Getting on board the freight train for safer roads


Reducing risks: (From left) Meor Chek Hussien and Comm Mohd Yusri.

KUALA LUMPUR: After yet another major fatal accident on the highway involving heavy vehicles, an association of retired policemen has suggested using trains more to transport goods.

Retired Senior Police Officers Association (Respa) president Datuk Meor Chek Hussien Mahayuddin said such an alternative should be adopted by heavy vehicle operators who transport goods.

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