The works ministry (KKR) has announced that the speed limit on federal roads nationwide will be temporarily reduced by 10 km/h from today, February 8 until February 13, in conjunction with the Chinese New Year celebrations. It said the 90 km/h speed limit on all federal roads will be reduced to 80 km/h during the period.
It added that all non-critical road construction and maintenance works across the country will also be suspended during the period to avoid disrupting traffic flow.
The ministry said via a statement that the temporary reduction in the speed limit was among the measures being taken by the government to enhance road safety and reduce the risk of accidents that often occur during festive seasons.
“This is in line with the spirit and aspiration of the MyJalan Programme launched by the ministry for all parties to jointly ensure safety and driving comfort, especially on federal roads,” the statement said.
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Please do enlightened us which is not a federal roads so people can speed as much as they want to.
Honestly has anyone done any research on how -10km/hr reduces accidents since the Highways out of Cities are usually jam anyway and what authorities should be doing is check on the kampung roads with sudden influx of people.
not relevant. should maintain at 90.
Is this the only idea you can do ? Does reducing 10km/h speed will ensure 90% less accident or congestion significantly ? What are you trying to do is just one night idea and the impacting the whole people.
As citizens of Malaysia, we are so disappointed with this kind of idea. It just make our life become so stupid. Next time just reduce speed limit to 30km/h.
Adui another OKU policy. They thought speeds kill during Holidays. Jamm tahap gaban camne nak laju. Bodoh. Just ikut law in China senang, no drinking and driving. If caught with alcohol in system, driving license suspend for 1 year.Buat point system. Normal traffic offense tolak 4 markah. Drinking and accident due to reckless driving tolak 12 markah. Points refresh back to full score after 1 year. Full score = 12 points with no carry forward.
This will be more intelligent policy. Adui OKU mmg OKU. Tak guna othak buat kerja
STUPID IDEA.
The same stupid idea every year during festive holidays (whether it’s bn, bersatu or pH). Do you know that slow speeds causes accidents as well, when there are long traffic jams n long hours n slow speeds which cause the drivers to feel sleepy n thus more careless n prone to accidents.
If slow speeds really prevent accidents, why doesn’t the authority just mandated 40-50 km/hour year round, instead of just during festive holidays