Comparison Study of Speed Variation on 120 km/hr Legal Speed Limit on Highway 32 and Motorway 7

Abstract

Speed is the major cause of accidents and fatalities. From the statistics of Department of Transportation, it was estimated that speeding is the cause of accidents by 70-80 percentages and 60 percentages were passenger cars and pickups. The new ministerial regulation allows approved highway to increase speed limit to 120 km/hr. for passenger car with minimum speed limit of 100 km/hr. on the outside lane. The study collected speed variation of Highway 32 which was an approved highway by regulation and compare with Motorway 7 which was already approved for 120 km/hr. by previous regulation. The study found both highways to have high over-speeding with 85 percentile speed of Highway 32 at 127.23 km/hr. and Motorway 7 at 130.47 km/hr. This indicated higher risk of accidents and fatalities.