Street rage tends to occur on, you already know, the highway, however typically the anger doesn’t cease when the wheels do. There are many individuals who park their automobile solely to return to seek out it has been deliberately keyed or dented. In these circumstances, they normally don’t have a lot recourse to assert damages – even when they handle to retrieve CCTV footage from the carpark operator.
The same state of affairs occurred to TY Tai on Sunday, in keeping with a Fb put up that has gone viral. In it, he said {that a} passer-by kicked his Tesla Mannequin 3 whereas it was parked at Nexus in Bangsar South. The vandal, who seemed to be with their mother and father, then circled to spit on the automobile earlier than leaving with the household in a white Audi Q8 e-tron.
The incident was captured by each the Sentry Mode on Tai’s Mannequin 3, in addition to Nexus’ personal safety footage. It’s not clear whether or not the miscreant was sad with this specific automobile, the Tesla firm as a complete or Tai himself, and Tai doesn’t appear to know both the vandal or their mother and father. In any case, the proprietor did make a police report, however as there was no seen harm, the authorities determined to not open a case file.
That is clearly an unsatisfactory ending for Tai, who resorted to encouraging the wrongdoer to return ahead and apologise by promising to delete the put up in the event that they do. That’s hardly any motivation for the vandal to take action, particularly on condition that they don’t seem to be being chased by legislation enforcement, solely hounded on social media.
It could shock you to know this, however there aren’t truly any legal guidelines in opposition to vandalism in Malaysia – at the least, that’s what Alliance for a Protected Group Lee Lam Thye wrote on The Solar simply that Sunday. If his identify sounds acquainted, that’s as a result of Lee was beforehand the chairman of the Malaysian Institute of Street Security Analysis (MIROS).
Malaysia does have the capability to punish those that trigger mischief below the Penal Code Part 425, however this solely applies to those that have truly induced tangible harm – which, once more, Tai couldn’t show. As for current Kuala Lumpur Metropolis Council (DBKL) bylaws, these solely apply to metropolis property.
Lee proposed an anti-vandalism legislation that might impose necessary neighborhood service on convicted vandals and a jail time period for repeat offenders. Till such a legislation passes, nevertheless, there’s not a lot that victims like Tai can do aside from publicly naming and shaming the wrongdoer.
The lesson right here is obvious – this nation must enact anti-vandalism legal guidelines to curb the prevalence of such acts. However actually, do us Malaysians want the legislation or stringent enforcement to cease us from being a public menace? It doesn’t matter what you’re feeling a few automobile or its driver, you shouldn’t take out your frustrations on another person’s property; that a lot ought to be apparent sufficient. If anything, know that for those who attempt to do one thing to a Tesla, you might find yourself having your face plastered throughout social media for the world to see.
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