Study to increase speed limit
Published on: Thursday, March 23, 2017
THE Government would consider the proposal to raise the highway speed limit from 110 kilometres per hour, said Works Minister Datuk Seri Fadillah Yusof.To this end, he said, the matter needed in-depth study, involving discussions with the Road Safety Department (JKJR) and Malaysian Institute of Road Safety Research (Miros)."In the context of setting the speed limit, it is not up to the Works Department alone but we work with JKJR and Miros for their perspectives from the aspect of safety.
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"We see it more from the aspect of safety, because our highways have been designed for a maximum speed limit of only 120kmph but some people drive up to 200kmph and in Malaysia the road accident rate is high," he said.He said this Wednesday while winding up the debate on the motion of thanks on the royal address of the Yang di-Pertuan Agong for his ministry.