Another National Headline

11 fatalities due to accident involving 2 express buses, a van and three cars at Km 223, Plus Highway near the Simpang Ampat toll in Negri Sembilan tonight.

Read more HERE.

There seems not much improvement in the safety aspect of express busses.

Logjam

A Morning's Work
Originally uploaded by bubblegumgirlz

Heavy rain for several days causes massive landslide along the Baleh River located in the interior of Sarawak. The mudslide causes logs and debris to filled up the Rajang River located downstream and causes severe vessel congestion because non of the ship could travel through the river due to the logjam.

Read further story HERE.

Toll Booths

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Originally uploaded by wanhashim

Another way of increasing the capacity of toll facilities is by providing more toll booths within one lane of traffic direction as shown in the picture. With the limited space available, the number of vehicles being processed at any one time will be higher. However, there seems to be an increased in vehicle conflicts (which can lead to accident) while exiting the multiple toll booths.

Penang Bridge

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Originally uploaded by wanhashim

Penang bridge with the recently open additional traffic lane on both sides of the bridge. Just wondering why there is no provision for motorcycle lane on the bridge.

King Tide at Btg Lupar River

King tide occurs several days each month and during the period, the river is usually filled up to the brink during tide. The tide occurs twice a day. During this period also, low lying areas usually experienced flooding. This year, the King Tide occurs during the Hari Raya Festival and most of the houses were inundated by water.

During high tide, tidal bore is usually can get very huge at the Btg Lupar river. The sight of the huge tidal bore at the Btg Lupar river were said to be very spectacular. Unluckily I cannot get the glimpse of the tidal bore during this period of time.


This Cargo vessel took the opportunity of the high tide to travel upstream to save fuel cost. The wharf is dwarfed by the size of the vessel due to the high tide.



It just need another day or two of continuous raining to make this house totally flooded by the high tide.