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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.

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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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