Motorcycle ban in gated residential

[pieris]

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This is what I wrote in my neighborhood posting board.
Some of the information about where I live and related personnel names are censored.

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Thank you in advance for your understanding, and below is my post.

What do you think about the Motorcycle ban? No food delivery then???
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Hi, good afternoon everyone. This is Felisha Kim from precinct - No. -- (semi-d). I just moved in and so far there were no problems beside some
neighbor's messy construction issue and encountering a few lousy gardener
issues, making grass look gross, until few days ago and today. I came across this new rule called "Motorcycle Ban" and I am having inconvenience due to talking to the security heads for a proper reasons behind this rule, and driving up and down whenever anyone comes on a motor bike to do house stuff.

First incident was when a person came to measure my door. The security wouldn't let him in on a motor bike.
Second incident was today when my new gardener had to come to trim the grass.

I talked to the security head, who was referred by another security, and he told me that the "Law", so they call it, was set like this because they are worried about the motor bikers stealing stuff and running away on a bike.
I found this statement very ridiculous, since
1. any person with ill will would do anything by any means other than a motor bike,
2. Things being stolen is not the motor biker's problem to say, but the Security system problem,
3. Labeling everyone on a motor bike as "a person with possible ill means".

So, I placed a complaint regarding this issue. However, today when my gardener had to come over, another security guard told me, again, that the motor biker cannot come in! So, I asked him who was the one in charge of this so called "Law". He directed me to another person and that person, again, directed me to the Security Captain.
The captain told me that:
1. Ban was set due to malfunction of metal detector on security gate's insensitivity to motorcycle's metal,
2. Health hazard issues of improperly parked motor cycles,
3. concern of "contractors" or "vendors" going around on the motor bike and promoting their business and competing with other "vendors",
4. -
5. Ban can be lifted to - residents who wish to ride motor bikes, but the gate has to be opened personally by the security,
6. however, Daily contractor traffic is nearing 80 people and they cannot possibly open the gate for all those contractors in case the gate malfunctions,
7. and that This rule was set by --- and they cannot change the set rule and will pass the complaints to the HQ once there are 4 more complaints regarding this issue.


Basically he was saying that the security gate currently is malfunctioning and due to low headcount in security management, they cannot possibly handle to correct the gate malfunctions one by one manually. Also, the security cannot watch over the vendors that are carelessly going around each household
advertising the business and it's becoming a nuisance. He also claimed that there are 80 or more possible contractors coming in with motor bike.

Let me give my opinion on why this is a brainless ban.

If the security encountered the gate malfunction, the right way to correct the problem should be by replacing the metal detector and not blocking the entire motor bikers and causing inconvenience to the resident. (What if, just what if, - - can now order food by phone, then how to let them in...?)

He claims that I am the only one who has complained about this issue and since "no one else" complained, that it cannot be the rule's problem. He was basically saying I am complaining and I have a problem. Is he looking down on me because we are young??? Some of the people like light measuring and light gardening may ride motor bikes in. I cannot discriminate them because they are riding motor bikes. I have to be fair to my workers also and make sure their energy is wasted in my garden not on the way walking to my house under !murdering! sunlight of Malaysia.

No matter what the problem is, he is admitting that it is the security gate malfunction part that brought out this rule. So, they should try to rectify in their side but in the meanwhile, I think they should let the motor bikers in as long as they have tags and passed proper security measures.

I did not ask them to baby sit my gardener, I do not need their eyes to watch over my gardener while he's working, or where he has parked. He will definitely work at my compound and he will park at my parking lot. And also, those --- and need more in house security issue is not my problem and cannot be a reason behind the ban. As a responsible owner, any problem that may arise from my gardener, on motor bike or on walk, is my responsibility and I will take full action for it.

He says that the vendors "may" go and advertise to neighboring households on motor bikes. I do not agree on this issue. No matter on motor bike or not, if anyone wants to advertise, he will advertise on foot or on motors. Previously, twice, I encountered the --- contractor's gardener (the ones doing
most of the gardening works around the precinct--) when I just moved in, that gardener came over to me and advertised his business. Few days later I hired my own gardener and the gardeners from --- told my gardner to "Back Off from their business and do not dare to take jobs from my customers". So, the --- gardeners can advertise and the management do not manage their own rude gardeners, but they want to block my quietly working gardeners??? Just because he has to ride motor bike?

He claims that the daily contractor traffic is nearly over 80 persons. If I remember correctly, most of the contractors use trucks since they have heavier things to carry. Furthermore, today at 11 am,which is the peak time for construction jobs, there were only less than 5 motor bikes parked at parking lot (since they were not allowed to ride in). Where the heck are these 80+ people on motor bikes?

[iSakai]

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At the end, he confessed to me that he "feels sandwiched" between me and
---, a person who set the rule, and wish me to talk to him directly. Why is that everyone here push things to each other? So, now I am waiting for --'s
phone call although I already have his number from previous issues with
---.

I just wish this security head (---) think properly before carelessly implying the "trial and error" rules. I maybe the only one inconvenienced by this rule, but I just cannot accept how they implement new rules so easily even without giving a proper warning to the house owners. They should rectify
quietly at their own side to fix anything without making such a fuss to the
community.

I heard that there were issues regarding --- on motor bikes. I also asked him if the--- and those loiter issue gave the security the idea to ban all the motor bikers, and he told me that is not the reason behind it. So, I understand that the only problem with motor biker is only those stated above.

I just feel very frustrated at this lousy rules and unreasonable reasons behind.

If someday the gate cannot detect any motors because the motor detector failure, and at the same time some contractors on any vehicles go around and advertise and becoming nuisance and problem, are they going to make the whole community to park the car outside and walk to their house?

Ridiculous. Truly Brainless...

I feel like I'm currently living in a sandbox that's overruled by Developers and
not by Owner's Committee.

I am sure that ---will call and only mention why they cannot lift this rule,
and they are doing this for our community's sake and "hope I can appreciate the effort they are making for the community" I do appreciate the peaceful
community, but not the ridiculous rules set by the management themselves without owner's consent. If there were any consent given regarding this issue by owner's committee, I am definitely the one to disagree on this!

[Han.K]

testing 123

[pieris]

click the link to show the responses from neighbors.

http://mundanethingsamuseme.blogspot.com...-post.html

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and now today's news from the management office

Update on Motorcycle Ban
Now the authority acknowledges that this ban is a mistake. The security manager wants security captain and another guy to talk through about this issue and come up with suggestions on how to solve current issues without banning the motorcycles.

The security manager of H.Q also read my complaints and the responses of the neighbors online. I'm so glad that there is a tool to complain about security issues and there are some people reading about this issue.

The ban, on the other issue, still has not yet been lifted. My hope is that in the future the ban would be lifted and the security would improve, and the community show that the reasons and logic also can work in Malaysia community.

I just hope this things will be resolved soon. Don't we all think it's a embarrassment to have a foreigner criticize about Malaysia. Let's not let Malaysia community be a victim of prejudicing eyes of international netizens (Net-Citizens). We are better than that.