Paying attention on the roads is particularly crucial during the festive and holiday periods, as an estimated 95% of road accident fatalities are due to driver carelessness, according to the Malaysian police as reported in The Sun.
“Based on analysis from previous operations, 95% of accidents were due to the carelessness of drivers. We are concerned over the high number of fatal accidents during festive seasons. This is why we are continuously conducting such programmes,” said the Inspector-General of Police Tan Sri Khalid Abu Bakar, following the launch of Ops Selamat 11 which commenced yesterday and which will take effect until July 2.
The total number of accident cases increased by 524 cases or 2.6%, said Khalid, though fatal accidents went down by 40 cases last year. Meanwhile, the number of deaths recorded decreased by 31 compared to the previous year. Commenting on Ops Selamat, deputy prime minister Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi said that 1.4 million of the 5.3 million summonses issued last year still had not been paid.
“Other than enforcement, public awareness is also important to reduce the accident rate and deaths during the festive season,” he said, also advising motorists to be more vigilant and careful on the roads.
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There are other major factors, such as the unworthy condition of private and commercial vehicles. Rethreaded tyre threads lori kontena, overloaded lorry balak, brake failures on bus express, etc. As always JPJ police traffic tidur
Most fatalities during festivals arent from commercial vehicles. Bodo tu simpan skit.
according to PDRM, most accidents are caused by commercial vehicles. Your stats are wrong. Bodo tu simpan skit juga
According to PDRM, mana ada lori masa festive ban kat hiway, abang. So simpan bodo tu. Bukan skit semua to simpan.
IGP also must be aware that accidents are high cause our cars have low spec safety equipment.
Let us look at VSC. According to Malaysian Government, if all cars had VSC, accidents and deaths can be prevented by 45%
So, this means that, if there are 10,000 deaths in a year, if all cars had VSC, we can save 4500 lives.
Perodua announced 2 days ago they have sold 1 million Myvis. This is shocking cause Myvis have no VSC. So from Myvi alone, there are 1 million cars with no VSC.
Axia is even worse. The car not ony got no VSC but got no ABS. That is like driving a Keranda with 4 wheels.
Then you have Proton. Their biggest seller, Saga, has no VSC.
Then you have Toyota, until last year, ALL their cars past 20 years had no VSC. Toyota also sold close to a million cars with no VSC todate.
So, our IGP needs to be aware, carelessness is not the only factor. Consumers in Malaysia have no choice but to buy cars with low safety spec.
Sadly, the same cars sold in Europe and USA have VSC the past 12 years and ABS the past 15 years. In japan, the Myvi equivalent, Sirion and Passo have VSC and ABS since 10 years ago
Yes, the Saga may not have VSC (not even in higher specs? I thought it did… can’t be bothered to check). However many Proton models do have VSC, even as standard. And if you look at the price, Proton offers VSC at price points where most other manufacturers won’t.
Education also plays an important role here.
Hard truth but MY drivers wun admit it. Its alwiz someone elses fault
Control over population …Motorcyclist & kids no helmet, 1 kapcai 7ppl circus, Rempit mcm shaitann
Your Government should have legislated 10 years ago that all cars to have
1) 6 airbags
2) VSC
3) ABS
The problem here is that nearly all car companies are Government owned via GLC
Sejak azali bro..
Cakap serupa x cakap.
Simpan sikit boh…
How about those commercial vehicle drivers with 101 summons but still driving due to lack of enforcement.
Then after he crash and kill 10+ ppl, the authorities will come out with all these details…
Ta bule ni machiem
Pffttt Speechless
Wow, 95% of accidents are caused by carelessness alone? Then vehicle condition, road condition and lack of enforcement on overspeeding only accounts for 5%? What a way to push responsibilities around, Mr IGP.
After any major accident, 1 smart abang will come out announce….Syarikat bas tersebut mempunyai 63 saman tertunggak atas pelbagai kesalahan. Dan pemandu bas berkenaan pula memiliki 15 saman tertunggak atas pelbagai kesalahan termasuk memandu laju. Manakala ujian air kencing…
And this endless loop just go on and on, next accident and the next one..and
Number of new cars last year increased by 600k but number of accidents increased by only 524 cases or 2.6%. That’s just fantastic.
Too much playing on the phones , refuse to keep left making people overtake on left or on double line trunk roads , too little education.
Even now , hardly anyone uses child seat even after Soo many deaths .
Whisper to the IGP and his police force – ENFORCEMENT
It all about bad driving attitude & selfishness.
To end the sexist stereotypes that still abound in Malaysia, release statistics on which gender the drivers in these accidents were.
I’ll bet that at least 2/3 were men. If women were designated drivers in a family, the accident rate would be down 30% overnight.
If you disagree, fire away bruh. Cos only bobois would disagree.
Stupidity does not know gender.
Biasa lah….This is Malaysia. The land of everything possible.
What helps is safer cars and higher speeds. I noticed that many people in Germany drive relatively slow these days… and many of them are playing with their phone, stick to the center lane and in general drive very bad. The fast drivers are not the problem, they aren’t dangerous. It’s the slow ones.