Just as you may have suspected all along.
Things such as tyre debris, wood and steel lying on the North-South Highway (PLUS) have caused 1,178 traffic accidents last year alone, the New Straits Times reported.
According to PLUS Malaysia Berhad, there were also animal carcasses, vehicle parts, mattresses and furniture on the highway.
Its chief operating officer Mohammad Fuad Khusairi was quoted as saying that this was a serious matter and as such, the company has assigned about 150 PLUSRonda personnel to patrol the highway.
“They were assigned to pick up and move objects that posed a hazard to highway users. Most (of these) accidents happened when motorists hit on the stray objects as soon as these items dropped from heavy vehicles, or when they hit tyre debris of heavy vehicles,” the NST quoted him as saying.
Members of the public who spot such objects should call PLUS immediately to have them removed.
