The works ministry (KKR) has announced that the speed limit on federal roads nationwide will be temporarily reduced by 10 km/h from April 8 to 14 in conjunction with the Hari Raya Aidilfitri celebration. It said the 90 km/h speed limit on all federal roads will be reduced to 80 km/h during the period.
In a statement, the ministry said that federal road concessionaires have been instructed to suspend all non-critical construction and maintenance works on roads from April 5 to 14 to avoid disrupting traffic flow, except for patching potholes, emergency/critical works and construction activities outside road reserves.
It added that for highways, concessionaires will not be allowed to implement any lane closures except for emergencies and essential works from April 1 to 17.
The ministry said 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 during festive seasons. It added that it will carry out integrated operations and road safety campaigns during the same period.
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Any study showed significant up/fown accident or fatal accident by reducing speed on any given time? Where maybe regular user on rhe road?
Doesn’t this result in an 11 percent traffic volume flow reduction (number of vehicles per hour) in smoothly moving traffic? So road may jam up sooner.
80kmh? I don’t think u can go beyond 8kmh. Time to scrap those bc bruk