JPJ issues over 8,000 summonses on errant commercial vehicles

The Star

The Road Transport Department has issued over 8,000 summonses in the initial days of its nationwide operation targeting errant commercial vehicles. Its director-general Datuk Aedy Fadly Ramli stated that since the operation's launch on Oct 1, a total of 32,178 vehicles have been inspected.  WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline

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00:00Double signal, double signal.

00:05Okay, good.

00:09Today, the Malaysian Road Traffic Police...

00:13...together with the Royal Malaysian Police...

00:16...the Narcotics Crime Investigation Department...

00:19...the Traffic Investigation Department, PDIM...

00:24...together with the Anti-Drug Agency...

00:27...we have been carrying out OPS for a month...

00:32...starting from 1st October until 31st October.

00:37This is an order from the Minister of Transport...

00:41...so that the JPJ will take firm action...

00:44...against commercial vehicles...

00:46...especially lorries that carry excessive weights...

00:50...because this is an order from the accidents...

00:54...that have occurred since the IAEA...

00:57...involving death accidents.

00:59So the JPJ has cooperated with several other authorities...

01:04...especially the Anti-Drug Agency...

01:07...to identify the drivers...

01:10...who drive commercial vehicles...

01:14...that have issues related to positive drugs.

01:19So for three days...

01:22...the OPS for commercial vehicles...

01:25...has been started all over the country...

01:28...starting from 1st October...

01:30...and for three days until 3rd October...

01:33...we have identified 32,178 vehicles...

01:37...4,233 vehicles have been taken action...

01:42...16 vehicles have been reported...

01:45...and 8,701 notices have been issued...

01:51...regarding various violations.

01:54And in just three days...

01:57...seven drivers have been tested...

02:00...and found positive drugs.

02:03The test has been carried out by the IAEA.

02:06So we have taken action...

02:08...to identify the vehicles for the positive drug drivers...

02:13...and there are also vehicles that we have identified...

02:16...regarding other violations.

02:20The JPJ wants to emphasize...

02:22...to all commercial vehicle drivers...

02:24...to always be responsible...

02:27...to follow all the regulations...

02:30...set by the government.

02:32We want to inform that...

02:35...the JPJ will always monitor...

02:37...not only the main roads...

02:40...even today...

02:42...we are also on the road...

02:44...the small road...

02:47...that has never been operated...

02:51...by the authorities...

02:53...especially the JPJ and BDM.

02:55In fact, we have identified several other roads...

02:59...that are used by commercial vehicles...

03:03...based on public complaints.

03:06This road in Bangi Semenyeh...

03:08...is one of the roads...

03:10...with the most vehicles...

03:13...that pass through this road...

03:15...and disturb the visibility of the residents...

03:18...around this area of Bangi Semenyeh...

03:20...which caused us to operate on this road today...

03:24...and at the same time...

03:26...we have the JPJ and BDM teams...

03:30...operating on other roads.

03:34Dato, regarding the accident issue...

03:37...of a commercial vehicle...

03:39...as you said...

03:41...the situation is getting worse...

03:43...so, from the JPJ's perspective...

03:46...what is the cause?

03:47Is it due to the lack of skills...

03:49...or the issue of the vehicle...

03:51...that has been around for too long?

03:53There are several reasons...

03:56...the drivers...

03:58...as we can see...

04:00...regarding the skills of the drivers...

04:02...they do have sufficient training...

04:05...but there is...

04:07...what we see sometimes...

04:09...regarding the aspect of the vehicle itself...

04:12...we see the technical aspect of the vehicle...

04:15...when we operate...

04:17...whenever there is an accident...

04:19...the JPJ will conduct a village survey...

04:23...an audit of the vehicle itself...

04:26...so, in terms of our survey...

04:29...we found that most of the vehicles...

04:31...do not meet...

04:33...the technical specifications...

04:35...that should be met...

04:37...so, this may be due to...

04:39...the lack of maintenance...

04:42...to the vehicle itself...

04:44...but in terms of driving...

04:46...we see...

04:48...in terms of the driving record...

04:50...we also see...

04:52...that some of the drivers...

04:54...have a broken brake caliper...

04:56...so, there are various aspects...

04:58...that we see...

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