The government is encouraging motorists to utilise federal roads on a wider scale, saying that aside from being cheaper to travel on compared to private highways, these routes offer a various number of attractions and facilities.
According to works minister Datuk Fadillah Yusof, federal roads are the right choice for road users who want a more relaxed drive. “Today, the public has the perception that private highways are the main thoroughfares, when they are actually alternative routes. Private highways are actually the routes of choice for motorists who want to get to their destinations fast,” he said.
Over the past year, the ministry has been showcasing federal roads to the media via a series of roadshows to highlight these routes. In bringing these to attention, it hopes to attract more motorists to pick these roads as the route of choice to their destinations, Bernama reports.
The latest roadshow in the FT Roadpedia programme involves routes in the southern zone, and follows on the ones highlighting the central (in August last year) and eastern zones (in February this year). Held from May 7-9, the southern zone roadshow involves routes covering four states (Selangor, Negri Sembilan, Melaka and Johor), over a distance of 688 km.
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If car car break down at federal roads very difficult to get road assistance compared to private roads..
Use Federal Highway, easy road assistance
Yes, go ahead and drive along a federal route if you want your blood pressure to shoot up through the roof on a single lane driving behind a slow bus/lorry/tractor/old man on a motorbike for kilometers after kilometers with no overtaking lanes.
Pandu cermat dan nikmati kampong scenery. Nowadays…up my mind not to care so much about the destination, and simply enjoy the journey.
gomen also like that ….slow and relax. That is why they encourage us to be slow and relax. Do everything slowly. Minum teh 8x and relax.
For others state, should be ok especially Penang, Johor, which have few private highway but with other federal/state road as alternate. But for Selangor or KL, the federal road is worse and too many private highway which is more convenient and also shorter distance.
To encourage user to use federal road. Make sure good maintenant and also plan route to make it more smooth and shorter route.
Actually in city, federal routes r easier cuz most pipu & GPS defaulted to use hiway. so less use federal roads.
I occasionally use the trunk road when travelling back to Ipoh especially during peak season. Many places to stop for drinks, buy fruits from roadside stalls and nicer kampung scenery.
I think the govt should put more effort in road maintenance. A lot of potholes on these roads and some areas need more street lights and a repaint of the road markings.
Bijak sekali! Jimatkan tol & murah kos sara hidup.
From my home to Penang:
using highway=315km
time travelling=4 hours-4.5hours
must pay toll
using federal roads=380km
time travelling=6-7hours
no toll, but extra penat
At least widen into dual lanes 1st. Cuz a lot of trucks now uses trunk roads.
That’s how East Malaysian feels when driving along our “Pan Borneo Highway” for the last 50 years.
Well, thanks to the person so many on this side of MY despise, PBH will get free upgrade. Shows that loyalty does have value…
Travel distance longer leading to increased tiredness and higher accident rate. Also congestion makes people frustrated and increases road rage. Local drivers will fume at the increased traffic hindering their daily activities. Do we really want more road deaths? If I’m not mistaken, data shows lower accident rates on highways compared to federal roads. I’m thinking this move was made to improve small traders business along smaller towns
Federal roads are extremely dangerous due to ah beng lalamoi overtaking and u often read such fatal accidents in Haruan Metro
Add in overtaking lanes every 5km AND reduce (not increase) the number of traffic lights near towns, then worth considering.
At last somebody who say we should reduce traffic lights.
Hey!! That is my escape route for the past 15 years. Now you tell the public, then the roads will be congested as well. Why? Why?
Yeah, more accidents due to speeding inconsiderate drivers and to traffic blind villagers who regard the trunk roads as their own roads. Worse are rioting when livestock are killed. No thanks. Teach the drivers and the people who live by such roads and I would consider the suggestion.
Yeah… especially at routes that have lots of bends.. often you meet drivers that are either too confident or too noob
How does one get to Puchong from KL without going through toll?
Jalan Puchong to Old Klang Road
Jalan Puchong – OKR – Jalan Syed Putra -Jalan Sltn ismail / Jalan Loke Yew
Are you being sarcastic or you are genuinely ignorant.
Another is to enter Federal hiway from subang/sunway – Jalan Syed Putra -Jalan Sltn ismail / Jalan Loke Yew
Sorry, I have to disagree with the honourable minister. Federal roads are simply not safer and faster than private highways. Almost 75% of my bad experience occurred while driving on federal roads.
I have used the Federal ROADs in Perak. It is sometimes er frustrating if you end up behind a lorry. And overtaking is not recommended, believe me. Well I understand you can’t widen them as there are private property on boh sides if the road.
A good idea to increase commerce and small scale industries in and around the federal roads. Best suggestion is to put up a proper road divider and staggered U-turning point especially near small towns or bit crowded kampung to avoid the indiscriminate U-turning that is causing a lot of death to motorist. Not forgetting the pedestrian bridges if the roads is a 4 laner or more.
statistics every year proves it as well.. federal roads have one of the highest accident and fatality rates. our highways actually have one of the lowest.. but unfortunately, most of the enforcement is on highways, possibly because its far easier to put a speed camera on a highway.
These federal roads are not very well maintained. So why should i choose to use it?
This is the hint that government want to increase toll again !!!!
when 5% – 10% users change to use federal roads, highway companies will claim they are losing 20% of income, then will need goverment to take up the portion of the lost… you know the answer…
Its not Gov that increase toll, its concessionaires. And increament is yearly event build into contract. So how does this relates?
Excessive traffic congestion
Too many potholes
Uneven road surface
Federal road = more relaxed drive?
i can’t brain this out
Unfortunately, i found by driving to Ipoh using federal road more relaxing and conscious compared boring and long sleepy straight line.. especially on scorching day of afternoon
on federal roads, it is hard to spot where the police is hiding to catch speedsters.
at least on highway, we will know each time we approach a bridge.
With all the road problems as claimed by bashers above, how does one speed above limit and not damage car/still alive?
Plus school speed limit 30kph, some rural folks riding kapchais without helmet & rear light, no properly insured vehicles on the road, agricultural transportation, children play at roadside etc, lembu resting on road shoulder and really close to the road, insufficient road light makes even driving at 60kph sometime post a life threatening issue.
And yes, traffic police loves to hide on several spots. If you are familiar with kl-kelantan trip, you will know one specific area between lipis – merapoh (cant recall exact place, but there is long straight stretch road with school) where traffic police love to do saman ekor thing. I also kena on Sunday, driving at 50+kmh at 30kmh school speed limit.
If you a frequent user of Waze, the app does include federal route as an alternative for faster reach to the desired destination.
MinisterA: The death rate in road accidents is not satisfactory. We need to do somethin’.
MinisterB: Why not we encourage the people to use our federal roads.
MinisterA: Yes. Muahahaha…
Did he forget how many deaths has occurred from irresponsible drivers misjudge overtaking and head on collide with opposite traffic ?
My experience 8 out of 10 times have seen overtaking on double line in blind corner and nearly killed myself and family