The recently-concluded road safety operation Ops Selamat – held over 15 days from July 10 in conjunction with the Hari Raya Aidilfitri season – saw a disturbing upward trend in road accidents, according to a Bernama report.
Deputy inspector-general of police Datuk Seri Noor Rashid Ibrahim said that overall, the operation recorded 20,458 incidents nationwide compared to 18,484 cases during last year’s festive season, a 10.7% increase. More worryingly, fatalities have shot up a staggering 39.6% from 244 last year to 330 in 2015. Motorcyclists still formed the bulk of the fatalities at 60.6%, with 200 deaths.
“This shows an urgent need educate people on careful driving and we should also carefully guide new drivers to be more responsible,” he said.
Noor Rashid added that the yearly death toll of at least 6,000 cases – racking up huge medical costs and billions of ringgit of vehicle damage – showed an urgent need to proactively curb road accidents. “Continuous education should be intensified…to reduce the figure by 20%,” he said.
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Again, close Perodua shop will reduce happened accidents immediately.
There are so many Wira, Iswara, Saga, Waja, Tiara, Satria, Savvy running on the street which:
1. 6 Airbag – takda
2. VSC – takda
3. Traction Control – takda
4. ABS – takda
5. EBD – takda
6. AB – takda
7. ASEANCAP – takda
Saga BLM only get 1 star in ASEANCAP. http://paultan.org/2013/02/01/asean-ncap-first-phase-results-released-for-eight-models-tested-ford-fiesta-and-honda-city-get-5-stars/saga-std/
I meant the quantities of Perodua on the road which are lack of safety protection. Since somebody said we can’t see any Proton car on the road and Proton sale volume is less than Perodua.
Many luxury car drivers even don’t want to use indicator light during changing lanes. Don’t switch on their lights during dark and rainy days.
so what is really the point of having all these Ops during the holiday season? looks to me like more to do with generating revenue for PDRM, JPJ, etc. rather than minimizing or preventing fatal accidents. btw, Ops Selamat with more accidents and deaths? what a joke of name..
This is an understatement. The full picture is far more disturbing. How many of us must die before Malaysians understand how sickening we really are on the road ? We love to complain and blame others, because it’s ALWAYS easier to ‘offload’ the guilt on someone else… but the reality is that much of the time, WE are the ones who are guilty. Don’t blame others, start with yourself, learn to be a better driver, care about others on the road, not just yourself. We’re all in this together, ultimately, only we can save ourselves. Not the police, not the government, not anyone else, progress is a collective effort, we must all play our part.
Related Dept please study in detail the statistic dont just look at the number!
It look like real police need to take over dummies further more more polices should patrol.
Is this the curse of JPJ?
As the Ketua Pengarah JPJ said in the news
“Kita nak orang Malaysia mati 5,358 orang menjelang tahun 2020”
http://khairulryezal.blogspot.com/2014/11/kpi-ketua-pegarah-jpj-berapa-ramai.html
http://pingbusuk.org/v/1147989/video-ketua-pengarah-jpj-minta-rakyat-mati.html
If Ops is about just reporting statistics & doing nothing we also know how to do it lah!!
COnsidering most people here drive like maniacs, Use emergancy lane as extra lane to clog up the road etc,
Still some wants to raise the speed limit ? Bad enough those who dont care about the limit in the first place cause accidents all over. If im the JpJ i would be happy to enforce fines and generate revenue. Why? Because them drivers themselves do not want to change damn it or until they die from accident.
So other than a bunch of statistics…what is PDRM, JPJ and MAA going to do about it?
I would really want to see what is the fatalities breakdown for Motorcyclist and Cars. We all know the demographics behind them.