AS Malaysians prepare to balik kampung and celebrate the Hari Raya Aidilfitri festivities, we are once again coming to grips with a recurring and tragic pattern – an increase in vehicle crashes and fatalities during festive seasons.
Every year, thousands of collisions are recorded during the festive periods. Statistics in recent years have shown that over 20,000 crashes can occur within just a week of festive travel, leading to loss of hundreds of lives nationwide. The people involved are not mere numbers; they are fathers, mothers, brothers, sisters or friends.
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