Contradictheory: Taking the human out of the equation


Testing: An early 2018 version of the JingChi Corp's self-driving vehicle being tested on the road in Guangdong province. Since then, China has established national pilot zones and multiple pilot cities built around integrated vehicle-road communication systems. — JingChi Corp/China Daily/Asia News Network

In the first week of June 2026, Malaysia suffered a string of horrific road accidents.

On June 1, a crash in Kluang, Johor, killed four members of a family and another driver. Two days later, an accident in Serian, Sarawak, claimed five lives, including a two-year-old child. Then on June 7, six people died in Sungai Petani, Kedah, among them an infant.

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