if they upgrade to 2 lane road, more money to allocated the project and
less opportunity to make money from summons.

so, what they do? no need to upgrade the rodd, remain the same
opportunity to make money from overtaking summons + new opportunity
from buckle up summons.

no money out, more money in.

for me, this enforcement only to avoid fatality and nothing to do with number
of accidents. its like 2007 have 1,000 accident with 20 fatality, this year
they target 1,000 accidents with 5 fatality. they better reduced the number
of accidents to 0. with 0 accidents, where got fatality one.

btw, without this enforcement, i’m buckle up all the time. it for my own safety.
no need to enforce me to buckle up!

The result has been shown on the new year fatality accident in gua musang that took 10 lives involving a kenari, kancil and a nissan-murano. I doubt, from the condition of kenari and kancil not even a rear seat belt can drastically change their fatality fate, and yes 10 lives were taken from a pathetic level of car safety standard, malaysian made, nad for the murano, none, not even the cockpit area were compromise.

The goverment should do a throughly effort on safety, not just half bake stuff, wasting money but no decent results. Such as road conditions, Gua musang or the kelantan area road has been having high tolls of fatality accident mainly head on due to over taking incindents, why they dont do something about the road? Why dont upgrade the road to 2 lane per way. This should reduce head on accidents causing from over taking. But why until now, nothing has been done? why? politics issues? Are accidents select people from which party?

Safety is a system, a system is secured as it weakes point, like the gua musang case, if you think u are secure in a car by having only safety belts, but you’ll probably need to look more further on car itself and other factors such as the road conditions.

if u are the transport minister, I dare u to say that to the public. Ponder on this: more people die bcuz of car-related incidents than guns. We’re just into 4th day of new yr, but check out Sunday Star’s front page on how many Msians hv died due to accidents.

Since those idiots dun wanna buckle up, might as well make some money out of them, they’re gonna die anyway, rite? Why waste opportunity? Dun like it? Wear seatbelt la!! Dare u to complain to the authority that police taking bribes cuz u broke d law?

The media can show gory images of accidents. They can make it front page news everyday on dangers of not wearing seat belt. But do you think it has ever worked?

See why I hate to talk abt safety? When Msia impose heavy fines, say will encourage corruption la, ask to let it be la, proton la, kroni la, BN la, but if Australia, Japan, US, UK do the same, say “bcuz they 1st world country, they strict, they civilised, they got no UMNO, they this, they that blablabla”

it’s all about the insurance company. they want to minimize
claim of life insurance. if you die bcoz you not buckle up,
it against new law and then you are not entitle to get any claim.
it like you commit suicide. die for nothing.

but then let the insurance company enforce that law, but why
need to police or JPJ enforce it too?

more summon item, more opportunity to make more money.

Finally. I admit our govt is full of sheez, but not this one. In fact, this is quite a gem actually. More ppl can hv higher chance to survive in crashes, police meanwhile gets more kopi from idiotic stubborn arseholes who’d rather die than doin what was told by a party that calls them pendatang. Sure indeed, their pride is more valuable than rm10 kopi + fractured skull.

To those worried abt “what if got 4 passengers”, ermm….. I suggest tryin to get the 2 thinnest rear passangers to belt up wit the same seat belt. It’s possible seriously. Unless all 4 are santa claus, dat one sory la….

2 dogs, It is true that no law is perfect. Even enforcement in this country is “hangat hangat tahi ayam” at times. But once again, the laws are there to tell us what we, if we have any common sense, SHOULD have been doing in the first place to ensure safety of ourselves and those we care about. If you are gonna be driving recklessly, speeding, breaking the traffic lights, etc., no number of laws, summons or whatever gonna help you or anyone for that matter be a safer driver. If other people are gonna be a devil on the road, they are risking their own lives. At least you have thought about your own safety first.

Hmmm buckle up at the back. Nice. We all should do this.

My view. I see this more like a supporting regulation. More like a finishing touch once all the main issues were sorted.

Have the government properly study all the statistics, the data, the main cause of accidents, analyses ways to overcome it and came up with all the necessary regulation, action and proper enforcement?

For example, we all aware that motorcyclist recorded the highest fatalities due to any reasons name it negligence, road condition or just plain rempit.
They (government) just introduced a law to prevent motorcyclist from wearing half-sized helmets, a law which kind of ‘extra’ for me. Will that reduce the number of fatalities among motorcyclist?

As a ruler, G should know how to make the roads a safer place and it doesn’t have to be this direct.

Or this could be one of it?

as for 2 dogs:
Ya, I totally agree with you, that is why I hope all of us can buckle up for the sake of our loved ones… Since our enforcement are considered…. weak?

I TOTALLY AGREE that stiff fines and we should never give duit kopi.

BUT for those who thinks they follow all the rules, answer these questions.

1. Have they EVER exceed the speed limit while driving down a 6 lane highway with a speed limit of 70kph!

2. Have they EVER park on yellow lines (outside your apartment, near banks, near mosque while praying, around DBKL building, along the highway etc)??

3. Have they EVER accelerate their car when the traffic lights is orange (you’re suppose to slow down) when the timing of the lights has gone haywire (very often) and you’ve waited very long?

Rules are made by man, and if silly man create silly rules AND not run or enforce them properly, we became more silly. We are not against the seat belt ruling, but against the silly Malaysian way of creating rules that punish the innocent while those speedsters, road bullies, modified cars, blinding halogen lights, heavy tinted glass, queue jumpers, etc got away scott free!!!

for bus, they r suppose to hv ppl stand, n they r suppose to cruise at slow speed! n its a big heavy mass, on impact it wont have the kind of impact smaller cars get!

older cars, u think just simply drill n install can take the force? sudden pull for restraining passenger need high strength, the harness need to be securely attached to the car’s chassis.

this new law is as good as it gets, but some malaysian r just a bunch of monkey that keep making noise no matter what! sad case for malaysian mentality

But 1 more question, what if I have more than 3 passengers in my car, will the 4th 1 kena? If the 4th passenger is omitted by the law, then what is the law implemented in the 1st place?

But anyhow, JUST BUCKLE UP FOR THE SAKE OF YOUR LOVED ONES. HAPPY NEW YEAR PAUL AND TO OTHER VISITORS AS WELL. Thank you Paul and everyone for providing valuable info through this blog. Thank you everyone!

If you look at an airbag, it is labelled “SRS”. That stands for ‘Supplemental Restraint System’. It is meant to supplement the seatbelt. Seatbelts are still the main safety restraint system in cars. So, having people wear their rear seatbelts is the first step. Putting in many airbags is the next step which I also would like to see. But don’t doubt that it is for your own safety. If you understand and accept that wearing seatbelts in the front is for your own safety, then the principle for rear seatbelts is the same.

Many intelligent people have already explained that wearing your seatbelt at the rear is for your own safety. If you have any intelligence at all you will realise that the fine is there as a deterrent to make sure people here wear their seatbelts FOR THEIR OWN SAFETY. Plus, it is not difficult or uncomfortable to wear your rear seatbelt.

Use your brain; learn how to spell and how to write properly in English before you shoot off such a large pile of rubbish.

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all u think is about money taken by govt…

where the safety awareness of yours?

money is important than ur life?

With that kind of attitude and mentality no wonder we are the best for road fatalities.

ayoyo…just buckle up yur belt laaaa….why talk so much?inconvinientLAH,safety not compromisedLAH,bribeLAH…

im just thinking,the only way to make Msia as a developed country IS TO CHANGE THE WAY YOU THINK.you got 1st class ifrastructure but you hv 3rd class narrow minded.same as drive a 5star NCAP Merc car but didnt fasten the belt..

just change the way we think…

LogicallyMad said,

If u want to pay the summon, then don’t give them bribery… when they offer, say to them ” no i rather pay the RM300 summon than give u RM30?. I bet most malaysia would not say that…

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I have said this to a cop before and they just sigh and let me go scott free after being adviced…. jalan jalan jalan…. lain kali jangan buat lagi. LOL!

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My friend from Singapore got caught for speeding once and asked me to bribe the policeman as he didn’t know Malay and the policeman didn’t want to take his money. Instead of bribeing him, I got out and told him that he was doing the right thing by not taking rasuah. He then just let us go scott free too.

P.S: I hope that the police enforce this law and don’t ask for rasuah.

1. It’s inconvenient to wear.
- If you care about your safety or the safety of others, you buckle up. It isn’t 100% fail proof but every bit helps. If you want to take the risk of not wearing, then go ahead but you never know what may hit you one day.I bet you won’t complain any bit about the inconvenience then, if you’re still alive that is!

2. Lack of enforcement will make this ineffective.
- Once again, refer back to #1. So what if no law enforcer is gonna catch you or other people for not buckling up, it’s YOUR safety and the safety of those you care about that’s within your responsibility! If you can think maturely, you don’t even need someone to force you to take care of YOUR own safety.

3. Too harsh penalty and bribery potential.
- Once again, if you buckle up, you don’t have anything to worry right? As in #2, if you’re thinking maturely, you don’t need anyone to force you to buckle up for your own safety. And if you get caught, it’s YOUR FAULT that you didn’t wear in the first place. So if the police asked for anything you are equally guilty in the first place for giving it to him. Remember, it takes 2 hands to clap.