A study shows a little less than 60% of Malaysian road users feel safe while on the road. According to a study conducted by UCSI University Research Centre and involving 937 respondents, 58% of respondents felt safe on the road with 42% responding in the negative.
From the number of respondents saying they felt safe, 61.1% said they felt road users follow the law and road regulations. This was reported by website Malaysia Now, with details saying 53.7% participants in the survey confident in their driving skills with a further 47.3% felt they were physically healthy to drive.
Delving down into the results, 43.1% were sure other road users were “good drivers” while 47.3% said Malaysian road users were generally “ethical” whilst driving. Of the 42% who felt unsafe on the road, 67.4% had no confidence in the skills of other road users in their ability to follow road rules and traffic regulations while 49.5% said they were less confident other drivers were skilful.
Of the survey sample size, 47.9% said there were too many vehicles on the road while 45.4% said enforcement has no effect on controlling road users. Meanwhile, 44.9% said road conditions in Malaysia were deplorable.
Of the 57% of respondents who said Malaysia has improved in controlling the rate of accidents, 70.9% were of the opinion the country has an effective system that only allows mature and responsible drivers as well as the necessary skills on the road. A further 57.7% agreed current rules and regulations regarding vehicle safety, with a further 47.3% who said traffic enforcement was timely against offenders.
46.6% complained of inadequate road signage leading to confusion whilst driving, with 52.8% saying Malaysian road users had “bad road manners” and 49.5% saying enforcement was lacking. Rounding out the survey, 49.4% of respondents said the majority of roads in Malaysia are in bad shape.
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We should survey about the quality of road signs to lead where drivers are going ( without waze!)
Apart from baffling road signs,I think it is not safe with these factors:
1.Delivery riders criss crossing,speeding with no regards to traffic lights.
2.basikal lajaks
3.Mat rempits
4.Driving against traffic
5.heavy vehicles overtaking using emergency lanes
6.Sporadic besar besaran enforcement
7.Drunken drivers
8.Dadah drivers
9.Underaged motorbike riders
10.Dad,wife n kid helmetless on way to school
Syabas to us 58% of MALAYSIAN chosen a safer nation. Full confident in Progressive Heaven @ ge15… Change for harimau malaya.
While more than 50% Malaysian road users are confident that roads are safe, not many are confident with the rules of our nation I.E. The case of basikal lajak. If car owner is found guilty in the case of accident with basikal lajak, where do we place our confident towards the law of this country and specifically, the government of this country?
Senang je, kereta(Sam/teen) langgar orang(budak beskal/grass cutter). Salah ke xsalah?
58% of Malaysians 30mil ciTizens hav decided to bury the hopeless PH. so Say NO to PH…
11. Job while driving…
Majority have confident in how things are run. Syabas Malaysia! Syabas BN!
#BetterRoads #BetterNation #KeluargaMalaysia
No chicken supply & atrocious Bkt Jalil football pitch condition… this BN govt bringing rakyat to Sri Lanka level. so Say NO to BN Umno. #64years utter failure is enuff!
I do agree that our roads are somewhat safe… but the drivers… Whole other story haha
Survey involved 937 people while got 33 million cars…
not enough for article
Motorists behaviour imho is one of the key problems here.
Even if you’ve put signal to the left/right lanes, the motorist far from the back couldn’t care less and bulldoze through.
And the number of times I’ve seen grab/food panda riders breaks the red lights… countless..
Sorry but for me 937 respondents in not enough number to said “58% of MALAYSIAN road user confident roads are safe”.
Sorry but for me 937 respondents is not enough number to said “58% of MALAYSIAN road user confident roads are safe”.
orang malaysia mana pernah buat salah… semua betul saya yakin orang malaysia pandai bawa kereta.. tgk accident rate pun tahu malaysia ni semua pandai bawak kereta
Don’t forget the giant elephant in the room – the roads are not in good shape at all – driving in rainy conditions, the roads have no paint, potholed, no edge indication and poorly lighted. The driving conditions are really scary – and that’s in KL, outstation is even worse
Whatever survey results, my view is Malaysian motorists should be just thrown inside SOSMA since they are too stupid to drive lawfully, nearly all, be it cheapo Berukdua, Hellfire, pick-up truck and luxury cars, all drive like jakun, so only detention center is most suitable for them.
this study is so general they should be more specific..like the experience of what age ? which area town or uptown ? did they conduct for whole malaysia..is this sync with jpj data..this article not even complete to say for malaysia.
there were many factor need to take consideration..the statistic and the factor is not so solid.