KUALA LUMPUR, Sept fourteen A greater volume of vehicles on a road has been identified as a main reason behind a failure of Ops Sikap twenty-four to revoke accidents as well as fatalities during a new balik kampung period, Bernama Online reported today.
An estimated 20 million vehicles took to roads via a country in between Aug 23 as well as September 6 compared to 18 million in a same gratifying period last year, Kuala Lumpur Traffic Chief ACP Rusli Mohd Noor was quoted by Bernama as saying today.
During Ops Sikap 24, 19,606 accidents were reported this year compared to 16,817 cases in 2010, or an increase of 16.5 per cent, while a number of fatalities increased to 289 this year from 248 in 2010, he added.
He pronounced a most fatalities involved motorcyclists (178), followed by people in cars (67), pedestrians (20) as well as people using other modes of ride such as vans as well as lorries (24).
Rusli additionally forked out which a trade investigate conducted by Bukit Aman showed which 85 per cent of accidents had been caused by bad drivers, who lost carry out while speeding, gathering dangerously, practised tailgating as well as traversed junctions as well as interchanges but due caution.
He mooted a thought of reviewing or shortening a speed limit on roads, especially for highways as well as expressways, arguing which despite a coercion of stricter rules as well as penalties for road offences, a number of accidents caused by speeding had increased of late.
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