The Kedah state Road Transport Department (JPJ) will carry out an ‘advocacy programme’ soon to advise car accessory shop owners, as well as non-compliant motorists, on the rules regarding the fitting of car accessories, Bernama reports.
Under the programme, JPJ will educate accessory shop owners and motorists on the existing legislation surrounding prohibited accessories like high-intensity discharge (HID) and strobe lights, said state enforcement division chief Shahrul Azhar Mad Dali.
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He said the operation against HID and strobe lights, plus non-regulation number plates, will be carried out from November 1. We reported previously that the said operation would be executed in two phases – an ‘educatory’ phase lasting throughout October, and a full phase from November 1, when non-compliant motorists would be fined. This ‘advocacy programme’ could very well be part of the initial educatory phase.
JPJ will arrange to meet accessory shop operators and owners, as well as cooperate with other enforcement authorities to stamp out sales of illegal accessories. “The department has no power to seize the illegal items and we can only make the outlet operators aware of the regulations and laws,” said Shahrul.
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just a day after deepavali i was fined for fancy numberplate. so the ops is already ongoing.
Nevermind black tint, how about black smoke.
Seems like JPJ has turned a blind eye on those vehicles
Buses, Lorries, Trailers all belching
cough cough cough
thats going to be tough what with the quality of diesel available
but good move i guess. rather than going after the end users only, its time to take action on the sellers as well.
Disel sod is 1,000 times more poisonous than cig smoke! Also, the fine sod once in the lung will never exit the body. Payback time is during your old age, beginning at 50 years old. Avoid following closely smokey and non-smokey disel vehicles on the highway and byways, and your RM can be spent in other places rather than in clinics, for the rest of your life, if u still have one, as it is now!!
So only the Kedah branch JPJ would carry out this education programme while the rest of the JPJ throughout the country would sleep?
Secondly, after educating the accessory shop operators if they still do not play by the rules, what is the Govn gonna do about it? Is there no follow through by the authorities. This is very poor planning and poor enforcement by the authorities.
I’m sorry to say I have never been impressed by the JPJ department.
JPJ please reinforce this strictly because really so embarrass and annoy when seeing those wannabe wajalution, Myvi and wira with HID but look position like high beam….LED and HID here and there. So mempersiasuikan our nation, just imagine if you see these type of car in China you will its so cheap and so its happened here.
I always advise my friend to save money to upgrade to better car instead of keep on accessorized their car.
Please get rid of those car on the road.
That’s the price u hafta pay bro..
This kind of operation is akin to Malay saying,’melepaskan batuk di tangga’.
In my opinion the stick on or fix on sun shades on car windows , if does not allow the legal amount of light to pass thru are also illegal if they are fixed on where the vehicle is in use. If vehicle is parked , then no issue. Reason is because they have the same effect as a tinted window. In principle whether tinted or non permanent shades, both should be considered illegal if they don’t comply with JPJ standard.
Why advice…ENFORCE…!
not in their jurisdiction they say
how about the 4×4 pickup truck roof top spot light? will they take action on this also?
Good move
How about day light?
ask JPJ how can they approved double decker bus as express bus. where ada safety? Lagi 3 in a row sure the bus no balance. Do they know the daylight or strobe they claim does more good than bad. I think JPJ have go to back again
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Good move by JPJ Kedah. At least they are explaining the rules. Only question is why Kedah JPJ only?
Because there is no cohesive planning the way they do things
But the thing is. As far as I know, while it may be illegal to use these items, it is not illegal to sell them. Barking up the wrong tree much? And why only Kedah JPJ?
I still see plenty of Alphads with strobes. Where is the enforcement? Even the Tint issue also cannot settle.
What to educate?
Some are multiple degree holders doing all these donkey stuff.
Malaysians dont need more education/cakap cakap.
Just enforce the law to the max.
In fact,i suspect more corruption is taking place in these “permantauan exercise”
tapi kalau kereta2 orang kaya tak apa.. tak saman..
Why do u want to catch people with retrofit HID? It is not the type of bulb that cause glare but the angle which causes glare.
Drivers who drive with their high beams ON also causes glare to oncoming drivers. Maybe U should also fine these people then.
Why can’t the JPJ look at the big picture???
Last time there was an even bigger joke. They say want to ban all cars from using HID, even cars with original HID.
Foreigners in other countries must be laughing at the way problems are being solved in this country.
kena saman
Errant car owners to be blacklisted @ Subang Jaya
Educate the seller and public, then enforce the law.
Ilegal item will still be available for sale.We can even buy a gun today,let alone a strobe light.
Enforce,enforce,enforce….to everyone.
i prefer those cars with retrofit HID and DRL to undergo inspection. if it match certain limit, JPJ shud endorse..like engine/gearbox swap.
#stupid.white.bulb.headlamp
I agree. Jpj should inspect cars with HID first rather than simply banning everything.
Must look at the bigger picture.
I thought the new tint regulation has been postponed. And in this phamplet, it already shows the “new” VLT regulations. Not consistent causing confusion amongst motorists. Shows that JPJ themselves are wishy washy over the rules, how to expect others to respect the rules..?