Malaysians, you got to love them. It looks like there are a great many with outstanding traffic summons, given the rush to settle these during the limited-time discount programme offered by the police and the road transport department (JPJ). Both departments had announced an 80% discount to those settling their outstanding summons for compoundable traffic offences from December 9 to 12.
Despite police saying that the public could pay for these compoundable fines at all contingent and district police HQs across the country, and not just at the Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre (KLCC), people have been flocking to the location to do so. The Star reported earlier that the queue for summons payment this morning had extended past the entrance to the building.
Yesterday, it was reported that the online route fared no better at coping with the surge, proof that there’s nothing better than a big discount to get everyone going. Payment through the police MyBayar Saman portal as well as JPJ’s mySIKAP system were hit by congestion, with both sites experiencing accessibility issues due to high website traffic.
This prompted Bukit Aman traffic investigation and enforcement department (JSPT) director Commissioner Datuk Mat Kasim Karim to advise the public that they should attempt to log in to the portal during non-peak hours, given that the site was operational 24-hours a day.
The police has again reminded the public that they can pay for their outstanding summons at all district police HQs across the country, and that the discount there would be the same. The discount is not applicable for summonses pertaining to non-compoundable offences, including accidents, overtaking on a double line, using the emergency lane, running a red light and overtaking dangerously.
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I’ll wait for 200 days Malaysian Family Aspiration Program then. Thank you.
Janji ditepati for 100 days, moving forward to janji ditepati 200 days, janji ditepati 300 days, janji ditepati 400 days, janji ditepati 500 days, janji ditepati 600 days… janji ditepati 10,000 days,
Bagus. Ada lagi banyak peluang utk 80% diskaun, ada lagi banyak saman langgar peraturan lalulintas…
10,000 days?? Bro, like that setiap hari dlm 10k hari tu, kalau kena saman, tak perlu risau sebab kerap ada diskaun 80%…
I got an idea.
No need give discounts.
Collect full summons amount.
Just get police to hunt these “tidak apa drivers” down.I remember there was a time,they went door to door to “gari”the degil dudes who have a string of unpaid summons.
If gomen wants to keep the 20%,go ahead.The 80% can be given to rumah anak yatim.
The news of huge crowds & online congestion due to those wanting to take advantage of attractive discounts to settle their summons, proves that there are lots of traffic offenders amongst the rakyat. The big question is whether they will show remorse or insaf so that they won’t repeat their earlier wrong-doings in the interest of road safety. The government should view the huge number of discount seeking traffic summons offenders as a worrying long term trend.
as usual, very bad implementation.
y 4 days. big crowds n covid. make la 2 mnths
While the intention is good, the planning is poor. Only 3 days for people to pay.
With 80% discount on the summon rate, many Malaysian will rush to pay. Everyone is aware there will be a long queuing to pay summon. Compliance to SOP due to covid are not possible in this kind of scenario.
I paid mine at 3am in the morning via website. It is only after continuous trying since 8pm.