Another instance of a heavy vehicle crashing into other vehicles was caught on video recently and posted on social media by SG Road Vigilante. According to the community page, the incident occurred on the Johor–Singapore Causeway yesterday (October 13) at around 9am.
In the dashcam footage, we see a semi-trailer lorry approaching the recording car – a Toyota Mark X – in a traffic jam. Failing to stop in time, the lorry plows into the rear of the sedan, which then hits a Perodua Bezza before pulling right into the side of another semi-trailer lorry.
The culprit lorry then continues forward to hit the Bezza, pushing it into another lorry ahead, crushing the sedan. The aftermath of the accident is certainly chilling, with the Bezza appearing heavily mangled following the chain collision.
Channel News Asia reports that the driver of the Bezza was stuck inside the vehicle but was successfully extricated. Police confirmed the driver was treated at the Sultanah Aminah Hospital in Johor Bahru for injuries classified under “yellow zone,” which are considered high risk.
It added that all vehicles involved in the incident were Malaysia-registered and the driver of the runaway lorry was a 30-year-old Malaysian that lost control of his vehicle (possibly a brake failure). Two out of the three lanes on the Causeway were blocked as a result of the accident.
This isn’t the first time such an accident has occurred on the Causeway, as back in July, a lorry crashed into 11 vehicles. Other cases elsewhere saw heavy vehicles crashing into cars near the Menora Tunnel in Jelapang, Perak and on the North-South Expressway.
A commercial vehicle (CV) is supposed to undergo a routine roadworthiness inspection of at least twice a year. This includes specific probes into the vehicle’s undercarriage, emissions, suspension, headlights and taillights, speedometer test as well as brake test.
The brake test is one of the most important components of the periodic inspection. If a CV fails the test, it will be automatically blacklisted and the results will be sent to JPJ. The owner will have to rectify the issue and upon repair, obtain JPJ permission for re-inspection. It should be noted that other test failures aren’t referred back to the JPJ, just brake test failures.
Following July’s incident, the road transport department (JPJ) has said it would carry out more operational activities at Puspakom centres to ensure that the safety standards for heavy and commercial vehicles are adhered to.
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Just hang the company’s operation license, simple as that. Then only these stingy owners will start sending their vehicle for maintenance often and follow schedule. These machine easily clock thousands of km in a short span of time, for sure it needs very frequent maintenance procedures. This will never stop until we get a minister with balls. Maybe time for KJ to take over transport ministry pulak memandangkan the recent ex-minister is an eunuch.
Btoi. his MCA BN guy Wee kosong is really useless other then selling car plate numbers,
This is the proof that Perodua Bezza is a safe car. Despite being crushed by lorries, the passenger inside is safe thanks to Perodua Bezza’s solid and rigid body
Hello,dont be cynical.The victim could have died.Whether P1 or P2,anyone could have died,especially warga emas.
Dont stereotype car brands in accidents.
Even Merc or BMW wont survive if the angle of attack of the speeding lorry is 100%.
Some cars are built better and some cars are like death traps. We can’t ignore that fact. Your comment doesn’t make sense. Definitety no car can survive a full force crash but well-built cars can definitely take more impacts than poorly built cars. That is what the NCAP tests are for. You can pretend to think a poorly car is equivalent to a well built one but I will say that many cars on our Malaysian roads are not qualified to be driven in more advanced countries.
So, did Perodua send the Bezza for the NCAP test? If so, what score did the Bezza get?
Are u telling us about DAP Loke? The most useless Transport Minister we ever had? Can we push for RCI on what happen to all those millions he gotten from selling fancy plates.
Don’t try to cause trouble here, even your BN politicians have admitted that Loke was one of the better PH ministers and even wanted him to join BN.
I’ll NOT be voting for PH thanks to their chaotic and unmanageable governance, meritocracy only for the rich benefit, only cronies had better living standards, our RM drop from RM2.60 to RM 3.50 per USD, elevated highways that turn into aqueducts, nonexistent but paid for tunnels, and 7 generations of Malaysians suffer having to pay RM 60Billion to foreign entity. 22months is enough of damage they had wrought to Malaysia and our people. Enough is enough. Say NO TO PH!
What can he do. All these businesses are DAP cronies and sponsors. So to resolve this problem, Govt must outlaw this Mafia-styled entity.
Commercial vehicles undergo mandatory inspection twice a year.
So.in 6 months,brake failures among big lorries is a norm now.
Are you proposing inspections 3 times a year?
Either the puspakom dudes are sloppy during inspections,or the tremendous wear and tear of brakes mandate a 120 days compulsory inspection.
Perhaps,Tan Sri Lee Lam Thye should be given senatorship,to be Transport Minister in new gomen.This Tan Sri not DAP anymore.So neutral guy.
The recent ex-minister allowed darker tints which made the vellfires and hiluxes became moving black boxes.
I checked wikipedia for meaning of eunuchs..castration..two bolas removed..right? No wonder,what u say is not only correct,but an eye opener on the transport leadership dude..Kipidap.
If you want the maintenance to be top notch and effective, just put a law for owners of lorries to be put in jail if such accident happens as someone has to be accountable. Presently all the drivers kena blamed but are they responsible for maintenance? Most likely no since they are just lorry drivers. If the lorry could not stop due to brake failure then the owner who is responsible for maintenance should be accountable. Put in jail is the most effective for them to really pay attention else they just wait for summon discount day for that 80% discount.
When the authorities are in cahoots with faulty unroadworthy trailer operators, nothing will change. Ideally the trailer drivers and the company owners should be jailed, and the offending trailers and trucks be confiscated for mandatory scrapping and taken off the roads permanently.
However, in Malaysia, money trumps public interest and safety all the time.
The problem with our government is getting the enforcement agency like JPJ to do the proper work. Heavy vehicles supposed to undergo inspection twice per year. Really? Run a simple check on this vehicle and chances are, it did not undergo the inspection but still able to drive the vehicle on public road and put people lives at stake. Our system is really a joke.
his brakes didn’t fail… his sense of judgement did! working hours too long and pressure to deliver on time is a recipe for DEATH
my uncle is a lorry driver from penang, company owner super stingy, has 30 over lorries but skimp on maintenance and drivers well being, most of the time they will pick drivers that are good in delivering goods fast, and these drivers are overworked, when choosing average drivers, skimp on the pay, so other drivers dont drive coz being short changed
stricter vehicle inspections required.
The puspakom is not strict now, only check every 6 months.
Vehicle should be checked based on Mileage/Months, whichever comes first.
Commercial truck shall have a limit life span of 15 years on the road. Any truck older than that shall be disposed. Then mandatory inspection shall apply to different truck age/millage base. Higher millage/age shall have very frequent mandatory inspection.
It seems like Transport Ministry is blind to all the accident involving heavy vehicle and only wants to fine those e-hailing driver who does not have valid license.
Malaysia is a 3rd world corrupted craphole
Lorry nice plate …JLO ^^
Hope the bezza driver ok