A total of 8.6 million traffic summonses were settled during the discount period that was launched earlier last month, Bernama has reported. According to inspect-general of police Tan Sri Acryl Sani Abdullah Sani, this proved that the 80% traffic summons discount was well-received by the public, considering that 12.2 million summonses were settled through 2021.
“This showed that the public really took advantage of the discount offer to settle their outstanding summonses,” the Acryl Sani said. There would be no further plans to extend the offer of a discounted summons rate, because the number of people paying for their summonses at traffic payment counters nationwide had reduced by the end of December, the IGP added.
Initially, the summonses were to be paid at the Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre (KLCC) from December 9 to 12, this was subsequently extended to December 31, as well as to allow payment of the fines at all contingent and district police headquarters as well as through the MyBayar Saman online portal.
The announcement of the discounted summons rate saw an overwhelming response at payment counters and thus made it difficult for standard operating procedures (SOPs) to be observed, which forced police to close the payment counters at the KLCC location. Initially, the online route struggled to fare better, as the MyBayar Saman portal and JPJ MySIKAP system were hit by high website traffic.
As of December 13, four days since the summons discount commenced, a total of 2.3 million summonses worth RM109 million had been settled. The discount was not applicable for summonses on non-compoundable offences, such as accidents, overtaking on a double line, using the emergency lane, running a red light and overtaking dangerously.
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If this trend of giving 80% discounts becomes the norm,then defaulters will wait for year end ,n keep repeating more offenses without fearing it will burn a hole in their pockets.
I think it is okay as non dangerous samans are allowed for discounts and those big ones will still need to pay the full amount. Things like speeding ticket is a way of live for anyone who drives but as long as it does not endanger others, a slap on the wrist is okay to remind them that the law still watches their actions.
‘Non dangerous samans’… ‘Speeding ticket is a way of live for anyone who drives as long as it does not endanger others’.. ‘a slap on the wrist’.. Sounds like the justifications of a habitual traffic offender who forgets about SAFETY FIRST!
Like Jeremy Clarkson said, speeding does not kill it is suddenly stopping that will. So speeding offence is not a safety issue. For that it is no problem for discount as PDRM, when giving out discounts, have consider SAFETY FIRST!!
JC was fired from TC because he was dangerously drunk & now you share his opinion in the name of safety. Don’t BS lah!
Bro, when you are speeding above the limit, of course high chances your stopping distance will be too long when emergency brake & you can’t avoid hitting other road users. Worst case scenario, this kind of accident can cause fatalities, and so don’t assume it won’t.
Eagerly waiting for the upcoming 200 days Keluarga Malaysia fest.