COMMENT | On our highways, the roar of lorries and buses is a familiar soundtrack. I live in Mont Kiara, right beside the Duta Toll highway, and the sound of heavy vehicles rushing past is part of daily life. Day and night, trailers thunder by, carrying goods that keep the economy moving.

But along with every journey comes the silent risk that no family should ever have to face. When tonnes of steel rush down the fast lane at reckless speeds, the line between life and death becomes dangerously thin.

Every time tragedy strikes, headlines focus on the driver. Was he speeding? Was he sober? Was he an ex-convict? Did the brakes fail? These questions matter, but they miss the...