SOCIAL PERCEPTION TOWARDS

“MAT REMPIT”
 1. Background
- Definition of “Mat Rempit”
- The current scenario of “Mat Rempit” activities.

In general ;

1. Involvement of youngsters
2. loitering over night
3. Dare to hit Police road-block
4. Endanger other road user
5. Bad Image for Nation
6. Increase in social problem.
2. Problem Statement

1. Existence of “Mat Rempit” contributes bad image to

Nation.

2. “Mat Rempit” Cause increment in accident rate for

motorcycle.

3. Stolen of motorcycle cases are correlated with Mat

Rempit activities.

4. “Mat Rempit” is associated with the youngsters

 3. Objective

 To study how far the consequences of bad reputation

done by “Mat Rempit”.

 To study the rate of accident and motorcycle theft

involving motorcycle

 To find the method of solution in order to reduce

symptom of “Mat Rempit”
 4. Research Question

 When and where normally the Mat Rempit roll in

action. ?

 Does the appearance of Mat rempit endanger other

motorist .

 How serious is the effect of Mat Rempit activities from

the eyes of public.

 Who is actually the contender of Mat Rempit?

 5. Significant of the Study

 Identification of when and where the occurrence of mat

Rempit activities

 Create the awareness to public on how serious the

threats and danger created by the Mat Rempit

 Reference for the respective authorities for them to take

action in preventing the problem of mat Rempit
 6. Scope of the Study & Literature
Review

 The coverage of the study is limited to population of

UTM community.

 Literature review – research from internet and news

paper.
 7. Research Methodology

 Base on questionnaire form

 Agree- disagree questions
 This questionnaire was distributed 50 respondents.
 Distributed at various locations on campus
 Data were entered into the computer using excel
software
 8. Finding And Discussion
 Base on questionnaire form
 The evaluation base on 46 respondents from 50
questionnaire distributed

8.1. Demography Question (General Information – gender, race, age &

how you get the information's)

Figure 4.1: The demography of respondents (Gender) Figure 4.2: The demography of respondents (Race)
 8. Finding And Discussion (cont’d)
8.1. Demography Question (General Information – gender, race, age &
how you get the information's)

Figure 4.3: The demography of respondents (Age) Figure 4.4: Gathered The Information about ‘Mat Rempit’
8. Finding And Discussion (cont’d)
8.2 The Best Method of Punishment & Penalize
(Question 1 & 2 )
Q1, The canning is method of
punishment to Mat Rempit
32
= 42 respondents, Al most Agreed
= 4 respondents, Al most disagreed
27

Factor/Discussing
•Don’t have any specific punishment
•Appropriate and effective method

10
8 9 Q2. Parents should be penalize

= 35 respondents, Al most Agreed

2 2 2 = 11 respondents, Al most disagreed

Factor/Discussing
•Parents should be monitoring
•Should be blame

Figure 4.5: Bar Chart for Questionnaire 1 and 2

 8. Finding And Discussion (cont’d)
The Best Method of Punishment & Penalize (Question 1 & 2 ). This
question created base on website article

Fraik Zolkepli. (2009). Heavier penalty mulled for snatch thieves, mat rempit . Retrieve June 26, 2009,
32
from http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2009/5/10/nation/20090510161526&sec=nation
27

10
8 9

2 2 2
8. Finding And Discussion (cont’d)
8.3 Motorcycles Prohibited from Entering the City after 12 am (Question 3
) and Prohibited from any Modification (Question 4)
Q3.
33 = 18 respondents, Al most Agreed
= 28 respondents, Al most disagreed

24 Factor/Discussing
•Main transportation for Malaysian
•Easy to use

11 Q4.
= 39 respondents, Al most Agreed
7 6 5 = 7 respondents, Al most disagreed
4
2 Factor/Discussing
•Increase the number of ‘Mat Rempit’
•Can go faster

Figure 4.6: Bar Chart for Questionnaire 3 and 4

8. Finding And Discussion (cont’d)
8.4 Place for Legal Racing and Bad for Tourist Image (Question 5 and 6)

Q5.
= 38 respondents, Al most Agreed
= 8 respondents, Al most disagreed

Factor/Discussing
•Believe can avoid or minimize this issue
21
19 19 •Proper place & legal racing
18

Q6.
= 39 respondents, Al most Agreed
= 7 respondents, Al most disagreed
4 4 4 3
Factor/Discussing
•Give a bad impression about M’sian Country
•Involved in crime (stolen/snatch thieves)

Figure 4.7: Bar Chart for Questionnaire 5 and 6

8. Finding And Discussion (cont’d)
8.5 Impact to Politic, Social, Economic and Contributes to Crime
(Question 7 & 8 )
Q7.
= 40 respondents, Al most Agreed
31
= 6 respondents, Al most disagreed

Factor/Discussing
22 23 •Spend a lot money to launch the campaigns
•Short term and long term planning.

9 Q8.
= 45 respondents, Al most Agreed
5 = 1 respondents, Al most disagreed

1 1 Factor/Discussing
•Current issues tabulate from media
•Research by NGO’s and Government

Figure 4.8: Bar Chart for Questionnaire 7 and 8

8. Finding And Discussion (cont’d)
8.6 Increment in an Accident Rate for Motorcycle and Endangering to
Other Road User

Q9.
= 40 respondents, Al most Agreed
= 6 respondents, Al most disagreed
26 26
Factor/Discussing
•Dangerous riding
•Show off their skill & be a champion
16
14

Q10.
= 42 respondents, Al most Agreed
5
3 = 4 respondents, Al most disagreed
1 1 Factor/Discussing
•Illegal racing without thinking others
•Not concerns their safety and others

Figure 4.9: Bar Chart for Questionnaire 9 and 10

9. Conclusions
Based on the finding of this research, it shows that:-

• Most of respondent have a bad impression

about “Mat Rempit”

• Most of respondent have agreed the canning is the best

method of punishment.

• Parent or family plays a vital role by approaching their

children and spend some quality time to prevent the
symptom to happen.

• Stop calling them ‘Mat’ this and ‘mat’ that, The bottom line
is if we are keen in helping to solve the problem, we could
for a start avoid name-calling for it only complicates the
situation further
 10. Recommendations

• Parent should pay a good attention in educating their children by giving

the bad example or symptom of ‘Mat Rempit'.

• Government and also NGOs should be more pro-active and not keeping
point finger among others.

• Canning sentence may become a good solution, but we should think

about the sentence to carry out charity works also should take into
account so that hopefully this group will be more understanding about
role and responsibility to society and country
• Residents association is recommended to have a list of motorcycle

• The scope of study should also be expended not only

limited to 50 respondents but a larger number of respondents
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