driving4dummies: making Malaysians better drivers

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Started in 2023 by KL-based Ammar Anas, this social media page quickly caught attention with its friendly, educational videos.   Written and presented by: Theevya Ragu  Shot by: Afizi Ismail  Edited by: Andrea Edmonds   Read More:  https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/leisure/2025/08/03/driving4dummies-is-helping-make-msians-better-drivers   Free Malaysia Today is an independent, bi-lingual news portal with a focus on Malaysian current affairs.    Subscribe to our channel - http://bit.ly/2Qo08ry   ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------  Check us out at https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com  Follow FMT on Facebook: https://bit.ly/49JJoo5  Follow FMT on Dailymotion: https://bit.ly/2WGITHM  Follow FMT on X: https://bit.ly/48zARSW  Follow FMT on Instagram: https://bit.ly/48Cq76h  Follow FMT on TikTok : https://bit.ly/3uKuQFp  Follow FMT Berita on TikTok: https://bit.ly/48vpnQG  Follow FMT Telegram - https://bit.ly/42VyzMX  Follow FMT LinkedIn - https://bit.ly/42YytEb  Follow FMT Lifestyle on Instagram: https://bit.ly/42WrsUj  Follow FMT on WhatsApp: https://bit.ly/49GMbxW  ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------  Download FMT News App:  Google Play – http://bit.ly/2YSuV46  App Store – https://apple.co/2HNH7gZ  Huawei AppGallery - https://bit.ly/2D2OpNP   #FMTLifestyle #Driving4Dummies #MakingMalaysiansBetterDrivers

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00:00What are you doing?

00:02Go, go, go!

00:04Why? Why?

00:06Do you not read the screen?

00:08Do you not read the screen?

00:10Do you not read the screen?

00:12Do you not read the screen?

00:20Has this ever happened to you on the road?

00:22Many of these altercations

00:24occur due to a lack of awareness

00:26of proper road safety.

00:28If you've stumbled upon

00:30these videos posted by the social media

00:32page Driving for Dummies,

00:34meet the man behind them.

00:3629-year-old Amar Anas

00:38is on a simple mission

00:40to help fellow Malaysian drivers

00:42learn the do's and don'ts of the road

00:44in the friendliest way possible.

00:46Having started this page

00:48in 2023, his videos

00:50now gain thousands,

00:52sometimes even millions of views.

00:54He calls out everyday

00:56mistakes Malaysian drivers make

00:58then breaks them down on how to do it right.

01:00From merging into traffic

01:02and navigating roundabouts

01:04to stopping for pedestrians

01:06and understanding signboards.

01:08What moved me to start this

01:12page Driving for Dummies

01:14is that nowadays

01:16I kept seeing

01:18a lot of news

01:20involving accidents

01:22and a lot of things that

01:24really affected me personally

01:26because it could happen to anyone

01:28your closest circle

01:30or something like that right

01:32so I don't want that to happen.

01:34Amar who is based

01:36in Kuala Lumpur

01:38uses a phone

01:40on a neck mount, a dash cam

01:42and a 360 degree camera

01:44on his bike to capture his daily journeys

01:46such as commuting to work.

01:48My main motive

01:50is to ensure

01:52that everyone who used

01:54to share the road

01:56with everyone knows how to use it

01:58safely and properly

02:00not make it a negative

02:04you know

02:06environment on the road

02:08because every time we get on the road

02:10and behind the wheel

02:11we tend to get a bit defensive

02:12because we are scared of these people

02:14so instead of being scared

02:16how about we become

02:18a better driver

02:20a positive driver

02:22who adhere to the rules

02:24so that people are happy

02:26driving because driving is actually

02:28the road

02:30if the experience is great right

02:32Just by reading

02:34through the comments section

02:36Amar has realized

02:37that many Malaysians

02:38share similar struggles

02:39on the road

02:40Sometimes I get people saying

02:43that I just learned about this

02:45I never learned about this

02:46in driving schools

02:48so I also relate to that

02:51because I never

02:53I don't remember being taught about

02:56using the roundabout properly

02:58at driving schools

03:00so I only learn about it

03:03after the driving school

03:05and also being

03:06honked at the roundabout

03:07so oh okay

03:08did I do something wrong

03:09so I didn't know

03:10so that's when I get

03:11on the internet

03:12and research

03:13how do you use

03:14the roundabout properly

03:17Having traveled to western countries

03:19Amar also feels

03:20that the mindset

03:21of Malaysian drivers

03:22needs to change

03:23Mainly people are now

03:28rushing to go

03:30almost everywhere

03:32unnecessarily

03:33even during

03:34you know

03:35peak hours

03:36or weekends

03:38people tend to rush

03:40everywhere

03:41and I think

03:43people

03:44forgot how to slow down

03:46a little bit

03:47FMT Lifestyle

03:50tagged along with Amar

03:51on a drive

03:52and it was genuinely

03:53calm and collected

03:55no road rage

03:56no tailgating

03:57just smooth driving

04:01So KL

04:02and especially Penang drivers

04:04it's time to pick up

04:05a tip or two

04:07Amar explains however

04:08that he's not out

04:09to shame anyone

04:10remember that conflict

04:12you saw at the start

04:13he actually met up

04:14with the driver

04:15to make amends

04:16and urges netizens

04:24and urges netizens

04:25to avoid online bullying

04:27the main thing is

04:29i hope that

04:30there will be

04:31less road accidents

04:33and a more

04:34more enjoyable

04:35driving experience

04:36here in Malaysia

04:37For Amar

04:38this journey of content creation

04:40has been truly meaningful

04:42there is one moment

04:43that actually made me cry

04:44cry. One of my friends came up to me after meeting, after not meeting for so long. He

04:49said, hey, I stopped for pedestrian because of your video. I just knew that we should

04:56stop for pedestrian. And I feel so happy. I mean, he felt so happy for stopping for

05:00pedestrian. So I was like, oh, yeah, I was happy, happy, happy, happy, happy, happy.

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