A woman in her 80s was detained by the police for driving against traffic at KM10.8 of the Damansara-Shah Alam Expressway (DASH) on Monday (May 18, 2026). In a statement, Petaling Jaya police chief Shamsudin Mamat said the arrest was made after a video of the incident went viral on social media.
In the video, which is nearly two minutes long, the suspect’s vehicle is seen coming into view driving against traffic before passing the recording vehicle. The rider of the latter, realising what is happening, then proceeds to chase after the suspect’s vehicle in an attempt to get her to stop, also going against traffic in the process.
Preliminary investigations suggest the woman became lost while heading home at around 9:30pm and drove against traffic to look for an exit from the highway. Thankfully, no accidents involving the suspect’s vehicle were reported.
The case is currently being investigated under Section 42(1) of the Road Transport Act 1987 for reckless and dangerous driving. Witnesses of the incident are urged to come forward and get in touch with the Petaling Jaya police headquarters.
This might have been an honest mistake but you shouldn’t continue driving against traffic if you find yourself lost. You should signal to others that you are going the wrong way and move your vehicle to the road shoulder before stopping and assessing the situation and your next move, like attempting a U-turn when the coast is clear.
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why always PRDM arrested those car driver go against the traffic, where they always failed to take action against those motorist go against traffic and failed to use motor lane and go straight on the toll lane which they not suppose to and endanger to the car user?
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A 31-year-old Malaysian military captain, Jad Faid Arhan, was charged with murder and driving under the influence (DUI) following a fatal early-morning crash on April 23, 2026. The incident, which occurred on the Maju Expressway (MEX), involved the captain driving against traffic and colliding with an e-hailing vehicl
aftermath of attending “yeye” party at subang military base.
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Stupid comment from an idiot!
What do you expect from a low intellect ultranationalist like lipas?
Mengaku saja hang sendiri pun kaki mabuk kan
honestly, senior citizens should go regular (say, once every 2 years) test before renewing driving licence. Maybe some simple test like eyesight, hearing, simple reflex test
Or not if they are over 75 years of age. Not fit to drive. Hardly.
I always believe every 5 years everyone should take a refresher test. But I also understand nobody wants to be burdened. Nevertheless, I think the fear of possibly having your license cancelled should be a big motivation for keeping yourself sharp and deter from bad driving habits.
the seniors TunM and Tulsan Hojor will not agree with your proposal . they still enjoy driving own car
Orang tua should be pandai to drive but dont knw here in Malaysia it’s opposite, they act like orang gila while they driving,
This kinda driver should be bar from driving and send to prison. Key should be thrown away too.
she might be having Dementia and forgot her way home. she also thought everyone is driving against the traffic instead of herself.
What about motorcyclist going against the traffic EVERY SINGLE DAY from Scott Garden to Tan Boon Ming Old Klang Road. Any action taken?
I wonder why this kind of cases keep happening on our road especially on KV expressways .
The multilevel highway and exist without proper planning. Merging from 4 lane to 2 lane.. Personally for me that have been living outside KV, those improper planning really make the road looks messy and confusing.
Of course I’m not an elderly (not yet), so I always follow the traffic flow whenever I have to go back to KV but for elderly, yes it’s really confusing with all those clusterfck exist & lane merging. Even my parent that has been living there for more than 30 years still complaining everytime they need to go somewhere in KV or outside their housing area.
Is she high on bat soup