KESAS (Klang Shah Alam expressway)As a road user I find the numerous highway and expressway available in the country make my journey easier and safer.
The journey from Kuala Lumpur to Taiping which in the past took as long as eight hours, now can be reduced to less than four hours. My other regular destination Kuala Lumpur - Kuantan also took about eight hours, now can be accomplished in less than four hours also. I used to drive all by myself, now I am very confident to let my wife and even my daughters to take over whenever the need arise. The other aspect is the convenient of rest area if you need to stop and rest. It was so difficult before to look for toilet or surau, now you can take for granted that you will find one at all the rest area. Of course every now and then the rest area is very crowded but it only happened during festive period. We are happy to pay for the services and this will go on for eternity.
When I travel oversea to Europe or USA I find they have same thing more or less but why is it free. The organization that have been licenced to operate highway in Malaysia, who are they actually. Why can't it be free just like those highway oversea?
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Compared to the highway in Kyushu Island, Japan our R & R areas are better. Small bikes are not allowed on Japanese highways. Like in Malaysia highway users in Japan have to pay toll too.
Agreed brother many countries do have toll road but not as many as in Klang valley, where any direction you go you bound to meet one. We can not use Thailand or Philippines as comparison since their situation are just as bad. The bottle neck created at these toll plazas defeat the purpose of having expressway. During peak period massive traffic build up before and after the toll plazas. When it rained OMG you should see Kms of traffic jam at Subang Airport/NKVE interchange or Batu Tiga/ Federal Highway. It seemed as if their job is just to collect toll, user convenience do not exist in their dictionary. But that is life in metro/cosmopolitan area. There are still many peaceful places in Malaysia where ther is no rat race but ....
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