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- Script
- Latin, Chinese
- Language
- Malay, English, Chinese
- Road edge lines
- White, solid, Yellow, solid
- Centre lines
- Double white, White, dashed
- Bollards
- Black/white stripes, Red + white
- Telephone poles
- Concrete
- Camera
- Gen 3, Gen 4
- Licence plates
- Black
- Warning signs
- Yellow diamond
- Landscape
- Tropical
- Vegetation
- Palms
- Road numbers
- E, FT
Country-wide 11
Plates black with two white sections (visible through the blur); drives on the left
Indonesia: 2 sections → Malaysia, 3 → Indonesia. Also: Malaysia = all-white road lines, English-influenced spellings (televisyen).
Double white centre lines on two-lane roads - the only SE-Asian country doing this
Within Southeast Asia unique; double white centre lines exist outside the region, so pair with plates/language.
Thick yellow bars on the road edge
Hong Kong: Chinese-first signage + urban density → HK.
United Kingdom: European environment, UK plates → United Kingdom.
Electricity poles with black or white stickers (sometimes red-white / red-blue stripes below the black sticker)
BERHENTI (stop) & BERI LALUAN (yield) signs
Bollards in black/white/grey/red combinations (several varieties, same layout)
Directional signs with hexagonal yellow highway shields; km markers white-and-blue (shields often visible on them)
Malay (Latin script) - practically indistinguishable from Indonesian for non-speakers
Indonesia: English-influenced spellings (-syen) → Malaysia; Dutch-influenced (-si) → Indonesia. Plates 2 vs 3 sections.
Chinese characters are common (24.6% of the population is of Chinese descent) - unlike Indonesia
Signposts almost always black-and-white striped; B&W kerbs common
Sri Lanka: Sinhala script → Sri Lanka.
India: Shitcam/smallcam + Indian scripts → India.
Nepal: All-shitcam + Himalaya → Nepal.
Bangladesh: Bengali script → Bangladesh.
Bhutan: Dzongkha script + mountain roads → Bhutan.
Arrow-shaped street-name signs (any colour) are exclusive to Malaysia
Regional 2
Black pole stickers → mainland (on Borneo only in Gen4); white pole stickers → only Sarawak (Borneo)
Lamp posts with two small circles on the support or triangular metal support → mainland Malaysia
State or province 7
Each state has its own road-number letter prefix (federal territories excluded; Sabah has only A2 & A7 as A-roads)
State flags appear regularly - worth learning; postal codes are on most street signs
Black stickers with 'TEL TNB' at the bottom - only in Johor; yellow street-name signs with black outline (S-Negeri-Sembilan: only the arrow tip black)
Borneo poles: 2-1 insulator config + long diagonal wooden support - exclusive to Sarawak (Indonesian lookalikes aren't wooden); 'boomerang' sheet-metal lamp posts (more outside Kuching)
Thin metal poles with two parallel pole tops - exclusive to Sabah; green arrow street signs with yellow JKR hexagon; very mountainous coverage (Sarawak = flatter, mountains only distant)
Trash-bin logos tell the state: 'S' logo → Negeri Sembilan/Malacca/Johor; leaf logo → Perlis/Kedah; 'Alam Flora' sunny landscape → Pahang/KL/Putrajaya
Isolated rock formations rising abruptly from flat land near the Thai border
Specific spots 2
Urban areas dotted with blue cylindrical containers
Unique grey car with long front antenna (Sarawak)