After taking over the transport minister’s portfolio, Anthony Loke has a full plate of issues to deal with, including that of road safety. Citing figures provided by police, Loke said there were 6,740 fatal accidents on Malaysian roads in 2017, of which 4,348 involved motorcyclists and pillions.
With an overall vehicle population of 28 million, including 13 million two-wheelers, Loke is taking the issue of road safety seriously. Looking at collaborating with the private sector, Loke said the ministry will focus on the road safety agenda despite being informed by the Director-General that the budget was low.
“Road users attitude must change. The attitude and mentality of road users is low and discipline is poor,” said Loke. “we need to cultivate good driving habits and a new culture on Malaysian roads,” he continued.
In line with this, Loke said there is a need to shame road offenders by pointing out their mistakes as well as educating youth, especially from primary level, in proper and safe road behaviour. “There are benefits in investing in road safety awareness, in terms of saving lives lost and preventing permanent injury,” Loke said.
Speaking at the Yamaha Balik Kampung road safety campaign at the Sungai Besi toll plaza, Loke said drivers and riders should focus on safety during the coming holiday season. This includes proper vehicle and safety checks, not driving while drowsy, observing the speed limit and not tail-gating.
But 1st day on the job, he deals with vanity plates. Facepalm.
talk bout ur own proton stuff la..idiot
already lost badly, still coming here and talking bad about our new clean Government
Sohai comes here talk about non-related stuff. What a true sohai.
Of course la… car depreciates faster… money maa
New MY gov only cares about money ke? Oh wai…
NEW MY must settle RM1 trillion from the previous corrupted Government. Oh wai…
So new gov policy is, money > life. Oh wai…
What to do, old government habiskan the money
Of coz care lah, if not why need to search ur boss house to recover the stolen money?
So safety xperlu jaga?
Orang nak balik kampung xpeduli?
Mau saman sana sini, itu saja dia tau buat.
Konpem kaki duit saja.
Kesian rakyat dimiskinkan oleh kjaan baru.
Too many no lesen. They are the No 1 cause of accidents in Malaysia
Official figures state that there are 4 million Motorists with NO LESEN at all using our roads. In a country where there are only 10 million motorists, this means that 1 in every 2.5 road users have no lesen at all
No wonder accidents are skyrocket high. Cause you got so many road users
I am glad Government is cleaning up the country. Pls clean up JPJ first. They let this figure balloon up to 4 million from 20,000 in the 90s.
It is scary to note there are 4 million motorist that have no lesen and don’t know how many motorist also Kopi o Lesen. So, total berapa ni????
“Road users attitude must change. The attitude and mentality of road users is low and discipline is poor,” AGREE…
“overall vehicle population of 28 million, including 13 million two-wheelers”
motorcyclist population percentage = (13/28)*100 = 46.42%
“6,740 fatal accidents on Malaysian roads in 2017, of which 4,348 involved motorcyclists and pillions”
motorcyclist accidents = (4348/6740)*100 = 64.51%
The numbers says it all and numbers doesn’t lie.
We have a lot of drivers with so-called license (or kopi-o, lesen terbang type), but due to bad attitude, “don’t care” attitude, poor parenting, piss-poor enforcement (everything can kawtim), bangla “replacement” drivers…..and the result is that Malaysia has one of the highest mortality in road accident….
So, who to blame? Everyone? Or Nobody is wrong?
Only in Malaysia la….
6740 deaths out of 32 million population, that number is on a low side.
how many serious injuries ? how many accidents total ? i bet the number is NOT on the low side if full statistics are provided.