Make speed limits clearer

MY WIFE wife received a police summons for speeding.

She was clocked driving 89km per hour at a 60km per hour zone on a trunk road to Tapah.

About two weeks ago, I received a similar summons for clocking 80km per hour at a 60km per hour zone on the way to Manjung when I used the Bidor-Teluk Intan road.

It is a road that I am not that familiar with but I remember seeing signboards indicating the maximum speed limit as 60km per hour.

Kudos to the police for their efficiency in issuing summonses to those of us who drove over the speed limit.

We were caught breaking the law and we need to bear the consequences as a deterrent.

It is important to stay within the speed limit as it is there for a good reason.

However, I am sure regular users of the Bidor-Teluk Intan road would agree with me that the speed limit signboards are placed far apart and can be quite confusing to motorists.

While one is reminded where a 60km per zone hour starts, one is never sure where the 60km per hour zone ends as you only have a signboard like “Peringatan: 90 km/j” to remind you of the maximum speed allowed.

However, it can be unclear where the 90km per hour zone starts.

As I become more conscious about the speed limit wherever I drive, I have noticed the lack of speed limit signboards everywhere on Malaysian roads.

Just take a half-an-hour drive anywhere in Malaysia and see for yourself.

This contrasts with my experience driving in Melbourne, Australia.

The drivers there are constantly reminded of the speed limit with signboards literally everywhere (to the extent that you wonder if it is necessary to have so many).

As such, no one can plead ignorance of the speed limit.

Therefore, I urge the relevant authorities to put up more speed limit signboards.

This would not only result in greater safety, it would also help ensure law-abiding and responsible drivers will not break the law unknowingly.