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The effectiveness of the road safety program among the road users in Malaysia
Saw Peng Khua, Mustakim Melan
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Abstract
The research is aims to reduce the road accidents that always happen in Malaysia.To address this problem Malaysian Government established the Road Safety Department under the Ministry of Transport in 2004 to coordinate, monitor and implement road safety program.Besides that, in this research a National Road Safety Plan was formulated the road safety program such as behavioral modification of road users, road engineering and vehicle safety to prevent road accidents.In addition, in this research also discuss about how the government reinforces the law and regulation on Road Traffic Act to increase the safety on road.The methodology, of the research is using the secondary data to analyze and review of the previous literature to find the way enhance the road safety program.In conclusion, the effectiveness of road safety program improvement is based on the action taken by government, other stakeholders, road developers and road planning personnel.
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