Browsing the local paper this morning I spotted a story about 396 driving instructors attending a seminar in Ipoh who had been given a written test on the Malaysian road rules – 65 per cent failed!

And the 35 per cent who did pass only had to get 42 out of 50 multiple choice questions to pass, so even those may not have got all the answers right.

No wonder there are so many Malaysian drivers who don't have a clue what the rules of the road are.