The police are happy with the results of Ops Selamat, which has succeeded in reducing the number of road fatalities for the first time in five years this Raya period, The Star reports. 299 deaths were reported this year compared to 330 in 2015.
“Normally, the number of fatalities will increase but not this year. This is a good start and we hope this trend will prevail in the coming years,” said Bukit Aman Traffic Investigations and Enforcement Department deputy director Asst Comm Ruslan Khalid.
He added that the police are also pleased that motorists were heeding calls to not abuse the emergency lane. The number of summonses issued for emergency lane misuse dropped 56.8%, from 2,652 to 1,146 this year.
“This clearly shows that our enforcement efforts yielded positive results. All the warnings and awareness campaigns over the past few weeks have not gone to waste,” he said, adding that summonses for those who cut queue by overtaking near the road curb also dropped, from 1,950 to 968 this year.
However, there was an increase in the number of summonses issued for other traffic offences, the bulk of it (133,695) for speeding. “This year, we issued 246,104 summonses – an increase of 2.9% – compared to 239,107 during the same period last year,” said ACP Ruslan, who singled out drivers’ attitude as the main cause of accidents.
There were fewer house break-ins while (almost) everyone was away too – 794 compared to 872 last year, an 8.9% drop.
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What about the number of rasuah taken?
Saman lebih, kata Gov takde duit.
Saman kurang, kata sapu/korup.
Buat Ops, kata Gov takde keje lain nak buat.
X buat Ops, kata Gov tak ambil kesah nyawa rakyat.
Eksiden lebih masa Ops, kata ops x berkesan.
Eksiden kurang masa Ops, kata ini bukan kerana ops.
Mati lebih, ini semua salah Gov.
Mati kurang, pun ini semua salah Gov.
Macam tu, lu semua menang lor!
Some people out there surely thanking 264,104 rakyat for their contributions to…
Did the Trafik chief said that despite Ops Selamat, he was 100% sure accidents and deaths would increase from last year?
Bodoh betul. As if he had a crystal ball.
Wow, emergency lane abuser reduced eh? Only 1K++ summons issued over a week. I wonder what kind of magic was being used. Agong head magic paper must be blinding their sight.
What about the power of fesbuk, hmm? Specifically JPJ fesbuk
Ignorant to the max. Not to mention go straight to court when caught using emergency lane. Maybe because of that the number reduce.
Saman increased, more kopi to drink
The best way to reduce fatal accidents? Make the roads more jam up then there’s no way to drive fast and cause serious accidents!
Credit where its due….. thank you to the enforcement and monitoring authorities and not forgetting the drivers themselves who put saving lives ahead of everything else. Let’s continue to bring down the number of fatalities
240k++ summon , 1 saman brp RM ? Darab total berapa ? Woww. That’s such a huge amount of ringgit Malaysia
Let us reduce the money that gov get from this type of collection. Drive more safely and obey the law. Ok?
Don’t jump to conclusion with just figures.
Enforcement should be done all year and not just during festive season only.
We need 24/7 enforcement cos motorist be it lorries, bus, cars or bikes will go back to their zero courtesy ways after this.
bayar saman RM400…
Settle dgn saya,…..ehem…..