Collective effort needed to curb road traffic accidents, says DPM
Efforts to prevent road traffic accidents should not only lie with the Transport Ministry alone, rather it must be a collaboration among different agencies as well, said Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi after launching the Conference on Asia Road Safety on Monday (Sept 2).
Ahmad Zahid said that another effort being taken to reduce road accidents, especially around school zones, include the reduction of speed limit from 40kmh to 30kmh.
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Ahmad Zahid said that another effort being taken to reduce road accidents, especially around school zones, include the reduction of speed limit from 40kmh to 30kmh.
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00:00The speed limit in school zones has been reduced to 40 km per hour to 30 km per hour.
00:20This is to ensure that students will be safer when they leave school or come to school.
00:32Although we know there are schools that have traffic wardens,
00:39but there are also many schools that do not have such personnel.
00:44This experiment will be carried out for a while,
00:48and if it is found to be effective, it will be continued in other areas.
00:55It depends on the decision made by the Ministry of Transport.
01:01We also know that the percentage of fatal accidents among motorcyclists is very high.
01:13We have found more than 6,000 deaths every year.
01:20This is equivalent to the area of six football fields.
01:27So we have heard what the Ministry of Transport said,
01:32that the deaths caused by traffic accidents are more than the deaths caused by COVID-19.
01:39And this awareness must be carried out now and involve all parties.
01:44And this responsibility should not be placed solely on the Ministry of Transport and certain agencies.
01:52However, the Kesumah Melayu Perkeso party has also taken very proactive actions
02:05where traffic accidents are protected.
02:13It still involves a small number of people.
02:17So we hope that all employees, including those who work on their own,
02:21will be encouraged to work with the Kesumah Melayu Perkeso party
02:24so that the protection of the Kesumah Melayu Perkeso party will ensure that
02:29there are no accidents.
02:31But if there is an accident, the Kesumah Melayu Perkeso party has a scheme
02:36to provide protection and benefits to all employees.