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Unlike in other countries in Asia, it's not advisable to hitchhike right on the motorway. Police won't bother, but cars are much more unlikely to stop, if they are too fast or there is no safe place to stop. Having a sign with Tumpang written on it can help especially if you choose to walk on the Epressway. Dropped in the middle of a 100km zone central KL with no hard shoulder my Tumpang sign got me rescued because as it blew in the wind it looked to a passing motorcyclist like "Empang"- a city district! Expressways vary in amount of shoulder and some portions have patrols (police who help with accidents and breakdowns) who will gladyly give you a ride to get your butt off the expressway.

== Malaysian States and Territories Boathitchhiking ==Malaysia is divided into 13 States (11 in Peninsular Malaysia and 2 in Malaysian Borneo) and 3 Federal territories.=== Peninsular Malaysia ===* [[Kuala Lumpur|Federal Territory of Kuala Lumpur]]* [[Labuan|Federal Territory of Labuan]]* [[Putrajaya|Federal Territory of Putrajaya]]* [[Johor]]* [[Kedah]]* [[Kelantan]]* [[Malacca]]* [[Negeri Sembilan]]* [[Pahang]]* [[Perak]]* [[Perlis]]* [[Penang]]* [[Selangor]]* [[Terengganu]]=== Malaysian Borneo ===* [[Sabah]]* [[Sarawak]]

== Number Plates ==It can come in handy One of the best places to know where find boats on the car West coast is going before asking, at a petrol station for exampleLangkawi. Malaysian [[license plates]] There are generally black with white letters two marinas and Numbersa bay where a lot of boats are anchored. The pattern is XXX-9999 A lot of boats come here to provision or XXX-999. The first letter indicates which state to get things for their boats as the car comes from:* A = [[Perak]] (Capital: [[Ipoh]])* P = [[Penang]]* W = [[Kuala Lumpur]]* B = [[Selangor]]* J = [[Johor]] ([[Johor Bahru]])* M = [[Malacca]]* N = [[Negeri Sembilan]]* R = [[Perlis]]* K = [[Kedah]]* D = [[Kelantan]] ([[Kota Bahru]])* T = [[Terengganu]]* C = [[Pahang]]* KV = [[Langkawi]] (an island in the north-west)* Q = [[Sarawak]]* S = [[Sabah]]. Those states are in eastern Malaysia. If you see has a plate with S as a first letter in Peninsular (West) Malaysia, chances are the car is from [[Singapore]]* L = [[Labuan]]* H = Local Taxi A list can be found on [http://en.wikipediatax free status.org/wiki/Vehicle_registration_plates_of_Malaysia Wikipedia]

The country has a fair amount of "native" ethnic Chinese and Indians who speak Mandarin or Hokkien for (Cantonese in Kuala Lumpur) in the case of the former, and Tamil for the latter. But usually everybody knows Malay (known as ''Bahasa Melayu'' in Malay).As for englishEnglish, it is spoken in at every level, from zero to fluent, but generally you won't encounter trouble communicating at least for the basics.

*Do you speak english? = Cakap Bahasa bahasa Inggris?*I know a bit of Malay = Saya tau sikit Bahasa bahasa Melayu

'''Bahasa''' means '''language''', hence '''Bahasa bahasa Melayu''' = '''Malay Language'language'', or '''Bahasa bahasa Inggris''' = '''English Language'language''.<br />'''Tidak''' / '''Tak''' is the negative like English Not.

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