Teenagers aged 11 to 20 received 201,686 summonses in 2014 and 2015 for driving without licence – report

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Between 2014 and last year, as many as 201,686 summonses for driving without a licence have been issued nationwide by the police to teenagers aged 11 to 20 – some of them students – according to Utusan Melayu. Out of those, 99,782 summonses were issued in 2015, while 101,904 were handed out the year before.

Bukit Aman traffic chief Senior Assistant Commissioner Mahamad Akhir Darus said that based on the age breakdown, 16,862 summonses were issued to those aged 11 to 15, while another 184,824 were issued to those aged between 16 and 20. Of the former figure, 8,467 summonses were issued last year, while those aged 16 to 20 years old were handed 91,315 summonses in 2015 and 93,509 in 2014.

According to Mahamad Akhir, those aged between 21 and 25 were also convicted of driving without a licence, receiving 158,296 summonses between 2014 and last year. Moving up, those aged 26 to 30 years old received 127,798 summonses for both years, while those above 31 years of age were issued 145,429 summonses during the same period.

In total, offenders of all age groups racked up a massive 633,209 summonses in 2014 and 2015. Akhbar said that the police is planning to drag traffic offenders driving without a licence straight to court without issuing any compounds.

Meanwhile, Inspector-General of Police Khalid Abu Bakar said that the proposal will be presented to the government as soon as possible in an effort to ensure all road users must have a valid driving licence and do not take their responsibilities lightly.

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Comments

  • George Abdul on Feb 26, 2016 at 4:04 pm

    11 – 15 years old??? Omg this’s how the parents educate the children illegal driving?? Rakyat please wakeup and don’t just read Utusan read world news !!!

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    • hahaha on Feb 26, 2016 at 5:00 pm

      no wonder we have so many road problems… both older and younger generation has issues

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  • Songlap Songlap Malaysia on Feb 26, 2016 at 4:11 pm

    In previous reports, it is estimated there are 2 million people without license driving or riding. Yes, shockingly 2 million. Those are official figures. As always, unofficial figures should be 4 to 5 million road users without license.

    Now do you wonder why there are so many accidents??

    But the key point here is this. How did this figure balloon up to millions? Well you know and I know. It is duit kopi and songlapping over 30 years. Gradually, the problem grew and grew until it becme 2 million (official) with no licence.

    If PDRM was clean and did their job from day one, such a large figure would not even eist in today. At most, maybe 10 to 20 thousand road users with no license.

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  • Some1 on Feb 26, 2016 at 4:16 pm

    Send 300+k offender to court? Are you sure you can handle?
    300K divide by 52 weeks and divide by 5 days week and divide by 8 hours will be 144 case per hour to handle country wide. not to mention any other cases currently handle. By the way, do they really work 8 hours?

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  • secKBMWC on Feb 26, 2016 at 4:17 pm

    We experienced drivers at a very few unfortunate times might do a mistake… But when that very particular mistakes was met with a very unexperienced driver especially those driving without proper training (no licence), accident most probbably would happened! That’s the danger of unlicenced drivers. I’m sure these kids would never know things such as defensive driving, blind spots etc…

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  • RempitUmggok on Feb 26, 2016 at 4:37 pm

    want to mass produce their children but don’t give it a damn to take good care of their child.
    for example let their 13 years old teen took bike like rempit around the kampung area !thats y they grown up to be rempit !

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  • What the duck on Feb 26, 2016 at 5:10 pm

    Yeah… Just look at the figure and compare it with our population. I’m not saying ppl with license tend to be more good at driving but it definitely shows something here. And the gomen blame the rest of us for traffic accidents. What the duck…

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  • Special day with special Road on Feb 26, 2016 at 5:41 pm

    Don’t worry, maybe someone will suggest to block a certain day and roads in the city for them to practice driving. Help them to get license.

    Can have carnival, food truck and etc to pump up the atmosphere.

    Last it those ideas seems legit and coming from official mouth

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  • saladin on Feb 26, 2016 at 5:44 pm

    Problems cannot be solved by creating more problems.compound wont solve the issue. It is better to get them on compulsary driving test or face jail term. Best for everybody.

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  • hassan on Feb 26, 2016 at 7:10 pm

    Come on hard on their hopeless, good for
    nothing parents. They are the main cause for kids riding in housing estates & roads without helmets and a menace at traffic lights.
    Where is the enforcement &, cameras when you need them?

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    • Party Hard says AES tabouleh, oppo pipu says police brutality, rakyat says apa sarahan saya, perpetrator scolds enforcement officer & throws saman money at them expecting they pickup like beggar.

      All these thanks to who?

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  • Cikgu selamat on Feb 26, 2016 at 7:32 pm

    Malaysia Boleh!!!!

    I wonder what will happen in next 5 years…
    Maybe under aged pilot?

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  • James on Feb 28, 2016 at 9:57 am

    Tougher punishment is required!! to be implemented into system and curb out the Lack of LAW enforcement!

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