revealed the glaring increase of road accidents from 2,674 cases to a peak of 3,414 cases in 2010 and a recorded number of 3,321 cases from January until December 2011.

During the same period of time, the number of road fatalities and of those sustaining minor to serious injuries from accidents have been fluctuating with the year 2007 witnessing 74 serious injuries and 54 deaths; 57 serious injuries and 29 deaths in 2008; 72 serious injuries and 28 deaths in 2009; and 74 serious injuries and 26 deaths in 2010.

Minor injuries, meanwhile, totalled to 482, 458, 536, 624 and 590 for each respective year.


--Courtesy of Borneo Bulletin

Al-fatihah to the victim. He shall be missed dearly by friends and family.

You know you are Bruneian :)

I just checked my e-mail and I got this from Nurul. Hahaha. They're true, no?


1. You 'miss call' instead of calling or sending sms.

2. You always say "kapih ku.. bila terima/keluar gaji/overtime/elaun ah?"

3. You park your car as close as possible to your destination area.

4. You speak Malaysia if you meet Malaysian, speak Indonesia if you meet Indonesian.. and so on.

5. You are asked to go to a "meeting" but actually you will only be "listening".

6. You go to someone's wedding, you give money using an envelope and put your name on it or if you think you don't give enough you use
a blank envelope.

7. Indo mee is your staple food and Ayamku is your fastfood.

8. The term 'balik kampung' is almost not applicable.. since you can 'balik kampung' everyday.

9. Motorcyles and bicycles are not your transport, they are your sport.

10. When you see local tv camera around you during the day, then at night you will watch local news... and hoping to see yourself on television.

11. You drive your car on wavy and potholed road.

12. You receive official news faster by mean of "mouth" than by "written".

13. You like electronic products from Japan.

14. If you have the chance to call a radio show and before you are asked to hang-up, you say 'boleh minta putarkan lagu?'

15. You are in BIG debts and refuse to pay the lenders and yet still drive a CLK and live in a mansion.

16. You wear baju kurung with large katoks and maniks all over.

17. You are loud and speak in melandih way.

18. You and the whole family have the same car plate numbers.

19. You spend your $$$$$ on your wedding even though you are broke.

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21. You know most of the people here - "eh si anak si anu eh saudara si blabla".

22. You drive to the shop next door even though the shop is only 100 meters away (except maybe in Kampung Ayer).

23. Every year, since the 80s until last year, you don't want not to miss HM's Birthday Titah (because you are hoping that HM will increase
your salary).

24. When you want to get some service from the government agencies, you will find your saudara first.

25. If something goes wrong, you will say that one of the datos, pehins is your relative (or at least they know you).

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31. You are ok to be fat.

32. You are a busy body with other peoples' news, especially the bad ones, and you think your responsibility is to know and to spread it
around.

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34. You like to stare at phones for 24 hours and chat on MSN.

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36. You have to wear 'cool' attire everywhere, even on holidays.

37. You add "BUI" on each sentence.

38. You think exercising, being hyper active, competition are for little kids.

39. You can't type or spell properly properly, example "hw r u? hy my nme s si org brnui"

40. You add "me & you" on your converstations with your girl mates.

41. You listen to Pelangi FM.

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43. You are especially racist to Indian workers.

44. You would rather go to shopping malls than hanging out at parks, having a picnic with your friends.

45. You have 'candas' in your house.

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48. You have two handphones - one for DST and the other for BMobile (for one month and then switch off one or the other).

49. You always try to runding the policemen who caught you speeding.