A high-speed, weighing-in-motion system for the detection of overweight lorries is in the final phase of development, The Star reported. This system is being jointly developed with the works ministry, and would detect and track any overloaded heavy vehicles on public roads, said deputy transport minister Datuk Hasbi Habibollah.
“With this, detecting and monitoring any offenders can be done automatically in real-time without needing the heavy vehicle to stop for inspection,” the deputy transport minister said in the Dewan Rakyat, in response to a question by Setiu member of parliament Shaharizukirnain Abdul Kadir regarding the transport ministry’s efforts in addressing the dangers posed by overweight vehicles speeding on public roads.
“At least 94 goods delivery vehicle companies have been suspended after failing during the audit process and accidents in 2023. The Ministry will not hesitate to take strict enforcement action against any parties who disobey the rules and laws set under the Road Transport Act 1987, the Commercial Vehicles Licensing Board Act 1987 and Land Public Transport Act 2010,” the deputy transport minister said.
Lorries which run out of control can and have proven to cause fatal results, which a case in Putrajaya last year in particular claiming the lives of two motorcyclists and injuring seven others. Last year, transport minister Anthony Loke said that enforcement of overloaded heavy vehicles has always been in place, and that legal action against drivers who commit road offences in Malaysia is stringent enough.
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Just make it compulsory speed limiter for any new truck at max 90km/h. Old truck puspakom every year for roadtax renewal. Dont spend rakyat money for kawan government tender and come up with RFID-like solution as “improvement”
yes, i agree. please implement 70/90km/h speed limiter to commercial vehicles including express buses
1000% agreed ! lock their truck speed at 80km/hr at highway.
Is damn useless for the truck to indicate the speed limit at the back of their bus and truck when they are speeding more than 120km/hr
to lorry and commercial van yes. but to courier can not la, tak sempat hantar semua in one day. and bus express also can not, imagine drive kl to kelantan with speed 70-90kmh, take almost half day la to arrive.
Layman could easily visually spots on the over-compressed leaf springs of these goods loader lorry truck a tell tale sign of overloading……
Develope? System already available in Germany not far in Australia self service weighing scale. No need a complex like current just a ramp with scale & printer.
This system will be a huge waste of money if it’s the type that burry under the road, all the lorry driver need to do is find out where this device is install, while driving through it, hit the brakes. The shock from this operation not only will cause the reading to be out, it will also destroyed the sensors in very short time.
You know why when JPJ weigh the lorry, normally it’s the JPJ officer that drove the lorry up the ramp? It’s because before they did this, lorry driver drive up the ramp, jam the brakes and weighing machine keep failing after a short while.
Heavy vehicle must be install with limited speed control device to prevent from speeding
As long as there’s a human factor in the implementation, there will be ways to cheat the system.