The public is urged to minimise the recreational use of motorcycles in order to reduce the number of road deaths. Road safety department (JKJR) director-general Abdul Ghafar Yusof said 62% of the 6,706 road fatalities last year involved motorcycles.
“We want to focus attention on this issue because if we manage to reduce motorcycle use by 10%, we could save 400 lives a year,” said Ghafar in a Bernama report. “Motorcycle use is not forbidden because there are families that can only own such a vehicle, but use should only be when necessary and in desperate situations to avoid the risk of accidents,” he said.
Speaking at a road safety programme in Gua Musang, Kelantan, where the JKJR distributed 60 motorcycle safety helmets, including 30 designed for children, Ghafar reminded parents to ensure their children wear safety helmets to reduce the risk of fatal accidents.
“Safety helmets for children should also come with safety standards to avoid helmet breakage in the event of an accident,” said Ghafar. He also reminded parents that they should not allow their children to ride motorcycles without a license.
doesnt make sense at all
Why make it so complicated . Just increase the legal age from 16 to 21. 16 is too young to have a bike license for Malaysians. Our youth are not responsible enough. 16 is mat rempit mentality
Won’t happen late BN no more supporters/voters !!!
Bike has created so much public danger on the road. Everyone will be safer if driving in car.
Agreed
Dumb….dumb…..Just reduce car duty to 0%, then everybody can afford to buy Axia. Who wants to ride bike in Malaysian sun unlessthere is no other choice.
Agreed. Let there be a scheme for low-income families to own one low-cost car. Not perfect but worth a try.
Actually, instead of all cars perhaps the KEI concept would benefit them. That was what helped Japan in the first place to modernize their country with more $$$ flowing in the economy.
But then again, traffic would go from bad to horrifying news breaking congestion.
I disagree. I prefer to ride than drive. Simple maths really: Less time on the road because I can use shortcuts that are too small for cars, less time stuck in jam because I can move through the space between cars, less money spent on fuel because I don’t need to move a tonne of metal etc., less road tax, less insurance premium, and so on…
The inconvenience of putting on a rain suit is a price I can live with.
there are still people who have cars but still rides because of jams. didn’t that reason crossed your mind?
rempit = rekreasi. Korangkan rempit..
Totally agreed with increase of age to obtain lesen for bikers. Need to built more bike lane and maintain it. Enforcement is a must as well.
BN ministry full of logic… ONLY BLAME on Rakyat! BN supporters will comment CUKUR CUKUR CUKUR!
Salam YB Abdul Ghafar, tiap2 hari makan nasi lemak pon bolih kene diabetes & sakit jantung.
Xnak makan ker
Just educate all drivers and cyclist. And has a refreshment course every year. Those kena saman will be banned from driving for 1 month.
Minimise the cabinet size to reduce corruptions.
pea-brain crook thinking..
Cabinet too small how? UMNO have to share nasi lemak?
so provide us good public transport system then
dont always give sampah punya statement
give us solutions not just making stupid statement
bodo
In b4 better buy car. But if buy car better buy P1.
P2 is famili coffin.
Good….more bikers will buy proton.
you are so brilliant…
more bike = less Proton..
Better than coffin. Say NO to Moving Coffins!
DG, can you advice on parking, toll, jam, & public transport not-up-to-trustworthy?
Appreciate you could suggest solution. Do not just talk.
finally some sense….Amen to that…
What should be minimized is the idiots on kapchais riding at 30kmh in the middle of the road.
Kapcai rider has his rights to use the road within legal limits. What makes a kapcai riding 30km/h in the middle of the road an idiot ? And under what law justifies you to demand right of way? Do enlighten.
This statement is silly. Should reduce motorcycle reckless driving right?
jalam jem cam nok haram nk g kije..nak suruh kurang pakai moto..bodo biar bertempat..
kerja gomen boleh datang lambat..
tak masuk pun tak apa..
pegawai sibuk main golf dgn supplier..orang bawah..a.jgn kacau…
Proof?
Tarak baca ka?
“minimise the recreational use”
“use should only be when necessary and in desperate situations to avoid the risk of accidents” – such as pegi kije, pahammm??????????????
the reason being is we malaysians use unquality helmets yet they cost alot more than what we should pay . our goverment charge very high taxes to helmets that are good such as arai shoei ext
They are referring to recreational use only. Not exactly for those who have no choice, eg lower income earners and those who want to avoid wasting their time sitting in traffic.
what % for recrational? 10%?
Sure. Recreational use.
So please tell why, we want to close the city for Rempits to race? Rempiting not recreational?
Cakap tak serupa bikin.
But all in all, I agree with you, but it is a pointless statement anyway. Most motorcyclist accidents are from commuters. I see it every week.
Thats why some said AES is useless. Its a project to minimize road fatalities but 62% of it comes from motorcyclists. Also major case comes from rural areas. So what for to impose AES?
Ah..ah. Brilliant, same idea with my grandma. She event not passed Standard 6.
So you got CGPA 4.0?
Should minimize the amount of stupid ministers in the one of the largest cabinet in the world
Shut down Proton and Perodua forever.
Remove the ridiculous 130% tax on vehicles in Malaysia
Improve the shitty public transport system. Thats it! Case solved.
Lol Thai has no such p1 protektion still got expensive cars!
bodoh punya menteri
If the car tax is reduced to 25% like our neighbour Brunei, do u think will see bike on d street?
I don’t think the issue here’s about motorcycle usage – it’s about education and attitudes on the road. As long as we have motorcyclists behaving like entitled kindergarten rejects and drivers too busy feeling invincible in their metal coffins to realise turn indicators exist, accidents will still happen.
It’s like saying, “Want to reduce traffic jams? Don’t leave the house!” But I bet some minister’s already been there. OH WAIT
So, if you reduce 10% of motorcyclist from ‘recreational’ use, what is to stop the remaining 90% from doing things like:
Reckless riding
Riding AGAINST traffic/into 1 way roads
Speeding/Illegal racing
Overloading (3-4 pax per motorcycle)
12-14 year old non-pillion riders
Drunk riders
Extremely slow riding
Guess what? CAR DRIVERS do ALL of the above too. The only difference between cars and motorcycles when it comes to accidents: Motorcyclists need to wear safety GEAR.
Not JUST HELMET. GEAR.
Does this mean that we should ban/reduce motorcycles? Of course not!
Does this mean that ALL motorcyclists are guilty of the above? No!
It is all about Education, not the mode of transport.
It is all about Enforcement, not just talking.
Oh yeah. Malaysia has car fatalities too. You should reduce recreational use of cars. Car use should only be when necessary and in desperate situations to avoid the risk of accidents, right?
Agreed.
Most of recretional bikers rides in proper manner with full gears. But those who are not making them no diffrent compare to “mat rempits”. These group of ppl are making us bikers look bad. We’re riders who wants enjoy the road on two wheels thats all…
on my personal experience, all three of my bike accident is due to idiot driver who dont know how to use signal…so should we limit the use or cars too??
is all about educating ppl… JPJ/moronister should think about it.. not to find easy way put by penalizing rakyat…
Another low iq & eq statement similar to john.
Bet tomorrow he will say he was misquoted and blame the press for reporting it out of context.
Fatalities happen cos of the attitude of riders who ride on Federal Highway eventhough motorcycle lanes are provided.
Go to any kampung see the amount of teenagers riding a motorbike w/o helmets & licence.
Beating traffic lights w/o a care cos there is zero enforcement.
This is the kurang ajar attitude that causes fatalities so have more enforcement to atrest these problems.
Bercukurlah !!
In China….motorcyles NOT allowed on roads and hiways in big cities .. thats one of the reasons few death involving motocyclists there..
but in Malaysia, even you build a road for motorcyclist, they prefer to join you on your side of the road.
Bike is king of road, even cars have hard time to change lane!
Here in Malaysia car driver like to change lane (emergency lane incl.) every 5 second plus if you buy car in Malaysia your signal light come as an optional accessories.
Minimise car usage would also reduce road deaths.
Therefore, minimise car purchase to reduce car usage.
To minimise car purchase, increase car prices and minimise safety feature.
Make sense doesn’t it, even primary 5 kids would understand this, might aswell apoint these kids as ministers.
hello mr ghafar, let the poor people die because cannot afford to buy car?reduce car price lah so everyone can buy.
After this would another fella say something like “parang, knives, and face masks are often used in robberies. If we reduce the outlets selling them, it would be safer for the society.”
Recreational bikes which I assume is weekend riders.It is not the numbers of bikes on the road that matters.It is the attitude that matters.You can put 100 riders with good attitude and nothing will happen. Put 10 riders with poor attitude and sure something will happen. It is not about numbers.IT IS about ATTITUDE and ROAD MANNERS.
So imho this statement is Rubbish!
90% of the comments here are stupid. The guy has a point. We all know it dangerous. One mistake can be fatal. He did not it should be banned.
What would you expect when we have people like FT Minister Tg. Adnan supporting Mat Rempit and even proposing to close down KL roads at night to allow them to race !!??
Encouraging these rempits who don’t give a hood about safety speaks for the mentality of our ministers.
Its like saying dont eat to prevent diabetes.. or wrap yourself up to prevent dengue.. makes no sense one..
U think everybody can afford car? Ptuihh.
Better save life than having big bike for gaya only.
Many used cars are cheaper than new bike.
That’s why. Even RM24k new car also don’t think people can afford to buy (still too expensive for a car which is just better than Kancil or Vavi, but much more worse and inferior than even 10 years old 1st gen Myvi basic spec). Used cars (any brand), although cheaper (some less than RM5k), but most of the time it need to ‘banyak masuk workshop’ to repair this and that especially those with unknown history.
Minimize your days on earth to reduce pollution.
aren’t helmets supposed to break upon hard impact?
what kind of DG is this ? half past six govt servants
reduce 10% cars also can save 400 lives XD
Sometimes I wonder if our government leaders use their brains when they made comments. Tak masuk akal.
Reduce 10% of these extremely stupid minister and the country can save more then 400mill per year…how’s that for a change…
The better way is to improve the training scheme in driving school. Offer advance driving skills. There are many that can take into consideration instead of “reduce death, reduce use of motorcycle”. People know how to drive fast but never know on how manage on handling a vehicle in emergency or possible accident. Teach first aid also should be a point. Many road deaths can be prevented if many bystanders know the skills while waiting for the ambulance to come.
Don’t report to police if accident happen.. Since no report no statistic hence eliminate number of accident..
0 free accident country by stat.. Win
Lori yang himpit dan seret motor penyebab kematian rider tu tak nak ‘ban’ pulak? Bodo punya pengarah!
No Motorcycle, then most of ppls need take Uber come to work? WTF, Uber going tax some more, cost also going increase.
Please improve the public transport 1st, not just said tak pakai otak.
improve traffic flow and reduce car price first before talk about this (only for legal license motorcyclist) ..those illegal…JPJ, you have to do your job harder!
Every year they publish statistics with motorcyclists being the highest involvement in road accidents and deaths, but has the authority ever analyzed the causes of motorcycle accidents? Being a motorcyclist myself, I admit that we’re more prone to accidents than larger vehicles, however in many situations its the environment that puts this against us, eg. poor road conditions (road surfaces, pot holes, stagnant water), zero-to-bad roadside lighting, very narrow and s’times no space for cyclists, ignorant larger vehicle drivers etc.
If we had people like Mr Ghafar was in charged of inland security, I won’t be surprised if they announce statements like “We’ve identified that parang and knives are used in many robberies, thus we advise the trade ministry to limit or ban the sale of such items for social safety”
Yes yes yes.
But then again. Motorcyclist need to do more to protect themselves.
As the chinese saying goes, skin wrap metal.
You are the smaller and more vulnerable motorist. But there are a lot of them in what seems like a race to get the Darwin award.
1) Don’t hide in other vehicle’s blind spot (especially lorries or busses or HGVs)
2) Don’t over take on the left on left turn lanes
3) Don’t run a red light.
4) I have nothing against motorcyclist from splitting lanes, but don’t fly past between us. Honking wont help YOU STOP FASTER. Look at point 1.
5) Don’t lane hog.
people overlooked the word “recreational”..
Nonetheless, G is a ridicule to the people
Life is known to result in death in 100% of cases. Do your part to reduce deaths. Don’t life.
reduce total days in one year to reduce road fatalities per year.
Same cases: A lot of people die due to heart attack. So ban penjual nasi lemak. Stupid gov servant.
Stupid example
Most of commentators here were heaters. Comments should be appropriate and meaningful… most of you also no brainer driver who caused the road accident. Driving a car recklessly, changing lane whenever you like without looking what is coming behind you, no signal, using freaking mobile phone while driving..but all u know is to bash the govt servant…. pathetic people
I think the government should learn from Taiwan transport system. All motorcycle is prohibited from entering to any Highway.
If we do the same here, I think it will greatly reduce the accident. Which mean, motorcycle is no longer able to travel on NKVE, Federal Highway, North South Highway, etc.
Aiyo, why worry?
Those people who ride the bike know the risk of riding one on Malaysian rode. So they chose to accept that risk.
We laugh at P2 and Vios without airbag and VSC, but we are ok with such a thing as a motorcycle on the very same road. Wearing just a helmet? Might as well go wear some holy ornaments from your local church or tokong or place of worship, might give you better protection.
No use becoz accidents mainly due to their mentality…they r the king on the road even Bmw have to give way, they speed like mad even when in traffic jam and cars have to avoid them by driving further from the middle of the road..some even try to drve on the left side on the slow lane or squeeze frum the right side on the fast lane..they tink oter drivers think highly of them wit their stunts zig zagging or superman show but sadly these r mostly losers in life
Car driver also to be blame la Bro… 3 lane road can transform into 4 lane road during peak hours no manner ka bawak kereta?