Malaysian Highway Authority (LLM) noted that the awareness on the purpose of emergency lanes is still low among motorists, according to a report in Bernama. Director-general of LLM, Datuk Ismail Md. Salleh urged motorists not to use emergency lanes with impunity so as to avoid accidents.
Meant to be a space for vehicles that have broken down, emergency lanes are also meant for authorities like the police, Fire and Rescue department and ambulance to travel on during emergencies on highways, the director-general said.
“The emergency lanes are meant for vehicles that have broken down on the highway. Road users should not park their vehicles there,” he said. Salleh notes that he has seen a number of accidents occurring as of late, due to the misuse of emergency lanes.
Referring to the accident on the East Coast Expressway 2 (LPT2) near Kemaman recently. Six family members were killed as their car skidded, crashing into a trailer parked on the emergency lane at KM258.8 on October 14. Salleh said a patrol unit which passed through earlier found no vehicles stopping there.
In a similar case on the North-South Expressway, a Royal Malaysian Air Force personnel was killed after his vehicle slammed into the back of a lorry that was parked on the emergency lane at KM66.3 near Pendang.
Salleh also urged that motorists purchase a safety triangle to alert other road users when their vehicles have broken down, particularly at night. In that, he also advised motorists to step out of their vehicles when on emergency lanes, further advising them to move to the far side of the guardrail for their safety.
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This is kampung mentality, they like to sleep and open their sandwiches to eat. I have seen even kids coming out to kencing. Worse still I have even seen one kampung kid berak. Not on the grass but on the road.
Then they throw rubbish by the side of the road and mess up the jalan raya.
This is why they say, these kampung people, when they go to bandar, they don’t learn anything. Their kampung ways are so ingrained in them.
kampung mentality?
but yet i saw alot of driver use the emergency lane to cut queue…
maybe they all from kampung..
I once sat in Air Asia plane. Beside me was one guy. Aiyoo, I got shocked, he open one tupperware, inside got karipap, kuih talam, onde onde,, ketupat, satay and goreng pisang and many more.
So, it is true about kampung people
I will actually ask him can I have a pieces because air plane meal is crappie compared to those =D
yup its right, that lane designed for us to jump queue during traffic jam!!
…and jump to the deepest part of hell. No wonder many Malaysian motorists are guaranteed future ‘ahli neraka’ (members in hell).
Typical Malaysian mentality to use emergency lanes to beat traffic especially during festive season…
the same people who dreams of living the european lives but have a stupid mentality. Seatbelt pon malas pasang.. lagi mau puja org luar.
“Jangan persoal Mat Salleh idol worship. u tak suka, u balik kampung” so says macais
I thought authorities such as police and ambulance like to squeeze in between middle and fast lane for emergency purpose???
are there emergency lanes on highway?
Get them!
should rename to Death Lane or Ghost Lane maybe no car will dare to use after tat
Name it LANE 58, Lorong Holland, jalan 24, sure no one use.
another thing, hazard light to be switched on when car broke down or stop at emergency lane, not to be switched on during driving when it rain….
Good luck educating the general public… Let me guess, they are gonna ask the G for rm100 million for assistance to inform the public of the emergency lane usage…
Well, they didn’t mention why those trailers are parked at the Emergency lane. Maybe they are broken which forces them to park at the Emergency lane
How many time you see ambulance using emergency lane?
its not a surprise, everyday in kl pj u can see ah beng wit their vios p1p2 sapu korner at high speeds even during heavy rain at night even Lewis Hamilton see oso kagum
the main cause is drivers speeding in Ghost Lanes especially corners and winding roads they no time to react when out of the corner a big lorry parked without hazard lights or cones