In a bid to address the increasing number of abandoned vehicles in municipalities, the government has introduced an online initiative to ease the process of de-registering a vehicle, the New Straits Times reports.
According to transport minister Anthony Loke, owners wanting to dispose of their old vehicles can do so through a licenced Authorised Automotive Treatment Facility (AATF) using the online motor vehicle de-registration system (e-Dereg).
He said the system enables owners intending to dispose of his or her vehicle to de-register it online in six simple steps without having to be physically present at the road transport department (JPJ). The process can be accomplished within five minutes.
“Once the vehicle is de-registered, the owner no longer holds liabiliity over it. You can even do it in the comfort of your home as the licensed AATF also provides a towing service,” he said.
Loke said the initiative was aimed at helping to reduce the number of abandoned vehicles in neighbourhoods. He said in Selangor alone, there are tens of thousands of derelict vehicles that are not just an eyesore, but also pose environmental hazards.
“The process of scrapping these vehicles requires local councils to issue multiple notices to registered owners, as they can’t simply dispose of people’s properties under the law. The e-Dereg system aims at encouraging owners with 30- or 40-year-old vehicles that are no longer roadworthy to scrap their machines” he said, adding that the owners only needed to furnish their MyKad and verify their identity with a thumbprint.
Loke said that in order to ensure that motor vehicles are disposed of in an orderly manner and comply with all regulations set by the department of environment (DOE), the disposal of vehicles through this system is only allowed to be carried out by AATFs licensed by DOE.
This route will comply with safety standards, including the disposal of scheduled wastes in the form of vehicle fluids, as set by the DOE, unlike the case with scrap metal dealers. He said the whole process, which covers the flushing out of the different fluids, sorting of recyclable items including wheels, as well as non-recyclable parts such as airbags and tyres, would take less than an hour at the AATF.
He said the initiative was being introduced following an announcement he made in 2019 involving the development of such a system. He explained that the solution has taken time because it involved the development of a comprehensive plan for it, from the registration cancellation system to the creation of a vehicle disposal centre complying with safety and environmental standards.
As a start, Loke said the e-Dereg system – which was developed in collaboration with service provider E-Auto – will be implemented by Car Medic, one of the 10 licensed AATFs, which is located in Bandar Teknologi Kajang. He added that only two AATFs have activated their scrapping facilities so far, with the other AATF facility operating in Shah Alam.
He said the ministry hopes to see more AATFs operating nationwide, and encouraged businesses with the capacity to invest in such facilities to apply for the license from the DOE.
Loke added that in the future, the ministry is planning to allow local authorities to use the system to de-register abandoned vehicles that were removed under the guidelines for the management of abandoned vehicles. At present, de-registration of a vehicle can only be accomplished by the registered owner.
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Where do we report when we find an abandoned vehicle?
Kedai potong boleh bah.
Sh!t tons of these around where I can live…sad ppl just don’t bother to just scrap it.
Better to auto charge road tax plus Insurance charges annually.. till owner dereg. Plus blacklist abandoned car owners who default on road tax
There are people who keep & maintain old cars well without renewing insurance & roadtax as they’re collection. Also forcing road tax and insurance renewals is against human rights.
1. What if the owners have migrated
2. What if the owners are deceased
3. What if deceased owners siblings do not take the initiate
4. What if the vehicle was stolen and then abandoned
5. What if the vehicle was sent for repairs but the owner cannot pay for the repairs and the workshop retains the car
So many detailed questions. This is an auto blog, not kaunter pertanyaan lol.
Why not? He is still pointing out some viewpoints that need consideration. plus its still related to the ‘auto’ things what……
1. dereg online la
2. owner deceased, beneficiary dereg online la
3. penalised siblings, or dereg online la
4. if the car stolen and no where to be found, dont cause eye sore. if car stolen and abandoned, dereg online la
5. ask chop/scrap shop towing the car and dereg online la
After dereg, please contact any chop shop and they willingly take the car from you and even pay you a little for getting rid of it. No point keeping a 4 wheel rusting metal, ya, sayang nak let go, but you wont benefit anything from it by keeping it there.
so, dereg online la.
Ok, lets say..someone deregistered some vehicles.
After this what happens?
Who will move the dereg-vehicles to the impound area?
What will be the charges?
The root cause is 9 years loan car want to sell no more value. Or even broken car, the cost to repair double the value of the car. Feel sayang to let go, then left it to rot. Konon geran ada dlm tangan.
G can amment the Act to dispose the car by local authority. Can make money also.
I highly suggest the government to penalise those who neglect abandone their cars. Government authority can gives notice to the car owner like 3 months by sticking a notice on their windscreen. If the car not remove from the same spot for 3 months (provided that roadtax has expired at least 6 months), the authority has the right to tow the car to municipal yard.
If owner still not claiming their car out from municipal yard within 6 months, then municipal authority has the right to disposal the car without any further notice and compensation.
In my taman 5 years ago only about 10 abandoned cars but number keep increasing and now at least 30 cars.
Need to write into law only then can jalan. Governmental body cannot just make up rules and enforce just like that one. They need to go through the whole legality process only then can masuk SOP. The news above is actually describing a workaround on this issue, because they cannot legally tow a car (even though it’s abandoned) without the owner dereg the car first, so they made it easy to dereg first, after that the council can do its work.
Most of the abandon cars come from B40 hiding their cars from the bank reposessors.
those abandoned cars usually will have their parts stolen. the first to go will be their sport rims as it is the easiest to sell.
Scrap metal don’t weigh and pay people who dispose their cars? What a scam
good initiatives by MOT, a lot of parking space are occupied by abandoned cars.
Is it possible to de-reg a car that has already been disposed off 15years ago . Apparently, i still have one car under my name as seen in MyJPJ app.
Is it via website or need to download app? Can’t find the link. Only the news about it.
To ease rakyat, Where is the online link to register & get disposal done !!!??? Much needed to share with a neighbour cluttering our taman backlane !!!