As most of you already know, this coming Monday (Oct 10th) is a public holiday in light of Maulidur Rasul, and as we’ve seen with previous three-day weekends, traffic on the highway is bound to be bad.
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PLUS Malaysia Berhad (PLUS) anticipates around 1.9 million vehicles will be travelling on its highways each day from Friday to Monday.
PLUS Head of Operations Excellence, Mohd Yusuf Abdul Aziz said PLUS has recorded daily traffic volumes of an average of 1.7 million vehicles and the trend shows spikes of 1.9 million vehicles before each weekend.
Photo via The Star
“We expect with more travellers taking advantage of the three-day weekend, traffic will be higher and a longer journey can be expected. Therefore, we advise highway customers to be prepared and ensure their vehicles are fit for a longer drive this weekend,” he said in a statement yesterday.
It’s going to be a long drive for most of us this weekend, so here are a few “balik kampung” tips and how to avoid highway hypnosis.
Tune in to Astro Radio Traffic’s Facebook and Twitter (https://twitter.com/astrotraffic) for the latest traffic updates on this coming weekend.
Drive safe!
By: Amy Shariffudin
