KUALA LUMPUR: Police expect as many as 4.5 million vehicles over a four-day period from Thursday (May 4) to Sunday (May 7) will be on roads across the country after the Hari Raya Aidilfitri holidays.

       Bukit Aman Traffic Enforcement Investigation Department chief Supt Dr Bakri Zainal Abidin said the exodus of vehicles leaving hometowns back to the city where they work is expected to see a significant spike from Friday (May 6).

       "A total of 1.2 million of the vehicles are estimated to be on the (PLUS) North-South Expressway," he said.

       On April 6, Bukit Aman JSPT director Datuk Mat Kasim Karim said that 4.7 million vehicles were expected to be on the roads nationwide in conjunction with Aidilfitri and that he had deployed 6,559 traffic officers and personnel at the contingent and district levels to ensure a smooth flow back to hometowns.

       Meanwhile, Bakri said following the forecast, JSPT had made preparations through Op Lancar or the dispersal of traffic flow for the movement of vehicles. – Bernama