Police have begun clamping down on illegal vehicle number plates, nabbing offenders through roadblocks, patrols and monitoring in a special operation that will run throughout the month of November.
In a statement, the traffic enforcement and investigation department said that in the first 15 days of the operation, 40,139 summonses were issued to motorists, of which 4,617 were for vehicles with fancy plates and 8,645 were for licence plates not conforming to specifications. Another 1,145 summonses were issued to individuals for vehicles without a licence plate.
Of the 14,407 number plate offences, motorcycles accounted for 49.9% (7,193 summonses), while cars made up 42.3% of the total (6,089 summonses). The remaining 25,732 summonses were for other traffic offences.
As everyone should be aware of by now, it remains an offence to put number plates that do not conform to specifications on vehicles. These include illegal stylised fonts and surfaces (such as carbon print) and fancy plates, with merged or modified letters/numbers to read a phrase, name or other meaning.
Motorists are advised to comply with rules outlined in specifications set under the Road Transport Act (APJ) 1987 when installing vehicle registration numbers on their vehicles. Nothing fancy about it if you get caught.
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It’s because our number plates & the letters correlating which states they’re from among other meanings, that any mods of them are illegal.
Then you have those odd ‘lucky’ numbers that can be auctioned for millions. So can we actually have a custom number plate or not?
This system is archaic, it needs a revamp. Pretty much other nations out there have a better system of plates & numbers can be modded at the same time. How much does it take to change this system? Just a 2 cents question.
tell your JPJ to regulate and issues compliance of vehicle registration plate / car license plate similar to Indonesia Thailand Singapore ministry of transportation.
what about bicycle nyamuk?..those that can seriously caused accident?…tutup mata je?..
If you tutup mata ride bicycle, you deserve that accident coming for you.
#SafetyFirst
Even ride bicycle is not 100% safe from accident
A big round of applause for the police.
However,fanciful number plates dont cause major accidents.They are just an eyesore and distraction,mainly.
There are more matters worth urgent enforcement:
1.Delivery riders ignoring traffic lights
2.Motorcylists..helmetless n carrying 2 more passengers
3.Illegally modified Sagas and Myvis roaming at breakneck speeds
4.Dadah influenced lorry and bus drivers
5.Overtaking at blind corners/double lines at high speeds(Ulu Yam..remember? )
Isit? Nope. Those with fancy modded plates are those trying hard to get caught in other words they love to drive fast, dangerously and a hazard to other roadusers. Once police clamp down, they have no choice but to revert back to standard number plates and then they will be scared of getting caught. It is this fear that will stop their dangerous antics. Dredd agrees.
Very good.
Usually these ppl are road bullies too.
Scare ppl can see thier number
These ppl also sticked elite crest next to their number plate
Curious with how many of these 14407 were VVIP or rich T20 betul betul kena? How those get settled?
They get their PAs to settle the fines for them kap.
As one of the comments here rightly pointed out, more issues need to be tackled, not just a purely superficial matter such as this.
It is no joke that we have one of the region’s highest accident rates. Nothing personal against Malaysian drivers but really, dah tak boleh tahan how most drivers care not for the rules or motorcyclists disregard safety of themselves and others. Enforce your enforcement. Jangan cakap je
I hope police also don’t have any special treatment to those Alphard/Vellfire/hyper expensive cars with fancy number plate.
We r beginning to see a trend on enforcement. Its like last month is ‘red light festival’, this month is ‘fancy plate festival’, next month ‘handphone festival’
Its there but i would suggest some ‘event’ during peak hours. People cutting que, chasing red lights. It will definitely helps reduce the people stress when travelling to and from work.
While those are reckless driving, they do not constitute as dangerous nor broken any laws. That is more about road etiquette & civilised behaviour rather follow laws.
Cari malan je…