The road transport department (JPJ) has issued notices to 12,694 vehicle owners so far this year for using number plates that do not follow specifications. In addition to that, from January to May 2020, 7,455 vehicles were given compounds for the same offence.
“Those who use fancy plates have their own interpretation that may have a meaning, but it’s against the law,” said JPJ director-general Datuk Seri Shaharuddin Khalid, reported by Harian Metro.
“Vehicle owners who were found using number plates not according to specs were asked to give an explanation and their vehicles were inspected before being issued a summons,” Shaharuddin said, explaining the difference between a notice and a compound.
According to former JPJ D-G Datuk Solah Mat Hassan, the difference between a notice and a compound is that the former is a demand to produce particulars of the offender within a stipulated time, while a summons is an order to appear in court for the offence committed.
Particularly for offences where a summons can’t be issued in-situ, such as for speeding, beating the traffic lights and indiscriminate parking, a notice will be issued to the registered owner. A notice precedes a summons, as only when particulars of the offender are submitted or an offender surrenders to the authority, can a summons be issued.
Shaharuddin, the current JPJ chief, also welcomed reports from the public. “Members of the public who see vehicles using fancy plates can take a picture and send it to the JPJ’s complaints centre,” he said.
But before you fire that smartphone camera away, there are a fair number of approved special plate series’ around town, which might be mistaken for fancy. These were issued by NGOs of all sorts, but JPJ has ended sales and registration of all NGO-issued special number plates last year.
There are no less than 30 special plate series on the market, including E, IQ, UA, YA, UUU, UP, G1G-G999G, X, XX, YY, UU, GTR, GG, SAM, K1M, T1M, A1M, US, SMS, NBOS, NAAM, VIP, G, GT, U, Y, PERFECT and PATRIOT, among others. From this year, only number plates issued through JPJ – including the government-issued Malaysia special series – will be permitted.
Aside from illegal stylised fonts and surfaces (such as carbon print), the fancy plates JPJ is alluding to here are those with merged or modified letters/numbers to read a phrase, name or other meaning. MAF 14 is a regular plate, until the owner displays it as MAF1A, for instance. GT is a legit special series, but if one buys a GT 1XXX plate and turns it into GT1 XXX for his hot hatch, then it’s fancy. Or PAS50 on a Myvi. We’ve also seen PLA 4804 made to look like PLAYBOY. There are also some lewd examples that we can’t share here, but you get the drift. You’ve been warned, Mr Fancy.
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Just talk only jpj. They mana dare kacau shark.
The business community got too many ties to underworld. Even JPJ ppl scared for their families lives.
I agree brother. Mostly who change the number plate is the one who don’t scared even if get caught by police or jpj. Because they can pay and settle. I don’t know what’s the difference between a thief and police in Msia
JPJ now really gaji buta. Asking public to do their job.
Habis rakyat bayar road tax berbillion billion untuk apa ?
Hello JPJ, any cash rewards for the photo sender?
More importantly, will JPJ still ask for our personal details like Mykad number, phone number and home address to complete the complaint?
If they do, they can go fly kite.
How to report a fancy number plate?
Jpj should give something for doing their paid work. Something to ponder.
How about motorcycles with number plates that you need to be as close as 30 cm to see what number it is?
Hahahah, funny la this JPJ. They are asking the rakyat to do their job. Anyway, these fancy plates are nothing new and have been going on for donkey years. Suddenly, gatal-gatal to flex power pulak….maybe to collect money for their emptying coffer?.
Hello, abang abang JPJ…..just setup roadblocks, check on the spot, and issue saman to offending drivers imeadiately. There are plenty to catch, I can guarantee that.
Oh, while doing that, please check oso cars with overly dark window tinting at the roadblocks. Please, don’t be “hangat hangat tahi ayam”, ya.
Fancy lorry, bas kilang dengan asap hitam bila mau settle?
is the GG 66 wordings comply to JPJ specification?
https://paultan.org/2016/01/13/no-more-custom-number-plates-standardised-vehicle-licence-plate-production-coming-later-this-year/mqnjiax/
It doesnt seem complying with the required height and width for each alphanumeric wording.
What’s wrong with GG 66? Unless it’s made to look like GG66 or GGGG then it’s against the law.
Baru bangun koma?
Typical JPJ Malaysia Style of doing things.. Kecil punya hal like number plate this cannot la. That cannot la… Before you talk about number plate, go for those who install Those Bright HID (High Intensity Discharge) Lights First. Those are blinding and can cause accidents. Cakap ada buat enforcement.. Sampai sekarang ada buat apa? All N.A.T.O (No action, talk only)
JPJ not consistent… Why go for number plate? You should be going to those Drunk Drivers + Those cars with Retrofit HID (High Intensity discharge) lights. The lights are dangerous and blinding! JPJ sampai sekarang N.A.T.O (No Action, Talk Only). Now alot of drunk Drivers, go coorperate with PDRM and set up more roadblocks to curb these drunk drivers.. Yg sepatutnya tangkap dia x tangkap. Benda yg skit skit dia tangkap
Sorry, bro, that one “ops” lain. When they initiate an ops, its for one gig only…. :)
Suddenly, they make this statement. As someone said in one of the comments, this has been donkey years. And someone else also said, isn’t this THEIR job in the first place? And just go to any JPJ staff parking… you get the drift.
Also, there is such a simple solution to this. Make your number plates spaced out with a dash or a dot:
V-N/22-67
A-KM/63-53
W-US/1-1
So that DA70 and CR1515 plate I have seen around will look like this:
D-4/7-0
C-R/15-15
Sorted.
Bagus idea ni. Nampak EU sikit … LOL
Follow japan, nombor plet issued by authority like jpj themselves, with lock. So, nobody can change. Plet besi, ikat guna nut, no patah2.dan jatuh2. Settle problem. Wait, nanti sudah tak boleh saman lai lai…
please also share the JPJ complaint center numbers or how to send photo to them.
no reward for being a whistleblower. don’t want to send la… doesn’t benefit me or anyone else also.
If you send photo to JPJ, the rakyat become their kaldai. Rakay gets nothing. Wasting handphone data only. hahaha
Abang abang JPJ makan gaji buta kuat now. Didnt do their own work, and ask the public to do for them.
You are still a schoolboy. Jangan masuk campur hal orang dewasa.
if u rich enuf, ur fancy plate how also boleh
Not only number plate spec, how about back seat safety belt, car child seat, window tinting, all these are JPJ rules, it should be enforced all the time, not suka suka want to catch this now. Just setup road block regularly and fine those break teh rules, I’m sure no one dare to break the rules
Give commission la for every verified pic
Sure alot of submissions
All the uncle aunties who cannot afford to change stylish number plates Go n hold their hand phones lah.. Hahaha.. Bring it on..
Later if the owner questions the summon and challenge to court on the legitimacy of the photo, the poor sender suddenly got dragged to court also. no reward but potential headache.
Maybe if jpj actually did their jobs and pull over vehicles which are breaking the laws, they wouldn’t be doing this? It’s laughable the number of times I’ve seen a biker run a red light in front of a patrol car and they couldn’t care less.
Apa rakyat dapat bila buat laporan kpd JPJ? Jika pegawai-pegawai dan penguatkuasa-penguatkuasa JPJ sudah buat kerja yang sepatutnya sejak dulu lagi masalah seperti ini tidak berlaku begitu teruk kini.
So-hai fancy plate wannabes, just a damn plate but want to make as if he is special, ok usually a he since he got less egoistic dicko below, hence has to explicitly publish his fancy plate.
Go and snap on JPJ cars and itz staff vehicles 1st….
Then follow japan style la. Number can only be iasued by authority, cannot make at shop. So, font, size, everything is same and standard. They also put the security lock at number plet, cannot take out. But,, malaysia boleh..hmmm
Yang jual Nombor fancy ni hangpa. Pastu suruh report.. Pala banna.. Kot itu pun buat duit kot ini pun buat duit..
How can they tell if the pic sent is photoshop. Potential of system abuse if you ask me.
Overloaded lorries on the roads, never bother to saman, taiko give monthly gaji to JPJ. Want to catch ikan bilis number plate?
You just drop by a mamak, satu deret motor u check, more than half the number plate not pass.
Some 7 numbers add up oso smaller than the allowed size..
Malaysia is such a boring and conservative country. Personalised number plates are fancy!? LOL!!!!
As long as can read cannot ah? Doesnt bother or hinder anything also. if too small or simply cant read then of course lah.
JPJ only talk cock
Johore Baru have the most fancy number plates compare to other states. From ordinary pple to vvip. All enforcement close both eyes from the smallest number plates to hmm to most fancy numbers.
Parking at town anywhere u seem.fit
L7 arrange to look like a box
JPJ should cancel offending plate number as punishment.
The main reason for accidents r using mobile phone while driving.
Kudos to Johor CPO, hopefully other state wil follow suit.