The Road Transport Department (JPJ) is considering increasing the number of traffic offences for which offenders will be taken straight to court, The Sun reports. Currently, abuse of the emergency lane is the only offence which sees errant motorists being hauled directly to court.
Apart from emergency lane abuse, JPJ is considering adding offences such as using a handphone while driving, beating red lights, not wearing a seat belt, overtaking on solid double lines, queue-cutting, and fast lane-hogging (for commercial vehicles) to the “straight-to-court” list, JPJ director-general Datuk Seri Nazri Siron told Sin Chew Daily in an interview.
Currently, stern action is taken against motorists who commit the above offences only during festive seasons. The department is waiting for feedback from the Malaysian Institute of Road Safety Research (MIROS), the Public Road Safety Council and the police on the feasibility of its proposal, Nazri added.
He said JPJ needs time to study the proposal to avoid double penalties applied, as the six offences proposed for court action already accumulate demerit points under the Automated Awareness Safety System (AWAS).
“Under AWAS, offenders face penalties such as fine and suspension of driving licence; similarly they will also be fined if charged in court. Meanwhile, we have to resolve this problem of double penalties,” he explained.
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Motorist = CAR drivers.
Mat moto can continue breaking the law with impunity.
JPJ should just clean up their officers who are always asking duit kopi. Don’t talk big about going to court when 9 out of 10 of your officers mintak duit kopi. Clean you filth pls
If theres no givers, then theres no takers.
Do the right thing instead.
see who the majority, then you will understand why so many takers
Yes. See who the majority givers.
Some of the road design will just force the driver to easily offense traffic rule.
If you have a genuine case just present it to the court. JPJ said “straight to court”, not “straight to jail”.
as long as these can improve road safety & doesn’t harm other innocent road users, i fully sappork this!
Bah! Go straight to gallows better. Once they removed permanently, only ones left r law abiding citizens.
And you’re so perfect you don’t make any mistakes?
Yes, never got a saman. Not even a municipal parking ticket. Pipu only need to stop being lazy and just stick to the law.
Poor john could only afford to ride public transport and or maybe a tricycle LOL
So since when did living a healthier, environ concious, and thinking about childrens future, lifestyle became a laffing matter?
I laff at selfish pipu who thinks only themselves but act all high and mighty.
Just ride MRT so no problemo.
don’t pass the problem to the court. If the enforcement is good and transparent, I don’t think you need the court for such routine offences.
Send to court is not to make judges life difficult, but its to teach lawbreakers a lesson by wasting their time to attend court. Then they feel it rather than just pay saman.
magistrate court will be over crowded on traffic offences case soon!
Then have more reason to hire more judges. Or better yet, just gip judges power to render judgement on the spot on the roads.
judges must be very very busy.
time to haul all these offenders to court will be long because the list of offenders will be countless.
How to send photo evidences to JPJ ?
Hari2 diaorg guna e-lane….xkira keta besar atau kecik….
Betui…keta besar dabel signal dgn escort riders diorang smue skali.
i really wish this was done in the name of safety instead of “you know what”
U mean instead of real reason which is to teach them lawbreakers a lesson they wun forget? Yeah, I prefer the real reason.
i would like JPJ to clarify what is actually lane hogging?
if i drive at 115kmh in the fast lane (which is just over the max speed limit on malaysian highway), than another car came from behind at 180kmh – can the driver called me lane hogger?
when he is the one putting other road users at risks with his excessive speed.
or is that why you only described commercial vehicles as lane hogger?
Yes, he can repot u as lane hogger. And then u can oso repot him as overspeeding. No problemo. Only that both of u will end up in court and pay saman, so JPJ untung 2x.
Keep left unless overtaking
If you’re overtaking you have a right to be on the overtaking lane,
if not overtaking, please use the unoccupied left lane. Right lane hogging is illegal.
Two wrong don’t make a right
To ex-VGM staff: They might commit an offence going over 110km/h, you are equally wrong by hogging the right lane.
Allow me to quote from a news report from 2013 published in NST, which you can download it frm Ministry of works website (URL =http://www.kkr.gov.my/en/pusat-sumber/kkr-dalam-media?title=&field_tarikh_0_value[value]=&field_surat_khabar_value=All&page=70&%24Version=1&%24Path=/)
“For example, if the speed limit on the highway is 110kph, motorists assume that driving at 110kph on the right lane is fine and that the car coming from behind at a faster speed has no right to overtake them.
“But he is actually hogging the lane and committing an offence.”
The right lane is not meant to be occupied at all time, it is meant to be utilised under overtaking circumstances and emergency only. Of course, most Malaysian tend to ignore this basic common sense of using the right lane.
Hogging the right lane is wrong, tailgating is equally an annoying offence. Just follow the golden rule of staying at least 2 second (in relative speed) behind the front car, so that you’ll have time to react in case of an emergency brake. I short, don’t tailgate, don’t hog the right lane. Peace.
But I am a considerate person. If I am blocking or slowing someone, I just move out of the way. Not for me to judge.
I only use the right lanes to overtake. Even if I am going at 115 kmh on the highways, if it is clear, I will be on the left lane.
Fast lane/ Overtaking lane hogging, why only commercial vehicles?
Should be for all vehicles.
Agree with queue cutters being hauled straight to court.
In their attempt to save a few minutes of their time, they exact a huge cost on everybody else by
i) slowing down the lane that they are cutting into
ii) Slowing down the lane there were on before they cut.
So 2 lanes, and it doesnt take many queue cutters to cause a jam to build up on both lanes.
Lane wouldn’t slow down if sufficient distance is provided.
So says the queue cutter?
Jokes aside, sufficient distance is only possible if there are very little traffic, which negates the need to cut queue.
The queue cutting that i meant is if there are 3 lanes, and 1 lane turning left with a traffic light or sufficient traffic building up on that lane. Majority queue up to turn left, however the queue cutters prefer to skip the queue and drive all the way to the front ( as close as possible ) cutting in from the center lane. Them forcing their way into the left lane slows down the left lane since its only 1 lane, and cars who queue up have to slow down for them to enter the left lane. The center lane and right lane by right is smooth moving is now jammed up too, since the queue cutters are waiting from those lanes to cut into the left lane. Comprehendo?
You can see this behavior everywhere. Do you know that in Subang area ( Kesas turning into Summit that road ), there are signs saying “Tak malu ke potong-Q”. It is that bad.
So those motorcyclist that jump red light…Will they go to court? I dont think so right. Court would be super packed for months if that ever happens. So only applies to cars right
In Msia, the center lane is for normal & slow driving. The right & left lanes are for overtaking. Thats why you see ocassionally ppl are FORCED to use emergency lanes to overtake as some ppl hog the left lane. This is based on my years of real world observation. Those who say the left lane is for slow driving are living in a fantasy world as slow vehicles are always found at the center lane. The ones on the left will often be found driving faster than the ones in the center. Most new & unsure drivers will also be found in the center lane as its their comfort zone. If they make mistake in steering, the right & left lanes becomes their buffer zone as oppose to driving on either the left or right lane where the drains/barriers are mostly located. Accidents are caused by reckless driving & contributed by lane hogging. This is the real problem guys. Not speeding. The proof is found in other countries where majority of vehicles are driven below 90kmh and fatal accidents occur from reckless driving under legal speed limits.
So if I’m a slow driver (speed limit) and I stick to the left, I’m gonna get screwed by fast cars? I’ll stay in the middle tyvm. Keep all fast cars on the right lane, maybe I’ll consider moving to the left. This is a freaking vicious cycle.
Very simple. Those who not paying for tickets do not allow to renew roadtax when expired or cannot registered for new car/motor. Why troublesome the court? But make sure the road signboard is clear /not hidden /please also standardized speed limit. Some 110km/h and some 100km/h will make driver confuse.