Traffic lights in Malaysia

Been wanting to blog about traffic lights in Malaysia for a while but always forget about it when I faced the computer. So here goes.

As I work night shift at my shop, I would finish after 12 midnight. And by the time I closed shop and ready to go home, it is already after 1am. Driving home would be a breeze because there's not many vehicles on the road. That is good for me because I can reach home and go to bed fast. But then, there's the traffic lights at every junctions....

Imagine this....
you driving alone on the road...
no other cars except yours...
you reached the traffic light...
it just turned red as you reached the junction...
you had to stop....
no other cars from other directions as well...
you waited for 30 seconds, still it is red light...
you waited for 1 minute already, still it is red light... green light for other direction...
you waited for 1 1/2 minutes already, the only car at the traffic light, but still can't go... red light..
you waited for 2 minutes already, the only car at the traffic light, still red and u can't go...
you are tempted to just go but it is still red...
after 2 1/2 minutes then only it is green and you sighed and drove back to another traffic lights..

the same thing happened at another 2 more junctions.

if you dare to drive through the red light, you might be unfortunate if the police catch you. If you wait and wait.... it is like a fool wasting the car petrol waiting and giving way for no cars to pass by.

You might want to tell me that the waiting time at the traffic light is good for me to relax. But if you're already tired and want to sleep, reaching home is the only thing you want to do.

I was in Indonesia a few years back and there the system is more practical. After 11 or 12 midnight, all the traffic lights turned orange/yellow. The cars will slow down when approaching the traffic light and if there's no other cars approaching, they can drive on. Now that's the system that Malaysia should also follow.