Current penalties for reckless driving are too light, reckons transport minister Anthony Loke, who wants to introduce lifetime driving bans for offenders who cause fatalities through their actions, the Malay Mail reports.
“Section 41(1) of the act (Road Transport Act 1987) penalises reckless vehicle drivers who cause death with imprisonment of no less than two and not more than 10 years, and a fine of no less than RM5,000 and not more than RM20,000,” he said, adding that Section 41(3) would see the offender stripped of his/her license for three years for the first offence, and for 10 years if it occurs a second time.
“However I personally feel this particular penalty is too light. Lives lost cannot be replaced, and those who cause deaths through reckless driving should have their licenses permanently revoked and banned from driving ever again,” he said.
However, before that can happen, the act must be amended first, which requires a feasibility study. “As well as this, we need to get input from other parties outside the ministry, including NGOs or road safety bodies. So for the time being, this is pretty much in its infant stages, and requires further development before we will consider bringing the amendment to parliament for tabling,” Loke said.
On Saturday, a trailer lost control near the Menora Tunnel on the North South Highway, resulting in the deaths of five people. Permits for all 28 vehicles belonging to the Gurun-based lorry company have now been suspended for two weeks for the transport ministry to audit the firm. The outcome of the audit could lead to the company having its license revoked, according to The Star.
“I am taking this strict action to send a message to all companies and vehicle operators. You must be responsible towards road safety whenever you are on the road. We cannot take safety for granted. Enough is enough. When drivers cause deaths on the roads, companies must be held liable as well,” the minister said.
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Those who drive under influence of drug or alcohol and causing death must be punished the lifetime ban. Also, those who involved in an accident and found out to have wrong specifications (example 3 different brands for all 4 tyres) like thread depth of less than 2mm must be punished as well
Please don’t forget motorcyclists that ride on reverse-direction too
This one should have a death penalty. Maybe by the incoming traffic. No mercy….
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How to implement this ban when PDRM and JPJ still asking for duit kopi? Sort duit kopi and corruption first, then only you can implement this ban
Currently 9 out of 10 offenders go off the hook after giving duit kopi. This is turn results in more accidents because these offenders just go on repeating the same offences over and over again
Sort duit kopi problem first please
Everyday about 100,000 Mat Motor beat the red light right infront of the police face. Few polis man will be manning the 4 junction and they just stand there is shock
Police just look….don’t know what to do.
This is the quality of our PDRM
and repeat offenders, jenis yg tak paham bahasa. they should have like a three strike rule or somthin- tiga kali speeding ticket = re sit written and practical driving exam. second time tree strike = ban for life.
the menora incident…either the trailer is too fast or the vehicle on the left lane is too slow ….
more important use the gooder trailer …. volvo, scania dan MAN safer ….
Yes.. japanese trailer or lorry are not safer. Better hav volvo, scania or MAN
Better hav Nissan UD Trucks
Other than lifetime imprisonment to bad driver, Loki can oso reward us safe & law abiding drivers with One free car AP (Approved Permit) every 5 spotless year
I wholeheartedly agree with this move.
See, with a clean, uncorrupt and caring government, the country will be safe and can maju one. This has never happened in the past 60+ years
those lorry, so old d….. before regulate vehicle life span, you should limit the lorry lifespan at ten years first!
The recent menora case is a new lorry. So i only believe 1, he drive fast!
New lorry also uses “new” retreaded tyres, zero star safety tyres.
Good Move! Thanks
But, please concentrate study on the method to determine the root of cause. Sometimes is not really because of the driver itself but it was caused by other driver that has escaped from the accident area. There are a lot of other factors too to think about just cannot simply punished the heavy vehicle driver.
Suggest to Plus put cctv gantry on around menora tunnel expressway.
If imprisonment can’t deter reckless drivers, what will they care about their driver’s license being banned? THINK how to deter them from being reckless, perhaps via education or psychological test.
Another case of Foot-in-Mouth Minister talking before thinking things through.
Loki only thinks about punishment the money he can rake in. U pipu safety? Yeah right, like he cares.
You stupid ka. Lifetime ban, means zero money in license renewal, road tax, etc.
Put in prison means must spend more money give them free food and lodging.
Read between the lines la. Dont be dunggu. You think he will really carry out his threats ka? What about his other threats to blacklist Honda drivers who dont replace their airbags? NOTHING! Worse comes to worse, when pipel make noise about being banned, he will back down and just issue saman. Like what john said, he is just looking ways to make money.
Thx bro/sis!
Only audit that particular company?
I believe there are hundreds or thousand of trailers with multiple samans. AUDIT ALL NOW!!
ban those rempits also
Driving under influence of Drug is good enough to have a lifetime ban.
While I know some of the driver wanted to earn more money by driving more hours and take drugs to stay awake. This happen to Bus driver as well.
This however but all the road user life at risk, they do have family as well, not only the truck driver!
Those 1968 lorry with gazillion black thick smoke gushing out from the twin exzos and cover our beautiful sky like there is no tomorrow..
I vote him as the best minister so far
Ya man. At least never ask tires change to white colour for better visibility.
Mandatory jail sentence pls…AES cannot detect reckless drivers…just drive on LDP and few highways on even check Youtube videos u can see these idiots bragging about how they “tapau” oter drivers and most of them are P1P2 drivers
ask this P1 and P2 come and challenge my civic turbo la… sure they regret that they didn’t work hard enough to buy a civic.
Reckless drivers after the 2nd offence should be lock up for 6 months,while the case is expedited to convict them.Too many of them with summonses walking ,driving around.YB Anthony,the next victim could be your nephew or grandma…you never forsee what these morons do on the road.
Should be very careful with this. It’s a good motive, but have to define reckless driving carefully.
Sometimes our road design, especially in KL/Selangor is completely bananas.
Or, the other party make mistake as well.
I wonder if he is gonna do anything about people who never gives way when you about to turn at the junction aiyoo
while i support this proposition, the ministry should also look at the route cause of reckless drivers. People who drives slow in the fastest lane may also be one of the cause of accidents. In such cases, who should be blamed?
Life time ban people dont care. Still they drive around without lesen. Best way is if caught reckless driving tow their car to compund n suspend lesen for 6 month. If within 6 month found still driving that car also to tow to compund. This will reduce the gymnastic monkey n beruk on the road. No monkey business more safer for other species.
How can you ban someone from driving??? Some people doesnt even care to get license…cut their leg?
Cut leg still can drive. Cut hand better still.
sorry. when the class M appear in driving lic? can i drive with lic stated B2 D M?
What happens to those Honda drivers that still do not want to replace their airbags? What action have you taken against then?
Same goes with the lesen terbang. All talk but no action. Keep on giving threats but to date no arrest.
Talk so much but no action taken.
Should rename him as Minister of Hot Air.
Hehe. As transport minister, veli apt a hot air minister oversees the hot air balloons in Putrajaya.
Talk show host
baru nak plan? isk isk…
No enforcement by police so how to catch? For every idiot VIP with escorts – nearly 10 police motorcycles are taken off their jobs – policing highways
look for the root cause of reckless driving. under educated? kopi lesen? lane hoggers? kill the root instead of ban
How bout reckless bus drivers & cause death to many? Should ban the whole company and it’s directors to reoperate again.
The Contributory factors by Employers .
The Contributory factors by Employers .
There must be a range of sentences depending on the facts:-
The sentences for convicted offenders must range from 2 years ban to ban for life. Each case have their own facts.
Of course those who took drugs or drink when driving can be given a ban for life if they drove and killed someone.
The sentences must take into account whether the Employers created work conditions that pressured the drivers to take drugs to stay awake.
So, in such cases, we have to look into whether the Employers had contributed to such causes of gross negligence on the road. If it was found that the Employers did not check or examine the driver before he was let to drive, or even when they know he should not drive and still pass him to drive, then, there must be severe punishment for the Employers as well.
We cannot just punish the driver. A bad employer will still hire another bad driver. In such cases, the employer is the culprit.
I reiterate.
The courts must also treat those who do not pay to renew insurance and road tax with severe punishment.
This is an important education.
If they see that having no insurance is something so minor, there will be a sliding effect. They will also think less about safety.
When employers get a 15 day ban if found to have violated the law on the insurance and road tax renewal, they will also take it very seriously regarding allowing an incompetent driver to drive.
Basically, there must be a wholesome re-education of drivers. Not just on one point. There are contributory factors why accidents happen. The wrong happened way ahead before the actual accident.
It is better to have progressive severity of sentences as reminders rather than an amputation straight-away. What I mean is this. If you already have punishments that are sufficient effective warning, then, the drivers wouldn’t have gotten to the point where they kill people by recklessness on the road.
If the law “cut their toes for dangerous acts”, it will not lead them to a point where the punishment is “amputation of the entire leg” straight-away.
Just ensure that those who do not renew road tax and insurance get Away with just a mere RM400 fine. They just laugh and treat road safety as a joke. Punish them. Punish them severely. Then, they won’t end up killing others on the road.
Vincent Choo must be a range of sentences depending on the facts:-
The sentences for convicted offenders must range from 2 years ban to ban for life. Each case have their own facts.
Of course those who took drugs or drink when driving can be given a ban for life if they drove and killed someone.
The sentences must take into account whether the Employers created work conditions that pressured the drivers to take drugs to stay awake.
So, in such cases, we have to look into whether the Employers had contributed to such causes of gross negligence on the road. If it was found that the Employers did not check or examine the driver before he was let to drive, or even when they know he should not drive and still pass him to drive, then, there must be severe punishment for the Employers as well.
We cannot just punish the driver. A bad employer will still hire another bad driver. In such cases, the employer is the culprit.
I reiterate.
The courts must also treat those who do not pay to renew insurance and road tax with severe punishment.
This is an important education.
If they see that having no insurance is something so minor, there will be a sliding effect. They will also think less about safety.
When employers get a 15 day ban if found to have violated the law on the insurance and road tax renewal, they will also take it very seriously regarding allowing an incompetent driver to drive.
Basically, there must be a wholesome re-education of drivers. Not just on one point. There are contributory factors why accidents happen. The wrong happened way ahead before the actual accident.
It is better to have progressive severity of sentences as reminders rather than an amputation straight-away. What I mean is this. If you already have punishments that are sufficient effective warning, then, the drivers wouldn’t have gotten to the point where they kill people by recklessness on the road.
If the law “cut their toes for dangerous acts”, it will not lead them to a point where the punishment is “amputation of the entire leg” straight-away.
Just ensure that those who do not renew road tax and insurance get Away with just a mere RM400 fine. They just laugh and treat road safety as a joke. Punish them. Punish them severely. Then, they won’t end up killing others on the road.
Vincent
This MoT Minister talk kok only, just like the previous MoT ministers
Also, reward cautious drivers with lower insurance premium, n higher class in govt hospital. Drive safely, but never receive anything in return.
best minister yet
i like the fella. so focused on his job.
Why isn’t there traffic enforcement personnel around (like overseas countries have) doing to catch traffic offenders cutting queues causing traffic jams and not using indicators or tailgating with intimidating intentions or beating red lights?
WHY?