The Penang Island City Council (MBPP) will increase the fines for parking offences involving the abuse of handicap (OKU) lots, pedestrian walkways and bicycle lanes come August 1, according to a report by theSun. The decision was made following numerous complaints on irresponsible drivers by other motorists.
Council Financial Management Committee alternate chairman and city council councillor, Joseph Ng, went on to state that a number of said complaints originated from disabled motorists themselves who were sounding off on the issue of reserved parking spaces abused by able-bodied drivers.
“There is no point in having pedestrian walkways and bicycle lanes if they cannot be used as people parked on them,” he Ng told members of the media at a press conference following a council meeting. Starting tomorrow, drivers who are found guilty of parking their vehicles in handicap lots, on walkways and bicycle lanes will face a fine of RM100 – an increase of RM70.
Errant motorcyclists will also be penalised a total of RM20 for similar offences – up from the previous fine of RM15. However, it should be noted that the move was met with a fair bit of resistance with councillor Lim Boon Beng calling for the increase to be reconsidered.
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inb4 PG1 always parking offence, LGE hipokrit
No need increase the fine… They won’t pay it anyway. Pedestrians just need to break the side mirror of the cars park in their walkway. That is the only way to teach the stupid drivers.
What are you trying to say? Are you against stiff penalty for abuse of parking space meant for the disabled? If the CM or his driver has abused their privilege for using such parking space, they would similarly be fined, so don’t comment like a hypocrite.
If u don’t have any sense of humor and easily butthurt, maybe u should GTFO from internet.
In after PG1 always parking offence, ini semua salah Gov/ Najib/ Rosmah/ BN/ UMNO
I wonder if that mercedes owner in the thumbnail is really disabled.
Yes
The owner has a mental disability….
Brain disabled.
Yes the owner is disabled. The owner has a mental disability
About time the authorities hand these errant motorists a heavier fine. Traffic in Penang is a chaos beyond believe.
-BigBalls-
cheif minister already setteld his own?
Ha..ha..ha..
They can increase the fees to even RM1000 Penang people are soo kedekut and cheapsake. They won’t pay the fines wan lah. Only way is to impound their car and crush them if they don’t reclaim and pay the fines.
Soo kiasu one sure guarantee only then they will quickly come and pay the penalty.
Agree. .can start selling towed car as scrap to increase state government income
Rm100 for a mercedes owner celah gigi ajela.
pejam mata aje bayar.
Merc is not symbol of wealth. I have seen so many bmw, Merc drivers queueing for fuel before hikes.
Even in Mercedes, some of them driving between 100 – 110 km/h most of time, max 130 km/h on highway (that was me last time when driving a new A200 few months ago, of course 110 km/h in Mercedes is like driving 60 – 70 km/h only) where they can easily going 140 km/h or more. Not because of afraid going fast or to show off, but more towards safety reason, plus since 2 of my passengers are senior citizen (aged more than 60 years old) so need to drive slow and steady (of course in appropriate lane and never road hog).
aiyo give chance. frist 100 second time 200 third time 400 double up the panelty untill limit last just cancel thier driving license.
aiyo need to know who car is it and the reason if not a good reason first time 100 second time 200 third time 400 double up the panelty until limit and last just cancel thier driving license
why always fine here (money) and there… ? can change to work for charity things. ? penang gov no money ..?