Malaysia’s Ministry of Transport proposes separate motorcycle lanes on state and federal roads
The Malaysian Ministry of Transport is proposing motorbike lane will be implemented on all state and federal roads. This was said by Secretary General of the Ministry Datuk Isham Ishak in a report by the New Straits Times.
Currently under discussion, the proposal has been forwarded to the Department of Local Government Development and local councils. The plan will be submitted to the National Physical Planning Council (MPFN) in 2023.
The government aims to halve the number of road accident deaths by 2030, under the 2022-2030 Road Safety Plan to be launched in January 2022. Under the safety plan, Isham said the ministry It is also mandatory to equip anti-lock braking system (ABS) on all motorcycles over 150 cc in Malaysia.
In 2020, the police sector recorded 418,237 road traffic accidents, of which 4,634 people died. with 255,532 accidents and 3,302 deaths between January and September last year. However, details were not provided on the media types involved in the report.
