SHAH ALAM, Oct 3 — The Road Transport Department (JPJ) introduced that 175,909 summons involving industrial automobiles haven’t been settled since 2018, JPJ’s senior enforcement director Datuk Lokman Jamaan, stated.
Lokman stated from the whole, offenders from Selangor have the best variety of summons, amounting to 61,940 with every summon ranging as much as RM300.
The excessive variety of offences and summons issued reveals the shortage of concern for the regulation and visitors guidelines and JPJ will be certain that these with summons come ahead and settle their excellent dues in order to keep away from any motion taken towards their corporations.
“When a summon is issued, we (JPJ) will give a sure grace interval to settle the summon, however many have didn’t settle such summons.
“Therefore an operation will begin firstly of October to remind offenders to come back and settle their summons,” he instructed reporters after launching the operation right here final evening.
He added that as quickly because the operation was launched, motion was taken towards 55 lorries inside an hour.
Lokman stated from the 239 offences recognized, 23 have been discovered to have expired licences or no licence in any respect however driving industrial automobiles.
“Imagine 23 industrial automobiles are being pushed by drivers who don’t have a licence or their licence had expired. This is actually going to pose a critical hazard to different highway customers, particularly automobiles {that a} smaller in measurement.
“We know that at any time when industrial automobiles are concerned in accidents, the drivers of the industrial automobiles don’t undergo critical accidents however others concerned within the accidents might undergo critical accidents or in lots of instances, such accidents may be deadly,” he stated.
He added that underneath a Special Ops for Motorcycles all through final month, 135,446 notices or summons have been issued for varied offences, together with lack of insurance coverage, licence, highway tax and for breaching visitors guidelines.
The JPJ additionally seized 6,567 bikes that failed to fulfill the specs or tips supplied for underneath the security necessities with many of those offenders starting from the age of 16 to 35. — eNM
