Following the earlier announcement on motorcycle anti-lock braking systems (ABS), Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Ahmad Zahid Hamidi said ABS for motorcycles sold in Malaysia is mandatory from January 1, 2025. Speaking at the Conference on Asian Road Safety (CARS), Zahid said this applies to two-wheelers of an engine capacity of 150 cc and above.
During his speech at the conference, Zahid said, “I’m confident this initiative will decrease road traffic deaths in Malaysia and encourage other Asean countries to implement similar measures, enhancing motorcycle safety across the region.” The conference also saw Transport Minister Anthony Loke Siew Fook and Human Resources Minister Steven Sim Chee Keong in attendance, reported Bernama.
Zahid, who is also chairman of the Malaysian Cabinet Committee on Road Safety and Traffic Congestion, said motorcycle ABS was able to reduce motorcyclist fatalities in road accidents by 31 percent. He expressed confidence this initiative will reduce local road traffic deaths and inspire ASEAN countries to do the same.
why was it not mandatory 20 years ago?
the abs technology at that time still expensive?
Why so eager for this ABS? What still no enforcement on child seat despite talking about it for years?
Is it only all new models being put on sale (going through approval process) must have ABS?
Or every single new motorcycle (regardless of year of introduction) must have ABS?
like lap belts are no longer legal in cars… so when the Ertiga launched, it was only a 6 seater. However the Exora, first launched many years earlier, continued to have lap belt right till end of production
for the next initiative, please add traction control as standard.
Those mat rempit don’t need brake, they will just remove it to add speed.