The authorities, specifically the Royal Malaysian Police (PDRM) have made it clear: marshals escorting convoy groups are not allowed to control traffic. That appears to have not stopped certain quarters from continuing to do so, attempting to give convoy members privileged passage along roads and through intersections.
Among the latest of these to surface was uploaded to the Dashcam Owners Malaysia Facebook page, where footage by Facebook user Mohd Akrie depicted a scooter convoy passing through what should be a red light in their direction, as the traffic light for the camera vehicle was green at the time.
A rider on a light grey scooter makes their way to the centre of the intersection when their direction of travel apparently still has the green light, then parks themselves next to the chevron at intersection before dismounting to direct traffic.
Several seconds pass before the light turns green for the camera vehicle, however the marshal continues to signal the scooter riders in the convoy to continue through the intersection, ignoring the change in lights and still signalling to stop the camera vehicle.
The law on this has been clear. Action can be taken against any individual or group that performs traffic control duties without the presence of traffic police under Section 21 of the Police Act 1967, or Section 79(2) of the Road Transport Act 1972. Therefore, road users are not obliged to follow the instructions of these marshals if they ask you to give way, stop at an intersection, or divert your vehicle.
That said, do not take the law into one’s own hands and put yourself in harm’s way, and take all precautions when encountering such convoy groups on the road.
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Hope PDRM apprehend these cheap skate scooter gang and summon all rm300 for running red light.
That is a Yamaha XMAX iinm. That is not a cheap scooter.
Those are SYM Jet x 150 bro, not XMAX
https://paultan.org/2021/12/16/review-2021-sym-jet-x-150-fun-and-utility-rm8888/
Problem is the potato dashcam cannot see the license plate. How la for abam polis to tangkap? In future plis tangkap plate nombor dengan jelas ya.
If PDRM is serious about enforcing the law, they should seize the offenders’ motorbikes for mandatory scrapping. But we know they won’t enforce anything because this is a part of their masters’ B40 vote bank.
Should bring lorry or heavy truck to ram this idiot ,and his fellows useless creature
Stop the convoy nonsense. Want to have fun? Go elsewhere. People are making a living.
Which hole did these group of people crawl out from? Right it’s from their m-
B40
Hobi kami mahal
Nyawa dan otak kami tidak
tangkap sama dia..
Exactly. Geng² xmax memang poyo..
Lorry drivers, pls run on them!
If the law states the presence of traffic police is required, does that mean all those JPJ, DBKL/MPBJ and even military police are illegal? Not to mention what authority they have to blare sirens and strobes as traffic jam escorts!