驾车在马来西亚-分享心得 How will you feel driving in Malaysia

17岁那年拿了驾驶执照，我便一路驾车到了今天。
我本身喜欢驾车，所以很多时候跟朋友外游，都是我做司机。

I passed my my driving test at the age of 17, and continued to drive since then until now.
As a man, I kinda enjoy driving on the road. This explained why I would always be the driver for friend outing.

这里跟大家分享些在马来西亚驾车的经验。
Below I am sharing my experience of driving in Malaysia.

1) 在首都吉隆玻 Driving in the capital city Kuala Lumpur

我不喜欢在城市驾车, 主要是因为堵车，塞车。虽然没有在世界最堵车城市榜上，由于公共交通设备不完善，吉隆玻在繁忙时间真的很糟。十分钟的路程有可能变成一小时。

I don’t like to drive in this hustle city. The main reason is because of the congestion. Although Kuala Lumpur is not in the list of world most congested city, the traffic condition can be very bad during rush hour. Travel time of 10 minutes can be extended to 1 hour if you’re lucky enough.

<吉隆坡塞车的情况 traffic congestion in KL>

2）高速公路 The expressway/ highway

马来西亚公路时速为 110公里。而当中最出名的是南北大道。从柔佛（新加坡边界）直接通往北部的吉打州（泰国边界），全程772公里，当然是需要给过路费的。被公认为全马最好跑的大道，要小心地雷重重（警察叔叔随时随地开罚单，一张罚单 300令吉，大概可以住3.5 星级酒店一晚)。

The highway speed limit in Malaysia is 110km/hr. The most popular highway in Malaysia is the North South Expressway.
From Johor(border of Singapore) to the northern Kedah (border of Thailand), it stretch 772 KM long, and there’s toll charge for the usage. It is also known as the best maintained highway in Malaysia but watch out, speed trap is everywhere and it cost you RM300 to get one. I bet you will rather spend the money in one night at 3.5 stars hotel.

<青色的路段是南北大道 North-South expressway is drawn in green>

3）穿梭小路 Passing through the trunk road

我指的就是冲一个城市到另一座城市的小路，通常都是一来一回的那种。这种路段驾车需要十分的精神，因为重型货车很多（不用给过路费的缘故），你的割车超车技术要十分了得。而且还要准备路旁跑出来的动物 （猴子，四脚蛇，牛羊），冁过闪过他们。

Driving pass the trunk road is another option to travel from town to town. It is a cheaper alternative as there’s no toll charge for the usage. Due to this, there’s a lot of trucks on the road.
This become challenging because in order to go faster, you need to overtake the obstacles in front of you (the trucks). Another fact is that there will be wild animals (monkey, lizard, cow, sheep) coming out from the road side from the jungle, so you need to be very alert other wise you might become a animal murderer.

<在小路穿梭 driving on trunk road>

4) 在乡间里 In a small village

我家就是个小小的城市，虽然路没有大城市的大，但去目的地还是挺方便的。比方说从我家到百货公司过两个红绿灯就到，只需10分钟。
在小地方驾车虽然没有那么压力，但还是要留意电单车。马来西亚的电单车手是有名，心情好时你还有机会看到街头表演。

I came from a small town and to be honest, driving in a town is pretty much enjoyable. From my house to the shopping center is just few click away. Though it is not as stressful as driving in big city, you still have to watch out for the bikes coming out of nowhere. “Mat Rempit” is how we call them and if you are lucky, they will perform some circus stunts in front of you.

<即兴街头表演 circus stunt from Mat Rempit>

上面是经常会用到的道路类型，当然还有上坡路与下坡路。比如说驾车从吉隆坡到云顶，就需要走45分钟左右弯曲的上坡路。是挺有挑战性的一段路。喜欢漂移的朋友可以尝试在下坡时漂移，但切记掉下去就是葬身坡底。

Above are a the common genre of driving experience you get if you drive in Malaysia. Of course, there are other type of driving experience you will see.
For example driving up to Genting Highland from Kuala Lumpur, the trip will take you 45 minutes to the uphill.
If you are adventurous type of driver, you may drift when going downhill but please be reminded that your grave is just under your feet.

你们的国家驾车会有什么样的乐趣，欢迎讨论。

What kind of interesting driving experience you will see in your country? Welcome you to comment and share more.

谢谢阅读
Thank you for reading