The transport ministry said that action can be taken against anyone who allows an unlicenced person to drive a vehicle. This comes following a fatal accident in Kedah over the weekend, where two grass cutters were mowed down by a vehicle driven by a teenager, leaving one of them dead and the other severely injured.
In the incident that happened at Jalan Pintasan Semeling, Sungai Petani, the driver was found to be a 16-year-old boy driving without a valid driver’s licence, Bernama reports. According to transport minister Datuk Seri Wee Ka Siong, action can be taken against the teenager’s parents.
“Under the Road Transport Act, whoever allows their children or any underage person to drive their vehicle can be held liable. Action will not only be taken against the driver but also the vehicle owner, who will be subject to the heaviest action for negligence and causing injury to any party,” he said.
“If convicted, stern action can be taken because the teenager does not have a driving licence and insurance coverage,” he said, adding that because of this, any injury or damage would not be covered by insurance.
Wee said that there was a need to prevent such occurrences from happening again. “We need to protect the safety of pedestrians,” he said. Meanwhile, Kuala Muda police chief ACP Zaidy Che Hassan said the youth, who was unhurt in the incident, had been detained for further investigation.
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According to Malaysian netizen logic, the teen car driver is not at fault coz the grass cutters were in the wrong place at the wrong time. If they were not there it would not have been an accident. Ini salah grass cutters and the car driver should be freed. Instead of the teen parents liable for action, the grass cutters parents should be jailed. Malaysian netizen logic never wrong based on the amount of support it gets.
Are stupid? Grass cutters is doing LICENSED WORK on the ROADSIDE. Lajak dumb kids are playing IN THE MIDDLE OF THE HIGHWAY ILLEGALLY.
The kids own the bicycle. Fault not at parents
Correct boy. Basikal lajak parents n Unlicenced teen driver parents should be jailed.
Follow your logic, car driver parents should be jailed. So by your logic, Sam parents n ‘Unlicenced teen driver parents should be jailed.’ Your words.
Bodohnya!
When logic fails, and there is nothing to explain such inconsistencies these people resort to namecalling. Brilliant.
Senang je, kereta(Sam/teen) langgar orang(budak beskal/grass cutter). Salah ke xsalah?
I didnt know basikal lajak was a full time job that requires them to be on the road at 3am everyday and paid by the city council for their racing sessions. Kau tu baik jangan beranak, takut bodoh tu merebak
Senang je, kereta(Sam/teen) langgar orang(budak beskal/grass cutter). Salah ke xsalah?
Kalau xbleh jawab baik jangan waris DNA kebodohanmu.
Baloney
first of all, congratulations for being able to comment in english although there are a few words in other languages here and there
driving without a license = illegal
bicycle without lights, bell and brakes = illegal
both illegal. so sorry. you tried your best to draw parallels between the two cases to support your agenda but failed miserably.
The point is, car whack people, guilty or not? Simple.
If you say guilty, stop toking kok.
If you say not guilty, also stop toking kok.
Car whack people also need to see if the people were where they were supposed to be at that point of time right. Bodoh tu terlalu pekat, simpanlah sikit untuk generasi yang akan datang. People summarise for you so nicely , still wanna repeat the same things over and over again.
Ok so the parents are at fault even though they were not at the scene and they were not in the car and they were not driving and they didnt even know their children were driving their car without their consent because they were not at home and they happened to leave the car keys at home…but the person who rammed and killed 8 children herself was innocent despite driving the car herself…what logic is this???
its best the parents make a police report to say the son stole the car. this puts it on record it was unauthorised use. it absolves them of any blame. the child is a minor and from the correct group, he may get away scot free
Bro, just ignore those that can not understand you that just trying to bring out opposite meaning of your statement.
Malaysians have a problem being consistent, apple should be apple, no questions. Simple. Siapa langgar orang dia salah. Simple.
But no! To the average Malaysians when things go their way it is no problem, but when the same things are against them it is a crime. When a corrupt judge makes a favourable decision, he is okay otoh when a corrupt judge makes an unfavourable decision he must be jailed. It is this inconsistency that we are a laughing stock to the world watching our circus show.
I await the outcome of this case with absolute trepidation…
Are stupid? Grass cutters is doing LICENSED WORK on the ROADSIDE. Lajak dumb kids are playing IN THE MIDDLE OF THE HIGHWAY ILLEGALLY.
Copy paste: “Senang je, kereta(Sam/teen) langgar orang(budak beskal/grass cutter). Salah ke xsalah?”
I support this.
Please also apply to underaged rempit that caused accidents. Or underaged Lajak causing accident in the middle of the highway in the dead of night.
if the teen’s parents is also liable for their kids actions, why isn’t the parents for those kids’s cycling basikal lajak’s isn’t held liable?
The parent said his son took his car keys without his consent while he was attending a wedding so it’s not the parent’s fault. not sure if that statement is true tho
Lets wait for berita terkini ,as to when the parents of the underage driver,is hauled to court.
Lately,we have not witnessed such cases for a long time.
Might be Sam’s parents will be haul to court first.
Bodo..we r talking about underage driver.
Kids are not exempted from justice when committed a crime. There is such a thing as children’s court to hear crime by the underaged. Nobody escapes from justice. DREDD AGREES.
BUT WAIT. Follow the previous case I should be hunting down grass cutters. So BEWARE ALL GRASS CUTTERS.
kalau kereta kamu parking di tepi jalan (garis putih – boleh parking) dan tiba-tiba ada kereta yang langgar kereta kamu, siapa yang salah? pemotong rumput berada di tepi jalan dan rumput tumbuh atas tanah, bukan atas jalan tar.