A total of 12,296 vehicles were inspected nationwide by the road transport department (JPJ) on the first day of Operasi Khas Motosikal 2024 which commenced on Friday, reported The Star.
Of the vehicles inspected on the first day of this operation, 6,756 were motorcycles, with 5,540 vehicles being of other types, said JPJ senior enforcement director Muhammad Kifli Ma Hassan. The first day of the operation also saw action taken against 1,405 vehicles, including 1,003 motorcycles, with 15 other vehicles impounded, reported Bernama.
“This special operation was conducted as statistics indicate that the number of accidents and fatalities from road accidents is on the rise, with 70% of these cases involving motorcyclists and pillion riders,” said Muhammad Kifli.
Inspections so far have found that over 50% of road users are aged between 18 and 30, while common offences include having no licence, road tax or insurance, along with excessive modification of motorcycles, the JPJ senior enforcement director said.
The implementation of Operasi Khas Motosikal Tahun 2024 follows the upwards trend in monthly fatal road crash statistics recorded by the Royal Malaysia Police (PDRM), particularly those involving motorcyclists, has risen by 1,908, or 80%, the JPJ stated last week. The operation is scheduled for a duration of two months, from November 1 until December 31, 2024.
For the purpose of achieving the overall objective of this operation that is to minimise the accident rate and death toll in the third and fourth quarters of this year, the JPJ will be focusing on eight key offences:
- Operating a motor vehicle without a valid license
- Operating a motor vehicle without road tax
- No insurance cover
- Running red lights
- Extreme modifications of vehicle
- Riding motorcycle without wearing a helmet
- Illegal racing
- Other technical offences
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Could some of the increase in accidents in KL be due to the road system spaghettification that has built up over the years as new buildings have been added?
For example: There is a U turn at the new Pavillion damansara build on Jalan Johar that forces people to cross 3 lanes of traffic in around 200m to access it. Waze regularly sends traffic there to get to Jalan Maroff and as far as I can tell it’s neded because of the new build but its not fit for purpose and probably never will be. From this point of view it seems we are building accidents into the road network to account for earlier mistakes.
“Good job boys, we do this again next year same time yeah…”
This is akin to year end window dressing in the corporate space. Rempits stay home layan TikTok for 2 months after operasi ends they come out party and death toll rise again
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