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Statistics from Royal Malaysian Police (RMP) show that there were 259 accidents that occurred in school areas. One of the facilities to improve school children safety in school area is drop-off and pick-up zone. Drop-off and pick-up zone in school zone is defined as an area beyond the road reserve or within the school boundary that is dedicated for dropping off and picking up school children by private vehicles, vans and school buses. The study objectives are to identify the availability of designated Drop-Off and Pick-Up (D&P), to assess the utilization of designated D&P and to determine the trend of dropping off student within the selected primary school zone in Selangor. From the study it was found that out of 30 schools, D&P are only available at 11 schools. In terms of utilization of D&P at these schools, 52% of the observed school children used this facility. At school with D&P also the remaining school children were picked up by their vehicles outside the D&P area with 31% at nearside of the school and 17% at the far side of the school. In this study, it shows that the D&P utilization for dropping and picking up school children can be further increase if parents/bus drivers do not wait in D&P. With the high and the effective D&P utilization, it will lower the risk of school children involved in an accident while crossing the road.
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In-Text Citation: (SMR, 2020)
To Cite this Article: SMR, S. A. (2020). Drop-off and Pick-up Zone in Selected Primary School in Selangor. International Journal of Academic Research in Progressive Education and Development, 9(4), 138–144.
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