Kuala Lampur, Oct. 8 -- Last week, I had an unpleasant surprise at a petrol station.

Driving home to Klang from Kuala Lumpur, my Myvi was already on its last bar of fuel.

I stopped to refuel, only to realise that I had left my IC behind.

Without it, I could not access the subsidised petrol price and had to pay the full price.

Fifty ringgit barely brought the gauge to half a tank.

It was painful, but I understood the purpose of the constraint and its value to the country.

However, managing fuel quotas for transportation, particularly trucking, needs a different approach.

Trucks are not simply vehicles consuming diesel.

They are productive assets that move our economy.

Almost everything we use has travelled on a truck at some point...