WHY DO OUR HIGHWAY ONLY MAX LIMIT 11Okm/h ???

I want to share a little story about speeding on Malaysian roads, a friend shared this story just now, there is truth in what he shared,

☆ A friend’s story ☆

A highway engineer and his expertise is on road engineering. So the question was asked was:

Me: Sir, why is the Malaysian highway only max limit 110km/h … why not 150 km/h or 180 km/h or even 360km/h.?

Road Engineer: The actual speed on Malaysia roads is design for a max speed of 120 km / h … not 110 km/h … but we put 110 km/h to play safe. And +10 km/h tolerance in reserve for any unexpected event to minimize injury if applicable.

The material we use is only capable of full traction at a max speed of 120 km / h … meaning that it has speed over limit…..the tyre and grip of the road maybe on the verge of the limit tolerance … if that limit is reached then it could result in an accident when running over the limit. Serious injury or death may happen. This is due to road material factors and car tyre traction capacity. (This good information to know.)

We can design highway to the max speed of 400 km/h … like Sepang Circuit … but tarmac will be at high costs … who is willing to pay expensive toll charger are even up to 20 cents toll a year already asking too much… hahaha… (He laughed!)

Although what we have today is more and more advanced technology from tyre makers and the modern car and bike engines are now able to go to speeds up to 600km/h for cars and over 400km/h or more for bikes…. but standard tyres today even if the high specification or for the race is maxed speed just below 400 km /h …. even for Ferrari or the Ducati that is used nowadays… the road surface will not be able to cater for the tyre limit.