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Experts argue enforcement must be consistent and penalties must be credible, supported by international comparisons showing Malaysia is not leading on school-zone limits. The article also calls for long-term mindset change, including teaching road safety etiquette in schools, while noting gaps in public explanations such as vehicle-specific statistics and the broader impact on injuries and crashes.",{"@graph":69,"@context":122},[70,84,105],{"@type":71,"itemListElement":72},"BreadcrumbList",[73,77,79,82],{"item":74,"name":75,"@type":76,"position":8},"https://docshare.wps.com","Home","ListItem",{"item":78,"name":9,"@type":76,"position":14},"https://docshare.wps.com/document/",{"item":80,"name":53,"@type":76,"position":81},"https://docshare.wps.com/document/lifestyle/",3,{"item":83,"name":65,"@type":76,"position":19},"https://docshare.wps.com/document/road-accidents-mindset-shift-must-accompany-any-rule-change/131846/",{"url":83,"name":65,"@type":85,"image":86,"author":91,"headline":65,"publisher":94,"fileFormat":97,"inLanguage":63,"description":67,"dateModified":98,"datePublished":99,"encodingFormat":97,"isAccessibleForFree":100,"interactionStatistic":101},"DigitalDocument",{"url":87,"@type":88,"width":89,"height":90},"https://docshare.wps.com/thumbnails/road-accidents-mindset-shift-must-accompany-any-rule-change/131846.png","ImageObject",300,407,{"name":92,"@type":93},"Emma Wilson","Person",{"url":74,"name":95,"@type":96},"DocShare","Organization","application/pdf","2026-09-21","2026-08-13",true,{"@type":102,"interactionType":103,"userInteractionCount":19},"InteractionCounter",{"@type":104},"ViewAction",{"@type":106,"mainEntity":107},"FAQPage",[108,114,118],{"name":109,"@type":110,"acceptedAnswer":111},"Why do experts support lowering the school-zone speed limit in Malaysia?","Question",{"text":112,"@type":113},"Experts welcome the move as part of improving road safety for everyone near schools, noting that the lower limit has long been advocated.","Answer",{"name":115,"@type":110,"acceptedAnswer":116},"What do experts say is the key factor beyond reducing speed limits?",{"text":117,"@type":113},"They stress that strict and consistent enforcement is essential; without it, efforts will not achieve meaningful safety gains.",{"name":119,"@type":110,"acceptedAnswer":120},"What broader solution does the article propose for long-term road safety improvements?",{"text":121,"@type":113},"It calls for a sustained mindset shift among motorists, including teaching road safety and etiquette in schools from a young age.","https://schema.org",{"og:url":83,"og:type":124,"og:title":65,"og:site_name":95,"og:description":67},"article",{"robots":126,"canonical":83},"index,follow",{"doc_id":128,"site_id":62},131846,1786664074,{"code":4,"msg":5,"data":131},{"doc_id":128,"user_id":132,"nickname":92,"user_avatar":133,"doc_module":4,"category_id":52,"category_name":53,"doc_title":65,"doc_description":67,"doc_content":134,"file_id":135,"file_url":136,"file_type":137,"file_size":138,"view_count":19,"is_deleted":4,"is_public":8,"is_downloadable":8,"audit_status":8,"page_count":14,"language":139,"language_code":63,"site_id":62,"html_lang":63,"table_of_contents":140,"faqs":141,"seo_title":142,"seo_description":67,"update_tm":129,"read_time":81},3848291630094,"https://eur-avatar.wpscdn.com/davatar_085a072bc5b1113ac321206ff7593b45","TARIKH:21 JULAl 2024(AHAD )BERITA HARIAN      UTUSAN M’SIAN.STRAITS TIMETHE STAR□SINAR HARIAN  \n      \n# ROAD ACCIDENTS\n\nMindset shift must accompanyany rule change  \nKS/2124/pg.2  \nare more likely to comply withthe regulations.  \nEPUTY Prime MinisterDatuk Seri Dr AhmadZahid Hamidi's state-ment recently thatspeed limits in school zones na-tionwide would be lowered to30kph from the present 40kphhas been greeted with cheer fromroad safety experts.  \nBut,are these two steps—low-ering the speed limit and strictenforcement-all that is need-ed?  \nA quick comparison withschool zone speed limits in somecountries will tell you thatMalaysia currently follows inter-nationa standards.  \nLESLIE  \nSee,they have long been push-ing for it to be lowered,for thesafety of all.In fact,one expertremarked it was shocking that itwas not lowered a long time agoand that the government was on-lytalking about it now.  \nANDRES  \nIn Singapore,for instance,thespeed limit near schools is set at40kph,and in some areas,this isonly during certain periods,when warning lights start flash-ing.  \nmatter how much you lower thespeed limit,if there is no properenforcement,the efforts willcome to nothing.  \nIt was somewhat weird,how-ever,that in saying this,Zahidhad said an average of 67 mo-torcyclists die in crashes nearschools each year.  \nThis was echoed by Alliance fora Safe Community chairman TanSri Lee Lam Thye,who said con-sistent enforcement was neededto promote road safety in schoolzones  \nIn the United States,moststates set the speed limit inschool zones at 25mph,whichequates to 40kph as well.  \nSome states,however,haveLee had also commended the          limits as low as 15mph (24kph).Itgovernment and Zahid for takingis the same for Australia,wherethe step,but noted that“we canspeed limits vary in differenthave a plethora of rules and reg-states.In some,the limit is25kph,ulations in the statute books,butin others,it is 40kph.they serve no purpose if there isBringing our speed limit downno strict enforcement of theirto 30kph would,however,alignprovisions”.us with the United Kingdom andCanada.  \nThere was neither mention ofother vehicles nor of how manyschoolchildren,teachers or par-ents were involved in such in-cidents.  \nMind you,the statistics are onlyfor the motorcyclists who die.There was also no mention ofhow many have been injured,orhow many crashes occur eachyear,whatever the vehicle.  \nWhen drivers know there is ahigh probability of being caughtand penalised for violations ofrules near schools,he said,they  \nFor sure,these two steps areneeded.Slowing down traffic inschool zones should allow greater  \nWhile applauding the decision,experts agreed on one thing:no  \nSEKTOR DOKUMENTASI PENDIDIKANBPPDP,Kementerian Pendidikan MalaysiaAras SB-4,Blok E8,Kompleks E,Pusat Pentadbiran Kerajaan Persekutuan62604 Putrajaya.Tel :03-88846425Faks:03-88846284  \nTARIKH:21 JULAI 2024(AHAD )  \nN.STRAITS TIME□  \nUTUSAN M’SIA  \nTHE STAR □  \nSINAR HARIAN      \nSlowing down traffic in school zones,followed by strict enforcementshould ensure greater safety of schoolchildren.FILEPIC  \nsafety.It would be only slightlyFor the record,we had 598,635greater safety,however.if there isroad crashes nationwide in 2023no enforcement.Strict enforce-a significant increase fromment,at that.545,588 in 2022.What is worse isBut,we must look more to thethat,in that time,more thanlong term.Let us say that these12,000 people lost their lives onmeasures manage to bring downMalaysian roads,double that ofthe numbers by half (yes,we can2022.dream).That still leaves too highTruly troubling,consideringa toll.that works out to more than 30  \nUltimately,what we need is apeople a day.change of mindset among mo-Changing mindsets,of course,torists,whether they movewill take a long time,but this isaround in four-wheeled or two-the only surefire way of gettingwheeled vehicles(or threeour numbers down in all zoneswheels,in some cases).not just near schools.How often have we seen mo-Just how we do it,we need tot","cbCaicoKtWn91qgx","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaicoKtWn91qgx","pdf",451519,"English","# Road Accidents\n## Speed limit change and expert response\n## Enforcement and international comparisons\n## Data gaps and calls for mindset change","[{\"question\":\"Why do experts support lowering the school-zone speed limit in Malaysia?\",\"answer\":\"Experts welcome the move as part of improving road safety for everyone near schools, noting that the lower limit has long been advocated.\"},{\"question\":\"What do experts say is the key factor beyond reducing speed limits?\",\"answer\":\"They stress that strict and consistent enforcement is essential; without it, efforts will not achieve meaningful safety gains.\"},{\"question\":\"What broader solution does the article propose for long-term road safety improvements?\",\"answer\":\"It calls for a sustained mindset shift among motorists, including teaching road safety and etiquette in schools from a young age.\"}]","Road Accidents - Mindset shift must accompany any rule change | PDF"]